Apply for the EU Settlement Scheme

EU Settlement Scheme deadline

EU nationals had until 30 June 2021 to apply for the EU Settlement Scheme. Valid applications that have not yet been finalised will protect the rights of the applicant to continue living and working in Jersey until it is finalised. Don't worry if you haven't heard back from us yet, it may take a number of months for us to process your application.

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Late applications to the EU Settlement Scheme

After the 30 June 2021 ‘28 day notices’ will be issued to those resident EU nationals who are encountered by Jersey Customs & Immigration Service officers and have not yet applied to the EU Settlement Scheme. The 28 day notice will be issued to those who can satisfy JCIS officers that they were resident in Jersey prior to 2021 and will require an application to made within 28 days. Late applications will be assessed against reasonable grounds for missing the deadline. Those that fail to make an application within 28 days or who’s application is refused will be liable to removal. Applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Apply for the Jersey EU Settlement Scheme

To complete your application you'll need your:

Social Security number
passport or National ID number

Apply for the Jersey EU Settlement Scheme

To be eligible to the scheme you must have arrived in Jersey before 1 January 2021.

If you were living in Jersey before 1 January 2021 but weren't present in Jersey on 31 December 2020 your eligibility to the scheme will depend on how long you were here and how long you were absent for.

to be eligible for settled status you must have lived in Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man or the UK for more than 5 continuous years and not left for more than 5 years.
to be eligible for pre-settled status you must not have left Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man or the UK for more than 6 months in any 12 month period.

You may also be eligible if you were living in Jersey by 31 December 2020, but you left for one period of no more than 12 months for an important reason (for example childbirth, serious illness, study, vocational training or an overseas work posting).

All EU nationals, other than Irish nationals, living in Jersey before the end of 2020 and wishing to remain in Jersey must apply to the settlement scheme. Those who do not apply to the settlement scheme by 30 June 2021 will be in the Island unlawfully which may lead to removal from Jersey. Not joining the scheme will affect their ability to travel and to access jobs, housing, free healthcare and benefits.

Those who have not yet applied are strongly urged to do so in good time.

If you're unsure if you need to apply email the Settled Status team.

This does not apply to British or Irish nationals.

Joining Family Members

Spouses, civil partners, durable partners, children, grandchildren, great-grandchild and dependent parents, grandparents or great-grandparents of those who have been granted pre-settled or settled may be eligible for settled status as a Joining Family Member. People who fall into these categories do not need to have lived in Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man or the UK previously. Their eligibility for settled status will depend on the length and type of relationship they have had with the relative who holds pre-settled or settled status. For further information on eligibility contact immigration@gov.je

Those intending to come to Jersey and settle as a Joining Family Member must be granted some form of immigration permission before travelling to Jersey. This permission will either be a

EU Family Permit (visa) Apply for an EU Settlement Scheme family permit to join family in the UK: Apply if you're joining a family member from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein on the GOV.UK website

Pre-settled or settled status Apply for the Jersey EU Settlement Scheme

If you intend to settle in Jersey and do not have a permission to enter Jersey as a Joining Family Member before you arrive you will be refused entry at the border.

Make sure you have the correct documents

you may be refused entry into Jersey if you don't have the required documents or required prior permission

Application guide notes in different languages are available further down the page.

If you need assistance or further guidance email the Settled Status team or call on +44 (0) 1534 444444

To help EU Citizens with the application process we have translated the questions in the application form.

Jersey EU Settlement Scheme application form questions in French

Jersey EU Settlement Scheme application form questions in Polish

Jersey EU Settlement Scheme application form questions in Portuguese

Jersey EU Settlement Scheme application form questions in Romanian

Jersey EU Settlement Scheme Statistics

Following a referendum, residents of the UK voted to leave the EU in 2016. As a result, on 31 December 2020 the free movement of EU nationals in the UK, Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey ended, from this date all EU nationals required immigration permission to enter and remain in the Island. The Withdrawal Agreement ensured that EU nationals resident in Jersey prior to 2021 would have protected rights and be able to continue living and working in the Island.

Jersey EU Settlement Scheme Statistics

Check your status

If you have applied to the settlement scheme and need to prove your current immigration status you can use the Immigration Status Checker.

Cost to apply for the EU Settlement Scheme

There is no cost to apply for the EU Settlement Scheme.

Who needs to apply

If you are an EU national, you will need to apply to the Jersey-EU Settlement Scheme to protect your right to live in Jersey from 1 January 2021.

All applicants 16 years of age and older must complete their own application.

Those EU, EEA or Swiss citizens or their family members who have already acquired permanent residence will have to apply to the Jersey EU Settlement Scheme.

EU, EEA or Swiss citizens or their family members who already hold indefinite leave to remain (IRL) may wish to apply to the scheme. ILR granted under the Jersey EU Settlement Scheme will only be lost through an absence from the UK and Islands of more than five consecutive years.

British and Irish Citizens don't need to apply.

Irish citizens

Those citizens who hold Irish Nationality don't need to apply to the scheme.

Irish citizens enjoy a right of residence in Jersey that is not reliant on any relationship with the EU. Therefore their ability to remain in Jersey is unaffected by Brexit.

The Jersey EU Settlement Scheme

As a result of the United Kingdom (UK) leaving the EU, the status of EU citizens living in the UK and Jersey has changed. All EU nationals now require an immigration permission to enter and remain in Jersey.

The UK government reached a deal with the EU to operate a scheme known as the ‘EU Settlement Scheme’, which allows EU citizens to remain in the UK after 31 December 2020.

The Government of Jersey is operating our own version of this scheme, to ensure that EU citizens who live in the Island, making a valuable contribution to our community, are able to stay.

The Jersey EU Settlement Scheme will mean:

settled status will be granted to successful applicants who have been continuously living in Jersey for a total of five years or more by 31 December 2020, allowing them to continue to live and work in Jersey. They will also be able to apply for British nationality a year after being granted settled status
pre-settled status will be granted to those applicants who fulfil all the requirements of the application but have been living in Jersey for less than five years. After they have completed five years residence they can then apply for settled status
family members who are living with, or join, EU citizens in Jersey may also be able to apply for settled status
close family members (spouses, civil and unmarried partners, dependent children and grandchildren, and dependent parents and grandparents) will be able to join EU citizens in the Island (where the family relationship existed on 31 December 2020)

How the Jersey EU Settlement Scheme works

Guidance Leaflets

How does the Jersey EU Settlement Scheme work - English Leaflet

How does the Jersey EU Settlement Scheme work - French Leaflet

How does the Jersey EU Settlement Scheme work - Polish Leaflet

How does the Jersey EU Settlement Scheme work - Portuguese Leaflet

How does the Jersey EU Settlement Scheme work - Romanian Leaflet

Posters

Jersey EU Settlement Scheme Poster (English)

Jersey EU Settlement Scheme Poster (French)

Jersey EU Settlement Scheme Poster (Polish)

Jersey EU Settlement Scheme Poster (Portuguese)

Jersey EU Settlement Scheme Poster (Romanian)

Is applying for settled status voluntary?

If you are an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen or a family member, arrived in Jersey before 31 December 2020, and with to continue living in Jersey you must apply to the scheme.

How settled status applications will be assessed

Before Settled Status can be granted applicants must satisfy three criteria.

Residency

Applicants' length of residency will be verified with reference to their Social Security data. Those who have been resident for five years or more will be eligible for settled status. Those who have not been resident for five years will be eligible for pre-settled status. Both are subject to assessments of periods of absences.

Criminal history

Applicants will be asked to declare details of any criminal convictions committed in Jersey or elsewhere. They will also be subject to criminal record checks conducted by caseworkers.

You must not be a serious or persistent criminal, a threat to national security, or have a deportation order, exclusion order, exclusion decision or removal decision against you. This will not affect the vast majority of EU citizens and their family members.

Identity and nationality

Applicants will be asked to create a digital identity using your Digital ID so that we can confirm their identity and nationality. A unique link will be emailed to each applicant allowing their data to be securely shared with us. A copy of the uploaded Identity card or Passport will be recorded against the applicant’s casefile. Once completed the applicant will be sent an email confirmation of their status.

Settled Status and Jersey Residential Status

Applying for settled status won’t affect your residential status and housing rights or ability to work in the Island.

Housing rights and residential statuses

Case studies

Bia

Bia is a Portuguese national who moved to Jersey with her husband in 2004. She will have been continuously resident in Jersey for 16 years when the Brexit implementation period ends on 31 December 2020.

As Bia has been living continuously in Jersey for over five years, she immediately qualifies for settled status, subject to criminality checks.

This means she can apply for settled status under the Jersey scheme. Once she has received her status she does not need to do anything further.

It’s fine if Bia doesn’t apply for settled status immediately. She can remain in Jersey but she must apply to JCIS by 30 June 2021 for permission to stay if she intends to carry on living in Jersey after that date.

Aurelie

Aurelie is a French national who arrived in Jersey in May 2017.

Aurelie must make an application via the settlement scheme before 30 June 2021 and will receive pre-settled status, subject to criminality checks.

As soon as Aurelie has been resident for five years, she will be entitled to apply for settled status, which will allow her to settle in Jersey permanently

Carlos

Carlos is a Spanish national who has been living in Jersey for over 40 years. Although he has children and grandchildren living in the Island who have acquired British citizenship, Carlos has chosen to keep his Spanish passport and maintain his Spanish nationality.

Carlos immediately qualifies for settled status, subject to criminality checks.

He can apply for settled status under the Jersey scheme. Once he has received his status he does not need to do anything further.

Katie

Katie is a United States citizen who moved to Jersey in 2015 with her husband, who is German. As the spouse of an EU national Katie can apply as the dependent spouse of her husband.

She should make her own application using the online form, and will be asked to provide her husband’s details. Her husband should also make his own separate application.

As Katie and her husband have been resident in Jersey for less than five years they will receive pre-settled status, subject to criminality checks.

Once they have been resident for five 5 years, they will both be entitled to apply for settled status which will allow them to stay in Jersey permanently.