About the Jersey EU Settlement Scheme
EU, EEA and Swiss nationals and their family members might be required to apply for the Jersey EU Settlement Scheme to protect their rights to continue to live and work in Jersey. Those who are required to apply to the scheme and don't, will be in the Island unlawfully and will affect their ability to travel and to access:
- jobs
- housing
- healthcare
- benefits
Adults, aged 16 years and over, must fill out their own applications. Children under the age of 16 years old must be included on their parents application. The scheme does not apply to British or Irish citizens.
The deadline for most people to apply was 30 June 2021. This deadline does not apply to those who have already been granted pre-settled status or granted a permission as a joining family member. Joining family members will only be eligible as long as
- the joining family member was living in the Common Tarvel Area by 31 December 2020
- the joining family member was a family member before 31 December 2020 (does not apply to children born or adopted after this date
- the family relationship still exists at the time of the application
Late applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis and the applicant must provide reasonable grounds as to why they are applying now and why they did not apply before the deadline.
To be eligible to the scheme you started living in Jersey by 30 December 2020 or you are the family member of someone from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein who started living in the UK by 31 December 2020 and has settled or pre-settled status.
Who needs to apply
All EU, EEA or Swiss citizens, or their family members, who were resident in Jersey before the 30 June 2021 must apply for the Jersey-EU Settlement Scheme to protect their rights to live and work in the Island.
British and Irish citizens do not need to apply.
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 received permanent residence will have to apply for 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 5 consecutive years.
Cost of applications
You do not need to pay to apply for the EU Settlement Scheme.
Apply for the EU Settlement Scheme
The below application form should be used to make your initial application and for those who have already been granted pre-settled status wishing to now apply for settled status.
To complete your application, you'll need your:
- Social Security number
- passport or National ID number
Apply for the Jersey EU Settlement Scheme
See translations below of 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
You will lose your settled status automatically if you have spent a continuous period of 5 years (60 months) or more outside of Jersey, Guernsey, the UK or Isle of Man.
You will have lost your pre-settled status automatically if you have spent a continuous period of 2 years (24 months) or more outside of Jersey, Guernsey, the UK or Isle of Man.
Rule changes introduced on 24 May 2024, will enable those with pre-settled status, who leave Jersey, Guernsey, the UK or Isle of Man for a continuous period of less than 5 years (60 months) to retain their pre-settled status.
How we'll assess your application
Before we can grant you settled status your application will be assessed and must satisfy 3 criterias:
Residency
Applicants' length of residency will be verified with reference to their Social Security data.
Those who have been resident for 5 years or more will be eligible for settled status.
Those who have not been resident for 5 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'll 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 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.
You may be contacted by a caseworker to provide addition information to enable checks on residency, criminality and identity to be completed.
Once all checks have been completed the applicant will be sent an email confirmation of their status.
Check your status
If you have applied to the Jersey EU Settlement Scheme you can use the Settlement Scheme Immigration Status Checker to prove your right to live and work.
Updating your details
Your status is held digitally and linked to your passport or national identity card that was used to apply for the scheme.
You should notify
immigration@gov.je if you change your
- passport (provide a scanned copy)
- name
- home address
- email address
- phone number
Joining Family Members status
Family members can apply to join relatives in Jersey who have been granted pre-settled or settled status where it can be demonstrated that the relationship existed prior to 31 December 2020 (with the exception of children born after this date). For the purpose of the Jersey EU Settlement Scheme, family member is defined as:
- spouse
- civil partner
- durable partner
- child
- grandchild
- great-grandchild
- dependent parent
- grandparent
- great-grandparent
If you fall into these categories, you do not need to have previously lived in Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man or the UK. Your eligibility for a status depends on the length and type of relationship you have with the relative who holds pre-settled or settled status. For further information on eligibility contact us.
If you intend to come to Jersey and settle as a Joining Family Member you must have an EU Family Permit visa before travelling to Jersey. You'll be refused entry at the border if you come to Jersey and want to enter as a Joining Family Member but do not have immigration permission before you arrive.
Apply for an EU Settlement Scheme family permit to join family in the UK on GOV.UK
If your family member is not eligible to a free EU Family Permit, then they will be required to apply for a family settlement visa which must be applied for and issued before travel to Jersey and the UK.
Family visas: apply, extend or switch GOV.UK
Proving a right to live and work in the UK
Those granted pre-settled or settled status in the Crown Dependencies cannot use the UK share code portal to demonstrate to an employer or landlord that they have the right to live and work in the UK.
Employers
For employees that have been granted pre-settled or settled status by a Crown Dependency, the checks need to be completed by the employer using the Employer Checking Service. they should get a response within 5 days.
Employers cannot mandate how an individual proves their right to work. For an employer to ensure they do not discriminate against anyone, they should provide every opportunity to enable an individual to prove their right to work. Further information can be found on Avoiding discrimination while preventing illegal working.
The following guide also explains to employers the checks they need to complete for those employees who have been granted pre-settled or settled status by the Crown Dependencies Right to work checks: an employer's guide .
Landlords
For people that have been granted pre-settled or settled status by a Crown Dependency, the checks need to be completed by their landlord using the Right to Rent Checking Service. They should get a response within 5 days. More information can be found on Prove your right to rent in England.
The following guide also explains to landlords the checks they need to complete for those tenants who have been granted pre-settled or settled status by the Crown Dependencies Landlord's guide to right to rent checks.
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