Will our contracts be exactly a year? And do they start from the moment we arrive?
Our departure date has been pushed back to mid-August. Does this mean our contract start date is now the 14th August? (Day of arrival in Japan).
Or will it still use what was meant to be original date arrival date e.g. 31st July 2022 to 31st July 2023.
I’m planning on only going on JET for 1 year and starting a course when I return. Is it safe to assume that I can be back in my home country by a week after my contract ends?
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Your contract will always end the last week of July/first week if August. Even if your departure is delayed, it will still end at that time.
We got over during delays and they made me have a 9 month first year. Some people came later and got the opposite; a 15 month first year.
I arrived in November. My contract said my end date would be exactly one year from the day I arrived. I expected it to end July regardless of when we arrived.
The short answer is: yes, no matter when you arrive, and no matter what your CO says or what your contract says, your contract will end in July. I had to contact my PA about this cause my BOE and school thought I would stay past July, and it was a very long and confusing process to clear up.
Back in the day (before COVID) it was based by Group A and Group B. The Contracts were one year (minus a day?) so if you arrived July 24, next year July 23 was your last day. Because of COVID and arriving at different times, your CO will decide whether your contract ends in July or August (which coincide to the group A/group B departure dates). There is no April end dates although your contract will probably be divided into two parts (arrival to end of March, April to July/August). You can’t accept only until April (Some ALTs before me asked but were rejected).