French Day Trip Visitor

JerseyShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

No ETA is required for a person entering Jersey as a Day Trip Visitor who meets all Day Trip Visitor requirements in Appendix V(J) and is not a visa national who requires entry clearance.

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https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Travel%20and%20transport/ID%20Jersey%20immigration%20rules.pdf
ETA 1.11. A person does not require an ETA where the person: (a) seeks to enter Jersey as a Day Trip Visitor under Appendix V(J): Visitor; and (b) meets all of the requirements for a Day Trip Visitor set out in Appendix V(J): Visitor; and (c) is not a person who requires entry clearance under Appendix V(J): Visa National List.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The route covers a same-day trip to Jersey with return travel to France booked for the same calendar day, without transiting to another Common Travel Area jurisdiction. A Day Trip Visitor must not work or seek work, study or access public funds.

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Limits of the record

Specific activities permitted during the day trip are not listed in the cited text.

https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Travel%20and%20transport/ID%20Jersey%20immigration%20rules.pdf
(d) is travelling to Jersey on a day trip with return travel to France booked for the same calendar day; and
https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Travel%20and%20transport/ID%20Jersey%20immigration%20rules.pdf
(f) does not intend to transit through Jersey to another jurisdiction in the Common Travel Area.
https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Travel%20and%20transport/ID%20Jersey%20immigration%20rules.pdf
V(J)14A.1. A person may be granted leave to enter Jersey as a Day Trip Visitor where the decision maker is satisfied that the person:
https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Travel%20and%20transport/ID%20Jersey%20immigration%20rules.pdf
V(J)14A.3. A Day Trip Visitor must not: (a) work or seek work; (b) study; (c) access public funds; (d) extend their stay; or (e) transit to another jurisdiction within the Common Travel Area.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

Leave lasts until departure on the same calendar day: the visitor must leave on the booked return journey the same day. The arrangement applies to travel between 22 April 2023 and 30 September 2026 (inclusive).

See recorded sources

https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Travel%20and%20transport/ID%20Jersey%20immigration%20rules.pdf
V(J)14A.2. A person granted leave to enter as a Day Trip Visitor must leave Jersey on the return journey for which they hold a booking on the same day.
https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Travel%20and%20transport/ID%20Jersey%20immigration%20rules.pdf
(e) Day Trip Visitor: Until departure on the same calendar day.
https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Travel%20and%20transport/ID%20Jersey%20immigration%20rules.pdf
(e) is travelling between 22 April 2023 and 30 September 2026 (inclusive); and

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

The traveller must be a French national travelling directly from France on a commercial passenger ferry and holding a valid French national identity card within its printed validity dates.

See recorded sources

https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Travel%20and%20transport/ID%20Jersey%20immigration%20rules.pdf
(a) is a French national; and (b) is travelling directly to Jersey from France on a commercial passenger ferry; and (c) holds a valid French national identity card, which is within the validity dates printed on the card; and

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

Leave to enter is granted by the decision maker when satisfied the requirements are met; a Day Trip Visitor must not extend their stay, work or seek work, study, access public funds or transit to another Common Travel Area jurisdiction.

See recorded sources

https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Travel%20and%20transport/ID%20Jersey%20immigration%20rules.pdf
V(J)14A.1. A person may be granted leave to enter Jersey as a Day Trip Visitor where the decision maker is satisfied that the person:
https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Travel%20and%20transport/ID%20Jersey%20immigration%20rules.pdf
V(J)14A.3. A Day Trip Visitor must not: (a) work or seek work; (b) study; (c) access public funds; (d) extend their stay; or (e) transit to another jurisdiction within the Common Travel Area.

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French Day Trip Visitor

For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

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