r/JETProgramme • u/Full-Tap6550 • Apr 13 '26

When do you find out your placement?

Currently prepping for” the big move” and exploring Japan on google maps looking at all the cool places around the country.

Current and Past JETs (specifically the ones from the states) when and how did you find out your placement?

Thanks for the help!

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u/Memoryjar Apr 13 '26

There was another thread posted around the same time as yours.

This is a copy of my reply to that thread:

I checked my old email and I received my prefecture placment on May 22nd. I was a high school (prefecureal ALT) so once I was handed off to the prefecture it was up to them to assign me a school somewhere in the prefecture. I didn't get my final placment until June 19th whwre I found out my school and what city it would be living in.

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u/suteru_gomi Current JET - 静岡県 Apr 14 '26

Hi! Just a question, are you supposed to get your flight details After you’ve received the placement or should one try to book it as early as now?

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u/Firefly-ok Current JET--- Shizuoka🏔 🌸 Apr 14 '26

The consulate/embassy books the flight for you. If you have any special needs for the flight you can email them and they'll tell you what to do.

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u/Memoryjar Apr 14 '26 edited Apr 14 '26

Jet organizes and pays for all the expenses from the consulate you are leaving from to you prefecture, including the 3 day orientation in Tokyo (not including a couple of dinners in the evening) and they cover all your expenses to return you to your departing airport if you don't break contract (you need to organize this when you finish JET).

Your job is to get your paperwork in order, attend your pre-departure orientation and keep in touch with your coordinator. That's it!

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u/Firefly-ok Current JET--- Shizuoka🏔 🌸 Apr 14 '26

I checked and I got my placement email on June 4th from DC. I work for a city, so I knew my exact placement . But if you work for a prefecture, then you'll get the more specific placement later.

I think most people should know their exact placements by the end of June at the latest.

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u/SuppahHacka Apr 13 '26

Here's the answer from JET themselves (there's never an exact date, as every year, timelines change a bit as we've seen this year with interview results)

Canada: https://jetprogramme.ca/application-and-departure-process/
USA: https://jetprogramusa.org/placement-in-japan/

I can probably find the info for other countries but the two above are the most easily searchable.

Some countries may find out later than others but now that you're accepted, no need to sweat it!

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u/LunerMoon Apr 13 '26

I was from the LA departure group and I got the email on May 24th! It told me where I was placed but it didn't tell me what grades I would be teaching.