Ukraine Family (J) Scheme

This Appendix sets out 2 routes for those affected by the conflict in Ukraine – the Ukraine Family (J) Scheme for those applying from outside Jersey and the Ukraine Permission Extension (J) Scheme for those applying in Jersey for further permission to stay for up to 18 months.

The Ukraine (J) Schemes (including the Ukraine Family (J) Scheme and Ukraine Extension Scheme) are not a route to settlement.

The applicant must have been living in Ukraine immediately before 1 January 2022.

A Ukrainian national can qualify under the Ukraine Family (J) Scheme if they are a family member (as defined) of a Jersey-based sponsor who is a British citizen, person settled in Jersey, person granted leave to enter Jersey for work permit employment in accordance with paragraphs 128 and 129, refugee, person with humanitarian protection, or EEA or Swiss citizen with pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme (where based on residence in Jersey before the end of the transition period).

Family members for the purpose of this Scheme are immediate family members (meaning a partner, child under 18, parent of a child aged under 18, fiancé(e) or proposed civil partner), and extended family members of the Jersey-based sponsor or their partner (meaning parent, grandparent, grandchild, adult child, sibling, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, and cousin) and the immediate family members of extended family members of the Jersey-based sponsor or their partner.

Family members of a Jersey-based sponsor who are not Ukrainian nationals may also qualify under the Ukraine Family (J) Scheme so long as at least one member of the Jersey-based sponsor’s immediate family is a Ukrainian national.

UKR(J) 1.1. A person applying for entry clearance or permission to stay under the Ukraine Family (J) Scheme must apply online on the gov.uk website on the specified form as follows: “Ukraine Scheme”.

UKR(J) 3.1. A person seeking to come to Jersey under the Ukraine Family (J) Scheme must apply for entry clearance and must have been granted entry clearance under the Ukraine (J) Scheme before they arrive in Jersey.

UKR(J) 5.2. An applicant applying for permission to stay under the Ukraine Family (J) Scheme must be in Jersey and either: (a) have permission; or (b) have had permission immediately before 1 January 2022 which has since expired, but permission as a visitor granted after 18 March 2022 does not count as permission for the purpose of this requirement.

UKR(J) 8.1. If the applicant is aged under 18 on the date of application and they are not accompanying a parent to, or joining a parent in, Jersey, they must have written consent from: (a) both parents; or (b) one parent, if that parent has sole legal responsibility for the applicant; or (c) the applicant’s legal guardian, unless the decision-maker is satisfied it is reasonable in the circumstances to grant the child entry clearance or permission without such consent.

UKR(J) 9.1. If the decision-maker is satisfied that all the suitability and eligibility requirements under the Ukraine Family (J) Scheme are met, the application will be granted otherwise the application will be refused.

UKR(J) 10.1. The applicant will be granted permission for a period of up to 18 months.

UKR(J) 10.2. The permission will be granted subject to the following conditions: (a) access to public funds permitted; and (b) work (including self-employment and voluntary work) permitted; and (c) study permitted.

Any applications to the Jersey Ukraine Family Scheme should be made on the UK Homes for Ukraine scheme online form.

For more information about this scheme, you can contact us by email at immigration@gov.je.

For further advice please contact the Jersey Customs and Immigration Service immigration@gov.je