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The deadline desk: two windows close inside a week, and the JET file you should already have open
- HMRC Self Assessment registration closes 5 October and Fulbright France closes 6 October, the two dates that cannot be argued with afterwards
- The JET 2027 required documents list taken apart line by line, with the trap in each row, ahead of the 13 November close
- EPIK Spring 2027 is rolling and rewards early applicants, TAPIF and NALCAP still carry no date, and the Irish and UK tax registrations in plain numbers
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⚡ Dispatches from the hiring desk
WIRE OPEN · ED.5 · SEP 2026CHECKEDBoard read at official sources 5 Aug 2026. JET, EPIK, NALCAP and TFETP re-read 9 Sep 2026. JET, EPIK and Fulbright re-read 23 Sep 2026. JET and EPIK re-read 30 Sep 2026. Euro at European Central Bank reference rates published 29 Sep 2026.
26 AUGJET conversion corrected from €23,500 to €21,800, and the opening month moved to the official timeline.
9 SEPEvery euro figure recomputed at ECB rates of 8 Sep. Taiwan TFETP salary and vacancy count pulled, both official pages unreadable.
18 SEPEPIK floor corrected from 2.35M to 2.2M KRW. Edition 4 found Level 2 starts at 2.2M, and 2.35M is its top.
18 SEPJET row now reads Fall 2026, because it had not opened on 17 Sep, and €22,400 becomes €22,500 at the ECB rate of 16 Sep.
23 SEPJET 2027 opened 21 Sep and closes 13 Nov, 11:59pm HST. Row moves to LIVE WIRE and the link now points at the year-specific US timeline page. Every euro figure recomputed at ECB rates of 22 Sep. EPIK, JET, Fulbright and the ECB re-read at source.
30 SEPJET and EPIK rows re-read at source for Edition 5. No local-currency figure changed.
30 SEPSweep of Issue 005. Every euro figure on the board recomputed at the ECB reference rates published 29 Sep 2026, so JET moves from €22,300 to €22,500, Korea from €1,415–1,800 to €1,430–1,820, Vietnam from €1,045–1,745 to €1,055–1,760, Thailand from €660–1,450 to €655–1,445 and Hong Kong from €3,900–7,545 to €3,935–7,615. The ticker was quoting Hong Kong at the 8 Sep rate and is now in line with the board. The claim that TAPIF opens in November has been removed from the ticker, the board and the alerts band, because no 2027/28 date is published. EPIK’s salary page re-read and confirmed to run 2.2M to 2.8M KRW, with Level 3 not being hired.
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Editor’s note
The Hire Wire exists because TEFL job hunting runs on rumour. Edition 5 is the deadline desk, because two windows close inside a week: HMRC’s Self Assessment registration on 5 October and the Fulbright France competition on 6 October. Behind them, JET is open until 13 November, and readers asked us after Edition 4 to go deeper on how programmes are actually applied to. So Jess takes the JET required documents list apart line by line, names the trap in each row, and sets the EPIK, TAPIF and NALCAP lines beside it, with the honest note that two of those pages were not re-read this fortnight. We check programme pages, ministry notices and government boards, print the date we checked them, and correct a line in place when a source moves, including when the source was us. Katie’s own teaching experience in Zambia and Abu Dhabi keeps the briefing focused on what a teacher needs to act on next.
Katie Troy · Managing Director, The TEFL Institute · Issue 006 is in the works. The poll is open above, and it decides what the desk covers next
Deadline alerts
We will warn you before the window shuts
JET 2027 opened on 21 September and closes on 13 November 2026 at 11:59pm HST for US applicants, with other countries setting their own dates. TAPIF has no 2027/28 opening date published, and its last cycle opened on 3 November. The Fulbright France assistantship closes on 6 October at 5pm Eastern. NALCAP has no 2027/28 date published yet. Pick the places you care about and we email you in time to actually apply. Nothing else.
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