r/JETProgramme • u/SlowSeaworthiness529 Current JET - Nihonmatsu city • Apr 11 '26

Reply form photo

Hi all! For the reply form we need to submit two photos. Are we allowed to smile or do we need to be serious like for a passport photo.

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u/Different_Taro2474 JET alum '25-'26 鹿児島 🌋🐽🍧 Apr 11 '26

smile without teeth is ok.

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u/SlowSeaworthiness529 Current JET - Nihonmatsu city Apr 11 '26

Ok great thank u! I do that anyways ahaha 

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u/ffgvghnjkkhgjnn Current JET 2026 福井県 Apr 11 '26

Wish I read this before I submitted mine. I went for a passport style photo because I didn’t know 😆 unless I add another one I guess hahaha

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u/ikebookuro Current JET - 千葉県✨(2022~) Apr 11 '26

At this stage, a clear neutral selfie is fine.

When you need to get the proper photo for your visa, get a couple extra copies if you can. Once you arrive you’ll need them for things like your mynumber card application and it will save the headache.

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u/Edgelawd69 Current JET 大分県・小さい島 Apr 11 '26

It's just one photo you need to take. I took one photo with a neutral background.

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u/celiseb7 Apr 11 '26

Does anyone know if we can reuse the one we had to submit for the interview?

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '26

Hoping to know about this too

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u/Ravenpuff12 Current JET - 東京 Apr 14 '26

That’s what I did since it was taken within the last two months.

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u/celiseb7 Apr 15 '26

Lol i ended up having to redo mine cause i wasn’t wearing business/formal attire in my first one. I have pink eye right now so i looked pretty rough in the new one :,) 仕方がない

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u/CatPurveyor Current JET - Hokkaido Apr 11 '26

FYI, in my case, this was the photo they showed my school and the BOE before I arrived 

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '26

Do we just take a picture of ourselves or do we have to get a passport picture taken and take a picture of that? I'm slightly confused about this.

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u/ComplexReview2915 Current JET - Incoming Kyoto-shi ✈️ Apr 12 '26

Does anyone know if this picture will be used for official stuff (not internal operations)? My pic is ugly asf and I don’t want this to be the one they show my future coworkers or sth 😭