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Immigration (Control of Entry Through Republic of Ireland (Amendment - End of Transition Period) (Jersey) Order 2020

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A decision made 21 December 2020:

MINISTERIAL DECISION REFERENCE: MD-HA-2020-0085

Decision Date:    15 December 2020      

DECISION SUMMARY TITLE: Immigration (Control of Entry Through Republic of Ireland) (Amendment – End of Transition Period) (Jersey) Order 202-

DECISION SUMMARY AUTHOR:

Senior Manager Immigration and Nationality

 

IS THE DECISION SUMMARY PUBLIC OR EXEMPT?  (if exempt state the relevant article/paragraph of the Freedom of Information Law/Regulations)

Public

REPORT TITLE: Immigration (Control of Entry Through Republic of Ireland) (Amendment – End of Transition Period) (Jersey) Order 202-

 

REPORT AUTHOR OR NAME OF PERSON GIVING REPORT: (if different from Decision Summary Author)

Senior Manager Immigration and Nationality

 

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:

 

  1. The Minister for Home Affairs has decided to make the Immigration (Control of Entry Through Republic of Ireland) (Amendment – End of Transition Period) (Jersey) Order 202- (“the 2020 Jersey Order”) which amends the Immigration (Control of Entry Through Republic of Ireland) (Jersey) Order 2018 (“the 2018 Jersey Order”).  The amendments concern the workings of the Common Travel Area (“CTA”) as regards arrivals in Jersey from the Republic of Ireland.

 

  1. The ending of free movement will mean that EEA citizens require leave to enter the United Kingdom and Islands in the same way that non-EEA citizens currently require leave.  Persons arriving in Jersey directly from Ireland do not go through immigration control, and so are not granted leave to enter in the same way as when they arrive directly from the Continent.  Instead the 2018 Jersey Order creates a statutory ‘deemed’ leave for persons arriving directly from the Republic of Ireland who require leave and provides for the conditions attaching to such leave.

 

  1. The same is true on arrival in the United Kingdom under the Immigration (Control of Entry through Republic of Ireland) Order 1972 (“the UK Order”), and in Guernsey and the Isle of Man under their respective Orders.

 

  1. The UK Order has been amended in preparation for the ending of free movement (and the Orders in Guernsey and the Isle of Man are being similarly amended).  The purpose of the 2020 Jersey Order is to amend the 2018 Jersey Order in tandem with the other CTA jurisdictions, so that

 

  • EEA nationals will have the same immigration rights and be subject to the same restrictions as non-EEA nationals on journeys to Jersey via Ireland.

 

  • Those with leave under Jersey’s EU Settled Status Scheme are not subject to this change as their rights of admission and residence are protected. 

 

  • Irish citizens are also unaffected by this change as, to uphold their CTA rights, they will continue not to require leave (apart from in certain specified circumstances) regardless of the point of origin of their journey. 

 

  • The period of leave to stay in Jersey will be increased from three months to six months.

 

  • The occupation and employment-related activities that a person is permitted to undertake during that period will be expanded.

 

  • The 2018 Jersey Order will set out clearly the conditions and restrictions for a person who enters Jersey from Ireland with the intention of undertaking a permitted paid engagement.

 

  1. The 2020 Jersey Order also contains an amendment unrelated to the ending of free movement.  It inserts a Schedule to the 2018 Jersey Order listing the countries (India and China) whose citizens may travel on to Jersey from Ireland on the basis of a visa granted by the Republic of Ireland for a 90 day visit, even though the person concerned does not have a visa to enter the UK and Islands.

 

RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS:  None as a consequence of this decision.

 

ACTION REQUIRED: The Minister for Home Affairs to sign and seal the Order and the Private Secretary to return the document to the States Greffe immediately. The Greffier of the States to be requested to arrange for the States Assembly to be notified once the Immigration (Control of Entry Through Republic of Ireland) (Amendment – End of Transition Period) (Jersey) Order 202- has been made.

 

SIGNATURE:

 

 

 

POSITION:

 

Connétable Len Norman

Minister for Home Affairs

DATE SIGNED:

EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE DECISION:

 

21 December 2020

 

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