What makes a migrant's journey empowering, rewarding and sustainable? While India emerges as global power, unemployment remains high, prompting the youth to pursue jobs abroad, including in Japan. This study aims to explore the experiences of Indian migrant women participating as caregivers in Japan’s – Technical Intern Trainee Program (TITP) which is currently under discussion to be replaced and Specified Skilled Workers (SSW) that was introduced in 2019. Though criticized for labour exploitation, these programs offer economic opportunity to women, particularly those from lower-income groups. Yet, cultural dislocation, emotional strain, and limited mobility often lead to dissatisfaction or regret. This visual ethnographic study examines how memory, aspiration, and gender shape Indian women’s migration under these schemes, using life-history interviews and participant-generated visuals to explore sustainability from the migrant’s perspective and contribute empirically grounded insights that can inform policy makers.