Registering with Social Security
If you need to register with Social Security, you need to come in to the Social Security Department at La Motte Street and we'll be able to register you. You'll need:
- photographic ID (eg a passport, driving licence, or ID card)
- the date you arrived in Jersey
- the name of your employer or the place where you are working (if you have found work)
- a safe address that we can write to you
- fees for registering
Once we have all your details, you will be given a Social Security number and we will print your registration card.
You must show this card to your employer and you may also need to show it to your landlord.
Paying contributions if you’re employed
Paying contributions if you're self-employed
Registration cards
Why you need to register
You will need to register with us at Social Security as soon as possible, as you need a social security number and registration card before you can work and be paid.
Both you and your employer will be breaking the law if you are employed for more than two working days or paid any wages or salary without your employer taking a copy of your social security number and photo ID.
Registering with Social Security if you're new to Jersey
If you've recently moved here, you'll need to register with the Social Security Department, the Taxes Office, and with the Health and Social Services Department.
Becoming a Jersey resident
Registering with Social Security if you’re a Jersey resident
If you have turned 16 or are starting your first job and you don’t have your own Social Security number, you will need to come to the Social Security Department and register.
It’s possible that your parents / guardian have already registered you and you already have a number.
Registering your child from birth
We are registering every child from birth.
For babies born in Jersey on or after 15 September 2015, we will register your child automatically and give them a Social Security number. We will also hold a copy of your child’s birth certificate on record, so there is no need for you to bring one in.
To register your child if they are not Jersey born, or were born before 15 September 2015, you’ll need to come in with their original birth certificate. We'll give them a Social Security number which you’ll need any time you take your child to the doctors or pick up a prescription for them.
Parents or guardians can register a child up until the age of 16, after which they’ll need to come in and register themselves.
Registering in Jersey with a work permit from another country
You may need to visit our immigration department before registering with us, depending on what country you have come from. You need to do this even if you have a work permit from outside Jersey.
The immigration department will give you a Jersey work permit which you must bring with you when you register with us.
Countries that do not need a work permit
Changing your blue registration card to a red registration card
You will need to change from a blue registration card (FR1) to a red registration card (XR1) if you are continuing to work and have:
- started claiming your Jersey pension
- taken the married woman’s option
- have started to claim Survivor’s Allowance
You must then show your red card to your employer which will let them know that they are not to make any Social Security deductions from your wages.
Your employer will still have to pay their secondary contribution.
Pensions and retirement
Paying contributions if you're a married woman
Survivor's Allowance (widow's / widower's benefit)
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