Immigration - Work Permit Employment In Guernsey

Legal Framework

The UK's Immigration Act 1971 is extended to the Bailiwick of Guernsey by Statutory Instrument (the Immigration (Guernsey) Order 1993). The Committee for Home Affairs has delegated power under the Act to make rules regulating the entry and stay of people into the Bailiwick of Guernsey. The current rules are the Immigration (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Rules 2008. The Rules require any person entering Guernsey for the purposes of employment to hold a work permit (unless they are otherwise authorised to work under the Rules). Work permits are issued in accordance with the work permit policy issued by the Committee for Home Affairs.

Scope of Work Permit Policy

Recruitment into vacant posts in Guernsey must, where possible, be from the pool of permit free workers. Permit free workers include British citizens, nationals of other member states of the EU, EEA and Switzerland, other nationals with settled status and participants in the Youth Mobility