VISITORS from outside the UK and Ireland will need to have electronic travel authorisations from 23 April.
Visitors to the Island, including children and babies, will need to have an ETA unless they have a valid visa or are day-trippers from France using an ID card.
It is part of a move to align Jersey’s border process with the UK, where ETAs have been compulsory since 25 February.
There is a list of 115 countries whose citizens need a visa to enter. Those from countries not on this list are classed as “non-visa nationals”. If they don’t fall under a list of exceptions or already hold a visa or immigration permission, they will need to apply for an ETA.
The ETA document – which is completely digital and exists within an app – will allow people to make multiple journeys to and from Jersey, with each stay capped at six months.
It will be valid for two years or until the passport it is linked to expires.
Visitors should apply for an ETA at least three days before they travel.
The government has said it would be possible to apply for ETAs from Thursday 9 April ahead of them being compulsory from Thursday 23 April.
Who needs an ETA?
- Non-visa nationals looking to visit for up to six months
- Non-visa nationals entering for the purpose of employment and holding a work permit for a period of six months or less.
Who does not need an ETA?
- British citizens and Irish citizens
- British citizens and Irish citizens who hold dual nationality are not eligible for an ETA. They must use their British or Irish passport to travel.
- People who already have a visa or valid Immigration permissions to live, work or study within the CTA
- People who hold settled or pre-settled status granted under the EU Settlement Scheme
- French nationals travelling to the Jersey for a daytrip on a French national identity card
- Children travelling as part of an organised French school trip
- Those with a British overseas territories citizen passport
- Those with a British National (Overseas) passport
