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Jersey Worker-Dependent Visa

Jersey Residency
Pathway overview

At a glance

A worker with a Jersey permit lasting more than twelve months may be able to bring a partner and children. Their regular salary must be enough to support the whole family after housing costs, and the family must have suitable housing.

Sponsor
Long-term work permit for more than twelve months
Income
The worker's regular salary
Limits
Temporary and seasonal workers cannot use this provision

Summary

A Jersey long-term worker may be able to bring a partner and children when the permit lasts longer than twelve months. The family application adds a practical test: the worker’s regular salary must support everyone in suitable accommodation after the household’s housing costs are taken into account.

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Eligibility

The sponsor needs the relevant long-term work permission and sufficient earning capacity. The financial calculation compares the family’s income after housing costs with the applicable Jersey support benchmark.

Relationship, age and custody evidence are separate requirements. An employer’s willingness to help with relocation does not replace proof that the household meets the immigration rules.

More about this route

Expected overtime or a partner’s hoped-for future job does not fill that gap in the published assessment. This makes the dependent check useful early in a move, while the job offer and housing arrangements are still being considered.

Regular salary must support the family
  1. Long-term worker Confirm the qualifying permit category and duration.
  2. Household calculation Compare regular income after housing costs with the Jersey benchmark.
  3. Dependent files Document relationships, ages, and parental responsibility.

Expected overtime or a partner's hoped-for future job does not fill the published support calculation.

What This Route Allows

Approved dependents can live with the worker for the permission granted. The work-permit policy states that dependents may work without their own work permit, although Jersey’s separate housing and employment controls continue to apply.

What This Route Is Not

This is not automatic family inclusion with every job offer. It does not turn a temporary worker into a long-term sponsor, and permission to work as a dependent is not the same as qualifying to switch to an independent work category from inside Jersey.

Next Steps

  1. Confirm the sponsor’s permit category and duration.
  2. Calculate household support using the regular salary and actual housing costs.
  3. Prepare individual dependent applications with relationship and child-responsibility evidence.

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