Jersey Immigration Rules: Amendment: English Language Requirement

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A decision made 21 December 2017:

MINISTERIAL DECISION REFERENCE: MD-HA-2017-0103
Decision Date: 22 December 2017
DECISION SUMMARY TITLE: Amendment to the Jersey Immigration Rules – English Language Requirement
DECISION SUMMARY AUTHOR:	Policy Officer, Community and Constitutional Affairs	IS THE DECISION SUMMARY PUBLIC OR EXEMPT? (if exempt state the relevant article/paragraph of the Freedom of Information Law/Regulations)		Public
REPORT TITLE: Amendment to the Jersey Immigration Rules – English Language Requirement
REPORT AUTHOR OR NAME OF PERSON GIVING REPORT: (if different from Decision Summary Author)	Director of Revenue and 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 Assistant Minister for Home Affairs approved amendments to the Jersey Immigration Rules relating to the English language requirement in the 5 year family route to settlement (spouses, civil partners and unmarried partners). The amended Rules will require non-EEA nationals to pass an approved speaking and listening test at level A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages in order to qualify, after two-and-a-half years in Jersey, for further leave to remain on the 5-year family route to settlement. The Rules are also amended to clarify that the A1 English Language test, which non-EEA nationals on the settlement route are required to pass before they can come to Jersey, must be specified in Appendix O to the UK Immigration Rules. The A2 test is also specified in Appendix O of the UK Rules. These changes reflect similar amendments made to the UK Immigration Rules and will come into effect, in Jersey and the UK, on 1st January 2018.
ACTION REQUIRED: The Immigration Rules to be amended, in accordance with the attached report, and the Assistant Minister to sign off the updated rules. The updated rules to be made available on gov.je
SIGNATURE:			POSITION: Connétable Deidre Mezbourian Assistant Minister for Home Affairs
DATE SIGNED:			EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE DECISION: