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Useful Links
General Safety
Medical Resources and Links
Disaster Preparedness
Emergency and Evacuation Resources
Emergency Supplies Checklist
Getting in Contact
Disaster Preparedness Handbook
Social Health Insurance
JET Accident Insurance
Mental Health
Sexual Health
Medication
Alcohol Abuse
Immigration
Status of Residence "Visa" (All 3rd Year JETs)
Travelling Abroad
Residence Administrative Procedures
Leaving JET Immigration Procedures
Important Documents
Money
Japanese Taxes
Home Country Taxes
Teaching Resources
Lesson Plans
Video Resources
Online Teaching Journals
Studying Japanese
Japanese Class
Self-Study
Category:
Kana
Kanji
Vocabulary
Grammar
Listening
Reading
Writing
Speaking
JLPT Prep
Resource Type:
Applications/Programs
Books
Websites
Leaving JETs
Important Documents
Immigration - Status of Residence "VISA"
Return Airfare
Moving Checklist
Shipping and Forwarding Services
Selling/Disposing Your Belongings
Sending Luggage to the Airport
Pension Refund
Procedure A
Procedure B
Working After JET
Reverse Culture Shock
JET AA
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Return Airfare
(For Kyoto Prefectural JETs)
As stated in the 2023-2024 Terms and Conditions, Article 10, Section 3, as a JET Participant, you are eligible to receive a one-way economy-class ticket from Japan directly to your Airport of Origin* in your home country if you meet all the following conditions:
JET Programme participants who fulfil ALL of these conditions must complete and hand in the
“JET Return Travel Itinerary Information Request" to their base school by the deadline given.
*The Airport of Origin is the airport you departed from when first coming on the JET Programme (as designated by Overseas Japanese Establishments).
As stated in the 2023-2024 Terms and Conditions, Article 10, Section 3, as a JET Participant, you are eligible to receive a one-way economy-class ticket from Japan directly to your Airport of Origin* in your home country if you meet all the following conditions:
- Completes their second period of the term of appointment.
- Does not enter into subsequent appointment/employment with the Prefecture or a third party in Japan within one month after completion of their second period of the term of appointment.
- Leaves Japan to return to their home country no later than one month from the day following the end of their second period of the term of appointment.
JET Programme participants who fulfil ALL of these conditions must complete and hand in the
“JET Return Travel Itinerary Information Request" to their base school by the deadline given.
*The Airport of Origin is the airport you departed from when first coming on the JET Programme (as designated by Overseas Japanese Establishments).
Requesting your Return Flight
(for Kyoto Prefectural JETs)
(1) Research flight options back to your Airport of Origin* from Kansai International Airport.
(3) Fill out the "JET Return Travel Itinerary Information Request" and submit it to your base school.
- The ticket should be for a direct flight from Kansai International Airport within one month from the day following the end of appointment.
- If a direct flight is not available, please decide from the options below:
- A non-direct flight from Kansai International Airport (the number of transfers and travelling time should not be unreasonably longer than a direct flight)
- Direct flight from Narita/Haneda International Airport
- Shinkansen tickets from Kyoto Station to Narita/Haneda Airport will be reimbursed, but flights to Narita/Haneda will not.
(3) Fill out the "JET Return Travel Itinerary Information Request" and submit it to your base school.
- Forms and guidelines are sent directly to base schools in early spring. Please wait to receive these documents directly from your base school.
Airport of Origin
In principle, you will not be allowed to change the Airport of Origin unless you request it. In order to request a flight to a different international airport, you must meet both of the following conditions:
If you want to change the Airport of Origin, you must submit a detailed reason for the request on the applicable forms, and attach documents that show the prices of all proposed itineraries to the new international airport and prices to the original departure international airport.
In principle, you will not be allowed to change the Airport of Origin unless you request it. In order to request a flight to a different international airport, you must meet both of the following conditions:
- The new international airport is closer to your place of residence than the original departure international airport.
- The price of the itinerary to the new international airport is less than or equivalent to that of the original departure international airport.
If you want to change the Airport of Origin, you must submit a detailed reason for the request on the applicable forms, and attach documents that show the prices of all proposed itineraries to the new international airport and prices to the original departure international airport.
- The Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education does not guarantee that itinerary requests to the new airport will be fulfilled.
Double Check
Common Mistakes
Pay particular attention to the following common mistakes that occur ever year:
Cancellation
Schedule change after return flight decision
**Due to the previous difficulties of booking flights during the Covid-19 pandemic, all flight arrangements will now be made through your base schools (not the BOE) until further notice**
- You will not be allowed to change your itinerary after it has been submitted. Make sure of your base school's schedule before you decide your departure date. Please also confirm the following with your base school:
- The date by when you must vacate your apartment.
- The date your final remuneration and travel expenses will be available from your base school office.
- Any available days of paid leave. Please remember to save a few days for preparing for you departure if necessary (closing accounts, cleaning, packing, etc.)
Common Mistakes
Pay particular attention to the following common mistakes that occur ever year:
- The departure date is the last day of the appointment period
- Requesting a flight ticket from Kansai International Airport to Narita International Airport
- Arranging transportation (such as Shinkansen) to the departure airport in Tokyo on one's own.
- Requesting a change of return airport, with no attached documents.
Cancellation
- In the event of cancellations, the entire travel prices will be returned to Kyoto Prefecture.
- Transfer of ticket to another person is not permitted.
Schedule change after return flight decision
- JET participants will be responsible for the fees if the schedule is changed for their own convenience.
- In the event that the JET participant unavoidably has to cancel the reservation (due to an unforeseen accident or illness), the contracting organization is to provide a ticket for another flight.
**Due to the previous difficulties of booking flights during the Covid-19 pandemic, all flight arrangements will now be made through your base schools (not the BOE) until further notice**