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Youth Mobility Scheme

JerseyYouth mobility

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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Which nationalities and age range can participate?

Jersey applies to all Youth Mobility Scheme entrants the requirements for “Temporary Work or Youth Mobility Scheme” applicants listed in Appendix Youth Mobility Scheme of the United Kingdom Immigration Rules. The official source does not state the eligible nationalities or the age range.

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Limits of the record
  • The eligible nationalities and age range are not reproduced in the captured Jersey text; they sit in the UK Immigration Rules appendix, which is not among the captured sources.

What combination of travel, work, study or training does the programme permit?

Jersey's Work Permit Policy lists a participant in the Youth Mobility Scheme among the people who do not require a permit to work in Jersey. The official source does not state whether travel, study or training is permitted.

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Limits of the record
  • Study, training and travel conditions are not stated in Jersey sources; para 89 cross-refers to the UK Appendix Youth Mobility Scheme, which was not captured.

What are the defining limitations: quota, ballot, previous participation, employer limits, study limits or equivalent?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the quota, previous-participation and work or study limits.

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Limits of the record
  • The only captured text is para 89, a cross-reference to the UK Immigration Rules appendix (used in R1); it says nothing on quota, ballot, previous participation or employer/study limits.

What funds, insurance, onward travel or similar preparation is particularly important?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the required funds, insurance and return-travel preparation.

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Limits of the record
  • The only captured text is para 89, a cross-reference to the UK Immigration Rules appendix (used in R1); it says nothing on funds, insurance or onward-travel preparation.

How long can the person stay, can the programme be extended or repeated, and what happens when it ends?

The Jersey Immigration Rules list entry under the Youth Mobility Scheme (paragraph 89) among the bases on which a person may seek an extension of stay to take work permit employment. The official source does not state the length of stay or whether the programme can be repeated.

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Limits of the record
  • Duration of Youth Mobility leave and whether it can be extended or repeated are not stated in Jersey sources (cross-reference to UK Appendix Youth Mobility Scheme, not captured).
  • Para 131 also requires the other conditions of the work permit route.
  • https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Travel%20and%20transport/ID%20Jersey%20immigration%20rules.pdf
    131. The requirements for an extension of stay to take employment in accordance with a work permit (unless the applicant is otherwise eligible for an extension of stay for employment under these Rules) are that the applicant meets each of the requirements of paragraph 128 (i)-(v); or (i) entered Jersey or was given leave to enter or remain as a student in accordance with paragraphs 57-62 and has obtained a degree qualification in Jersey or at a recognised further or higher education institution in the United Kingdom; or (ii) entered Jersey under the Youth Mobility Scheme in accordance with paragraph 89;

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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