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JerseyStarting a business

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Is this for a founder, startup entrepreneur, self-employed person, freelancer, company owner or another business profile?

For a person entering Jersey to establish themselves in business, by taking over or joining an existing business as a partner or director, or by establishing a new business. A business means an enterprise as a sole trader, a partnership, or a company, limited partnership or other body registered or established in Jersey.

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What must actually exist or be demonstrated: business plan, company, innovation, clients, contracts, economic activity, job creation or other substance?

The applicant must have the necessary Ministerial approval, and the applicant or the existing business must have obtained any licence required under the Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law 2012.

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What investment, capital, income, revenue, funding or viability evidence is central to this pathway?

At the indefinite-leave stage, a person established in business must have spent 5 continuous years in Jersey in this capacity, still be engaged in the business, and submit audited accounts for the first 4 years of trading and management accounts for the 5th year. The official source does not state an investment, capital or income minimum for entry or extension.

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Limits of the record
  • Paras 200-208 (entry and extension) state no investment, capital or income minimum; silence is not an explicit exemption.
  • https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Travel%20and%20transport/ID%20Jersey%20immigration%20rules.pdf
    209. Indefinite leave to remain may be granted, on application, to a person established in business provided he: (i) has spent a continuous period of 5 years in Jersey in this capacity and is still engaged in the business in question; and (ii) has met the requirements of paragraph 206 throughout the 5-year period; and (iii) submits audited accounts for the first 4 years of trading and management accounts for the 5th year; and

What business/self-employed activity may the holder conduct? Are there important restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

Admission is subject to a condition restricting the holder’s freedom to take employment. The official source does not state the family position.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured paragraphs do not state a family position for this route.

What approval/application sequence applies, how long is the status granted, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction is officially stated?

An extension to remain in business may be granted for up to 3 years at a time, with a condition restricting employment, if the applicant entered with valid entry clearance as a businessman and met the Ministerial approval and licence requirements. Indefinite leave to remain may be granted after a continuous 5 years in Jersey in this capacity while still engaged in the business, with audited accounts for the first 4 years of trading and management accounts for the 5th year, Appendix KoLL (English and life in the UK and Jersey), no general-grounds refusal and no breach of immigration laws (overstaying of 28 days or less disregarded).

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Limits of the record
  • The initial admission period is stated in para 204, whose citation is used by the R4 answer and is not repeated here.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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