Immigration Rules: Changes to Jersey Entry Clearance

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A decision made on 15 October 2018

Decision Reference: MD-HA-2018-0092
Decision Summary Title :	Changes to the Jersey Immigration Rules – Entry Clearance		Date of Decision Summary:	25 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 :	Changes to the Jersey Immigration Rules – Entry Clearance		Date of Written Report:	2018
Written Report Author:	Acting Head of Service, Customs and Immigration		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Changes to the Jersey Immigration Rules - Entry Clearance: Paragraphs 24, 25 and 30.
Decision(s): The Minister for Home Affairs approved changes to the Jersey Immigration Rules to provide for entry clearance to be issued in an electronic form or by endorsement in a valid passport or identity document. At present, the Rules do not provide for entry clearance to be issued in an electronic form, only through a valid passport or other identity document which has been endorsed with an entry clearance. Under these changes, an entry clearance issued in electronic form would need to be accompanied by a valid passport or other identity document (although the passport / document would not itself need to be endorsed with an entry clearance). The Minister also approved an amendment to show that fees required to be paid for application for an entry are under the regulations made under section 68 and 69 of the Immigration Act 2014.
Reason(s) for Decision: As a result of the UK making provision for entry clearance to be issued electronically, the Jersey Immigration Rules need to be aligned with the UK Immigration Rules.
Resource Implications: None as a consequence of this decision.
Action required: Changes to the Jersey Immigration Rules - Entry Clearance: Paragraphs 24, 25 and 30 to be inserted into the Jersey Immigration Rules, in accordance with the attached report, and to come into effect on the day on which this Ministerial Decision is signed. The updated Jersey Immigration Rules to 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):