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Originally Posted by Nyororin
I`d say this is something to take up with the school. They are responsible for passing this information on to international students.
Chances are, they figured that the majority of the students would be leaving Japan promptly after study, not heading on to employment within Japan, so didn`t want to mess with what would be more work for them. (Filing to pay pension, paying, then filing to receive the money back when the student leaves.)
I hope that your friend is able to get things straightened out. She should be able to make an extra bit of payment each month toward her back pension dues instead of paying it in a lump sum.
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Seems like more than just our Uni was doing this, as other JETS who did a year at other institutions had no idea either. But yes, I can appreciate why they didn't bother, especially as a largish percentage students only did a semester's worth of study before returning home, or were there studying beginner's japanese. Seems bad that JET themselves didn't mention it though. Also interesting that of the two dozen or so JETS we know out there, currently it's only her who's gotten a demand for back-payments; hence why we were worried it could be a scam.
Anyway, I agree; I'm going to wait to hear how the story pans out, but then I might send a letter to both universities (definitely to my home institution) and ask that they pass the message onto students. Chances are that they don't actually know this happens.