Jersey Immigration Rules: Amendments

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A decision made on 14 January 2019

Decision Reference: MD-HA-2019-0004
Decision Summary Title :	Amendment to the Jersey Immigration Rules – Students enrolled on a recognised full-time degree level course in Jersey		Date of Decision Summary:	22 November 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 :	Amendment to the Jersey Immigration Rules – Students enrolled on a recognised full-time degree level course in Jersey		Date of Written Report:	22 November 2018
Written Report Author:	Acting Head of Service, Customs and Immigration		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Amendment to the Jersey Immigration Rules in respect of students enrolled on a recognised full-time degree course of no more than 5 years duration in Jersey.
Decision(s): The Minister for Home Affairs approved changes to the Jersey Immigration Rules (“the Rules”) to allow full-time degree level students in Jersey, who are on a recognised course of no longer than 5 years duration, to undertake a work placement which forms an assessed part of the course and does not exceed half of the total length of the course. In addition, to take employment during term time of no more than 20 hours per week and employment (of any duration) during vacations where the student is following a full-time degree course in Jersey. The Minister also approved changes to the Rules so that the requirements to be met by a person seeking leave to enter Jersey as a student will now include that they have not anywhere in the United Kingdom and Islands been granted leave to enter as a student on a full-time degree course in the preceding 5 years. Similarly, requirements for an extension of stay as a student will now include that the extension will not result in a person spending more than 5 years on full-time degree courses in the United Kingdom; and Islands.
Reason(s) for Decision: At present, the Rules do not allow students to take employment. However, further to discussions with the Minister for Education, the Minister for Home Affairs approved changes to the student provisions in the Jersey Immigration Rules to allow full-time degree level students in Jersey, who are on a recognised course of no longer than 5 years duration, to undertake employment in accordance with paragraph 57(v) of the Rules. At present, the Rules also do not set a limit for the total period of time that a person can spend on a degree course in the United Kingdom and Islands. The changes to the Rules rectify this position.
Resource Implications: None as a consequence of this decision.
Action required: The changes to the Jersey Immigration Rules in relation to students to be inserted in 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 will then 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):