Long-term employment route for a role explicitly marked LTEP in the official Approved Posts list, subject to the listed skill, qualification and experience criteria.
Can bring: dependants
Eligibility: 1Documents: 1Process & costs: 2Report facts: 16
Northern Europe · Immigration
Guernsey
Guernsey sits in Northern Europe. Its immigration system runs 22 distinct routes — led by work, family and free movement, each set out in official law. All 22 cite an official government source, shown on the route with the date we last read it. Who actually qualifies depends on your full profile.
- Immigration routes
- 22across 12 route categories, each set out in official law
- Source-cited routes
- 22 of 22cite an official government source, with the date we last read it
- Largest category
- Work5 of the 22 routes — see them under Work below
- Region
- Northern Europe
- Capital
- St. Peter Port
- Population
- 64,781
- Official language
- English, French · +1
- Currency
- GBP
- Time zone
- UTC+00:00
Source-cited pathways
Immigration routes
All 22 routes, grouped by purpose — 22 of 22 cite an official government source directly.
Work
5 routes
Discretionary employer-sponsored application for a role absent from the Guernsey approved list but present on the UK Skilled Occupations List.
Report facts: 1
Official government source: gov.gg · checked 2026-07-26
Seasonal employment route for an approved SEP role, or an LTEP role used seasonally, subject to the listed job criteria.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 1Process & costs: 2Report facts: 15
Temporary employment route for an approved STEP role, or an LTEP role used on a short-term basis, where the applicant meets the listed job criteria.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 1Process & costs: 2Report facts: 15
Short-work route for a non-visa national taking an approved role in Guernsey for no more than six months.
Eligibility: 1Process & costs: 3Report facts: 14
Investment
1 route
Business & self-employment
1 route
Business-establishment route for a person who wants to set up a business in the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
Process & costs: 1Report facts: 5
Study
1 route
Family
5 routes
Family route for a dependent child under eighteen of a settled or otherwise eligible parent in Guernsey.
Documents: 1Report facts: 9
Official government source: gov.gg · checked 2026-07-26
Accompanying-family route for the spouse, partner or dependent child of a Long Term Employment Permit holder.
Can bring: spouse, dependants, children, partner
Process & costs: 1Report facts: 5
Official government source: gov.gg · checked 2026-07-26
Entry for a fiance or fiancee who plans to marry a settled Guernsey sponsor, normally within six months, and then live together permanently.
Documents: 1Process & costs: 2Report facts: 9
Official government source: gov.gg · checked 2026-07-26
Family settlement route for the legally married spouse or civil partner of a person present and settled in Guernsey.
Documents: 1Process & costs: 2Report facts: 12
Official government source: gov.gg · checked 2026-07-26
Family settlement route for a partner who has lived with a settled Guernsey sponsor in a relationship similar to marriage for at least two years.
Documents: 2Process & costs: 3Report facts: 9
Official government source: gov.gg · checked 2026-07-26
Residence-based status
1 route
Settlement after five years of lawful residence in approved employment, including qualifying time in the UK, Jersey or Isle of Man.
Eligibility: 1Report facts: 7
Official government source: gov.gg · checked 2026-07-26
Free movement
2 routes
British and Irish citizens may live and work without an immigration visa, while Guernsey population-management permission can still be required.
Report facts: 5
Official government source: gov.gg · checked 2026-07-26
Transitional status route for a late EU, EEA or Swiss Settlement Scheme application accepted only where compelling and compassionate circumstances justify lateness.
Report facts: 7
Official government source: gov.gg · checked 2026-07-26
Youth mobility
1 route
Temporary live-and-work route for a young adult of a participating nationality, normally aged eighteen to thirty and up to thirty-five for some nationalities.
Eligibility: 3Process & costs: 2Report facts: 5
Cultural, religious & volunteer
1 route
Residence and work route for a minister of religion, missionary or member of a religious order in Guernsey.
Eligibility: 1Report facts: 8
Short stay & visit
2 routes
Visitor permission to marry or enter a civil partnership during a holiday without intending to remain or settle in the Common Travel Area.
Report facts: 5
Official government source: gov.gg · checked 2026-07-26
Visitor permission for tourism, family or business visits, with advance visa or ETA requirements depending on nationality and travel history.
Report facts: 7
Ancestry & return
1 route
Residence and work route for a qualifying Commonwealth or specified British-status national with a grandparent born in the UK, Channel Islands or Isle of Man.
Eligibility: 1Documents: 1Report facts: 7
Other & special
1 route
Residence route for a British National (Overseas) status holder or qualifying household member.
Eligibility: 1Process & costs: 1Report facts: 3
Official government source: gov.gg · checked 2026-07-26
Official sources
- States of GuernseyGovernment
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