Jersey Immigration Rules: Jersey EU Settlement: Notice of changes

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A decision made on 14 June 2021

MINISTERIAL DECISION REFERENCE: MD-HA-2021-47
Decision Date: 24 May 2021
DECISION SUMMARY TITLE: Notice of changes to the Jersey Immigration Rules: Jersey EU Settlement Scheme
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: Notice of changes to the Jersey Immigration Rules: Jersey EU Settlement Scheme
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: The Assistant 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]. The amendments concern the Jersey EU Settlement Scheme (“the Scheme”) contained in Appendix EU(J) and EU(J)(Family Permit) and reflect changes to the UK Settlement Scheme [2]. The changes are intended to keep the criteria for settled status under the Scheme consistent with the criteria for settled status in the rest of the Common Travel Area, and are as follows – to enable a family member applying to the Scheme to rely on a family permit, issued under the relevant UK Regulations, as a relevant document evidencing the relevant family relationship to enable an applicant, who is the family member of an EEA citizen, where both were continuously resident in Jersey before the end of the Transition Period, to apply on or after 1 July 2021 to enable a person to apply to the Scheme on or after 1 July 2021 as the joining family member of an EEA citizen, where the person was continuously resident in Jersey before the end of the Transition Period to enable a person who relies on having reasonable grounds for missing the deadline applicable to them to apply directly to the Scheme to allow an applicant for a family permit to rely on alternative evidence of identity and nationality
RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS: None as a consequence of this decision.
ACTION REQUIRED: To make the appropriate amendments to the provisions of 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: Deputy Gregory Guida Assistant Minister for Home Affairs
DATE SIGNED:			EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE DECISION: