Jersey Immigration Rules: Approval of Changes

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A decision made 27 March 2020:

MINISTERIAL DECISION REFERENCE: MD-HA-2020-0025
Decision Date: 27th March 2020
DECISION SUMMARY TITLE: Notice of changes to the Jersey Immigration Rules: (i) Paragraph 6: Interpretation, (ii) Part 11: Asylum, (iii) Part 2: Persons seeking to enter or remain for visits – Replacement with Appendix V: Immigration rules for visitors.
DECISION SUMMARY AUTHOR:	Head of Service Customs & Immigration	IS THE DECISION SUMMARY PUBLIC OR EXEMPT? (if exempt state the relevant article/paragraph of the Freedom of Information Law/Regulations)		Public
REPORT TITLE: Notice of changes to the Jersey Immigration Rules: Paragraph 6 (Interpretation); Part 11(Asylum); and Part 2 (Persons seeking to enter or remain for visits – Replacement with Appendix V: Immigration rules for visitors)
REPORT AUTHOR OR NAME OF PERSON GIVING REPORT: (if different from Decision Summary Author)	Head of Service Customs & Immigration	IS THE REPORT PUBLIC OR EXEMPT (if exempt state the relevant article/paragraph of the Freedom of Information Law/Regulations)		Public
DECISION AND REASON FOR THE DECISION: The Minister for Home Affairs has approved amendments to the Jersey Immigration Rules (“the Rules”) in accordance with section 1(4A) of the UK Immigration Act 1971, as extended to Jersey.[1] These amendments concern the following provisions of the Rules: Paragraph 6 (interpretation) is amended by inserting or revising definitions for purposes of clarification. Part 11 (asylum) is amended so that the 1951 United Nations Convention and its 1967 Protocol relating to the status of Refugees is referred to as “Refugee Convention” instead of “the Geneva Convention”. Part: 2 (visitors) is replaced with Appendix V which will now contain the rules about visitors. Appendix V sets out the requirements in plain and simple language. In particular - (a) individuals are able to undertake a specified range of activities if entering under the visitor (standard) route; (b) the student visitor route is classified as a short term study route in Part 3 (persons seeking to enter or remain for studies) alongside other related provisions to clarify the position for those undertaking short courses; (c) the parent of a child at school route will be contained in Part 7 of the Rules (other categories) as this category does not concern visitors, as such.
RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS: None as a consequence of this decision.
ACTION REQUIRED: To make the appropriate amendments to the Jersey Immigration Rules referred to in the attached report which will come into effect on the day the Ministerial Decision is signed. The updated Rules will then be made available on gov.je.
SIGNATURE:			POSITION: Connétable Len Norman Minister for Home Affairs
DATE SIGNED:			EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE DECISION: