Immigration Rules: EU Citizens and family members and consequential amendment to Part 9: General grounds for refusal

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A decision made on 29 October 2018

Decision Reference: MD-HA-2018-0087
Decision Summary Title :	Notice of changes to the Jersey Immigration Rules – Addition of Appendix EU(J) and consequential amendment to Part 9.		Date of Decision Summary:	19 September 2018
Decision Summary Author:	Acting Head of Service, Customs and Immigration		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Notice of changes to the Jersey Immigration Rules – Addition of Appendix EU(J) and consequential amendment to Part 9.		Date of Written Report:	19 September 2018
Written Report Author:	Acting Head of Service, Customs and Immigration		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Notice of changes to the Jersey Immigration Rules – Addition of Appendix EU(J): EU citizens and family members, and consequential amendment to Part 9: General Grounds for Refusal.
Decision(s): The Minister for Home Affairs approved changes to the Jersey Immigration Rules so that EU citizens and their family members can apply under the Jersey EU Settlement Scheme to obtain an immigration status. This will be either settled status (indefinite leave to remain) or pre-settled status (limited leave to remain for 5 years). The Minister also approved the consequential amendment to Part 9: General Grounds for Refusal to the Jersey Immigration Rules.
Reason(s) for Decision: As a result of the UK leaving the EU, the status of EU citizens living in the UK and Jersey will change and they will be required to obtain an immigration status. In relation to the Settlement Scheme for EU citizens and their family members it will be implemented in the UK by provision of an Appendix in the Immigration Rules. In order that Jersey has an aligned scheme it will need to have an equivalent Appendix in the Jersey Immigration Rules. Also, the consequential amendment to Part 9: General Grounds for Refusal will bring the Jersey Immigration Rules in line with the UK Immigration Rules.
Resource Implications: None as a consequence of this decision.
Action required: Appendix EU(J): EU citizens and family members and the consequential amendment to Part 9: General Grounds for Refusal, to be inserted into the Jersey Immigration Rules, in accordance with the attached reports. The effective date of these changes will be confirmed by a subsequent ministerial decision in order to allow them to become operational at the same time as the Jersey EU Settlement Scheme. The updated Jersey Immigration Rules will then be made available on gov.je
Signature:		Position: Connétable Len Norman Minister for Home Affairs
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):