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2026-09-08
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Ancestry and return
2 pathwaysCulture, faith and volunteering
7 pathwaysCultural Activities — specialised study of Japanese culture or arts
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Recorded route source ↗Designated Activities — paid internship
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Recorded route source ↗Cultural Activities — unpaid academic or artistic activity
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Recorded route source ↗Designated Activities — international cultural exchange
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Recorded route source ↗Designated Activities — designated research activities
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Recorded route source ↗Religious Activities
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Recorded route source ↗Cultural Activities — learning under an expert
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Recorded route source ↗Family
20 pathwaysDigital Nomad — supported child
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Recorded route source ↗Start-up visa — child of entrepreneur
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Recorded route source ↗Dependent — spouse of qualifying foreign resident
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Recorded route source ↗Long-Term Resident — spouse of third-generation Japanese descendant
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Recorded route source ↗Highly Skilled Professional — working spouse
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Recorded route source ↗Dependent — child of qualifying foreign resident
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Recorded route source ↗Long-Term Resident — adopted child under six
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Recorded route source ↗Child of Permanent Resident born in Japan
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Recorded route source ↗Spouse of Japanese National
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Recorded route source ↗J-Find — supported spouse
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Recorded route source ↗Spouse of Permanent Resident or Special Permanent Resident
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Recorded route source ↗Digital Nomad — supported spouse
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Recorded route source ↗Long-Term Resident — spouse of second-generation Japanese descendant
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Recorded route source ↗Special adopted child of Japanese National
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Recorded route source ↗Designated Activities No. 46 — family of Japanese-university graduate
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Recorded route source ↗Long-Term Resident — supported minor unmarried child
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Recorded route source ↗Highly Skilled Professional — parent for childcare or pregnancy support
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Recorded route source ↗Start-up visa — spouse of entrepreneur
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Recorded route source ↗Child of Japanese National
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Recorded route source ↗J-Find — supported child
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Recorded route source ↗Free movement
3 pathwaysHumanitarian protection
5 pathwaysComplementary protection recognition
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Recorded route source ↗Landing permission for temporary refuge
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Recorded route source ↗Permission for provisional stay during refugee procedure
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Recorded route source ↗Refugee recognition — in-country application
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Recorded route source ↗Long-Term Resident — third-country resettled refugee
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Recorded route source ↗Investment
1 pathwaysLiving from your own income
2 pathwaysLong-term residence
10 pathwaysPermanent Residence — recognised refugee five-year exception
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Recorded route source ↗Permanent Residence — child of Japanese national exception
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Recorded route source ↗Permanent Residence — spouse of Permanent Resident exception
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Recorded route source ↗Permanent Residence — Highly Skilled Professional, 70 points
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Recorded route source ↗Permanent Residence — Highly Skilled Professional, 80 points
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Recorded route source ↗Permanent Residence — Long-Term Resident five-year exception
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Recorded route source ↗Permanent Residence — J-Skip special highly skilled professional
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Recorded route source ↗Permanent Residence — spouse of Japanese national exception
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Recorded route source ↗Permanent Residence — general 10-year route
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Recorded route source ↗Permanent Residence — recognised contribution to Japan
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Recorded route source ↗Medical treatment
3 pathwaysRemote work and digital nomads
1 pathwaysShort stays and visits
8 pathwaysShort-Term Stay — visiting relatives
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Recorded route source ↗Short-Term Stay — visiting acquaintances or friends
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Recorded route source ↗Temporary Visitor — visa-exempt short stay
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Recorded route source ↗Short-Term Stay — cultural or intellectual activities
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Recorded route source ↗Short-Term Stay — single-entry tourism visa
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Recorded route source ↗JAPAN eVISA — single-entry tourism
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Recorded route source ↗Short-Term Stay — single-entry business visa
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Recorded route source ↗Short-Term Stay — multiple-entry visa
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Recorded route source ↗Special cases
4 pathwaysSport
4 pathwaysStarting a business
4 pathwaysDesignated Activities — start-up after graduation from a Japanese university
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Recorded route source ↗Start-up visa — municipality-supported entrepreneur
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Recorded route source ↗Business Manager — employed executive or manager
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Recorded route source ↗J-Find — business start-up preparation
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Recorded route source ↗Study
14 pathwaysDesignated Activities — continued job hunting after Japanese graduation
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Recorded route source ↗Student — university or graduate school
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Recorded route source ↗Student — elementary school
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Recorded route source ↗Student — designated Japanese-language institution
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Recorded route source ↗Student — senior high school
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Recorded route source ↗Student — specialised training college
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Recorded route source ↗Student — special-needs school
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Recorded route source ↗Trainee status — non-employment practical training
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Recorded route source ↗Student — junior college
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Recorded route source ↗J-Find — job-seeking activity
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Recorded route source ↗Student — college of technology
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Recorded route source ↗Student — junior high school
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Recorded route source ↗Student — miscellaneous school
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Recorded route source ↗Designated Activities No. 46 — graduate of Japanese university
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Recorded route source ↗Talent and merit
7 pathwaysHighly Skilled Professional (i)(c) — advanced business management
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Recorded route source ↗Highly Skilled Professional (i)(a) — advanced academic research
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Recorded route source ↗J-Skip — advanced business management
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Recorded route source ↗Highly Skilled Professional (ii) — indefinite advanced activity
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Recorded route source ↗Highly Skilled Professional (i)(b) — advanced specialised or technical activity
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Recorded route source ↗J-Skip — advanced specialised or technical activity
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Recorded route source ↗J-Skip — advanced academic research
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Recorded route source ↗Transit
3 pathwaysWork
57 pathwaysMedical Services
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (i) — Automobile repair and maintenance
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (i) — Food service
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (i) — Manufacture of food and beverages
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (ii) — Fishery and aquaculture
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (ii) — Construction
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Recorded route source ↗Designated Activities — domestic worker of Highly Skilled Professional
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Recorded route source ↗Designated Activities — EPA certified care worker
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Recorded route source ↗Instructor
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (i) — Aviation
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (ii) — Building cleaning management
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Recorded route source ↗Skilled Labor — animal trainer
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (i) — Fishery and aquaculture
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Recorded route source ↗Technical Intern Training (iii)(b) — supervising-organization type
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (ii) — Aviation
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Recorded route source ↗Designated Activities — domestic worker of Business Manager or Legal/Accounting professional
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Recorded route source ↗Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services — international-services stream
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (ii) — Manufacture of food and beverages
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (ii) — Agriculture
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (i) — Accommodation
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Recorded route source ↗Technical Intern Training (iii)(a) — individual-enterprise type
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Recorded route source ↗Artist
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Recorded route source ↗Technical Intern Training (ii)(b) — supervising-organization type
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Recorded route source ↗Nursing Care
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Recorded route source ↗Intra-company Transferee
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (ii) — Shipbuilding and ship machinery
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Recorded route source ↗Technical Intern Training (i)(a) — individual-enterprise type
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (i) — Forestry
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Recorded route source ↗Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services — engineering stream
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Recorded route source ↗Designated Activities — EPA registered nurse
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (ii) — Food service
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (i) — Industrial product manufacturing
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Recorded route source ↗Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services — humanities stream
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Recorded route source ↗Legal/Accounting Services
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (ii) — Automobile repair and maintenance
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Recorded route source ↗Designated Activities — summer job
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Recorded route source ↗Designated Activities — EPA certified care-worker candidate
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Recorded route source ↗Journalist
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Recorded route source ↗Skilled Labor — sommelier
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (i) — Agriculture
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (i) — Construction
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Recorded route source ↗Designated Activities — EPA nurse candidate
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (i) — Shipbuilding and ship machinery
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Recorded route source ↗Skilled Labor — foreign-cuisine chef
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (i) — Automobile transportation business
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Recorded route source ↗Skilled Labor — aircraft pilot
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Recorded route source ↗Entertainer — music, theatre, film, performance or modelling
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Recorded route source ↗Researcher
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (i) — Building cleaning management
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (i) — Nursing care
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (i) — Wood industry
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (ii) — Industrial product manufacturing
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (ii) — Accommodation
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Recorded route source ↗Specified Skilled Worker (i) — Railway
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Recorded route source ↗Technical Intern Training (ii)(a) — individual-enterprise type
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Recorded route source ↗Technical Intern Training (i)(b) — supervising-organization type
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Recorded route source ↗Professor
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Recorded route source ↗Youth mobility
32 pathwaysWorking Holiday — New Zealand
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Germany
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — France
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Australia
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Ireland
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Denmark
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Portugal
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — South Korea
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Austria
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Hungary
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Chile
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Lithuania
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Sweden
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Norway
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Hong Kong
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Poland
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Latvia
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Uruguay
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Taiwan
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — United Kingdom
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Argentina
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Canada
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Luxembourg
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Czech Republic
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Finland
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Slovakia
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Netherlands
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Spain
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Italy
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Iceland
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Malta
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Recorded route source ↗Working Holiday — Estonia
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