Business visitors
Work Permits - Business Visitors
Business visitors must work abroad and have no intention of transferring their base in Jersey even temporarily.
The following is a list of acceptable business visitors:
- Those coming to attend meetings and conferences.
- Those coming to arrange deals, to negotiate or sign trade agreements and contracts.
- Those coming to undertake fact-finding missions (including internal auditors), check details or goods.
- Those coming to purchase trade goods.
- Those coming for training in techniques and work practices used in Jersey, provided that the training is confined to observation, familiarisation and classroom instruction.
- Those delivering goods and passengers from abroad such as lorry drivers provided they are genuinely working on an international route.
- Tour group couriers who are contracted to a firm outside of Jersey, who are seeking entry to accompany a tour group and who intend to leave with that tour group.
- Those coming as speakers in a conference where this is not run as a commercial concern and the conference is a "one off".
- Advisers, consultants and trainers provided they are employed abroad, either directly or under contract, by the same company (or group of companies) to which the client firm in Jersey belongs. Their involvement must not extend to actual project management or to providing advice or consultancy services direct to clients of the Jersey Company. Training should be for a specific, "one off" purpose.
- Representatives of computer software companies coming to install, debug or enhance their products. Representatives of such companies may also be admitted as visitors in order to be briefed as to the requirements of a Jersey customer but if they are to provide a service involving the use of their expertise to make a detailed assessment of a potential customer’s requirements this should be regarded as consultancy work for which a work permit is required.
- Representatives of foreign manufacturers coming to service or repair their company’s products within the initial period of guarantee.
- Representatives of foreign machine manufacturers coming to erect and install machinery too heavy to be delivered in one piece, as part of the contract of purchase and supply.
- Monteurs - workers coming for up to six months to erect, dismantle, install, service, repair or advise on the development of foreign-made machinery.
