{"question":{"passport":"FRA","destination":"JEY","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"allowed","headline":"Visa-free, 1 day","requirement":{"kind":"none","message":"You can travel without arranging a visa."},"stay":{"kind":"DAYS","maxDays":1,"ruleType":"RESETS_ON_EXIT","phrasing":"You may stay up to 1 day."},"conditions":[{"kind":"JOURNEY_LIMIT","text":"The Day Trip Visitor route is limited to French nationals travelling directly from France to Jersey on a same-day return commercial passenger ferry (V(J)14A.1 and VN(J)8.4); the route runs between 22 April 2023 and 30 September 2026 inclusive."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"jey-rules","url":"https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Travel%20and%20transport/ID%20Jersey%20immigration%20rules.pdf","passage":"V(J)14A.1. A person may be granted leave to enter Jersey as a Day Trip Visitor where the decision maker is satisfied that the person: (a) is a French national; and (b) is travelling directly to Jersey from France on a commercial passenger ferry; … (d) is travelling to Jersey on a day trip with return travel to France booked for the same calendar day … V(J)14A.2. A person granted leave to enter as a Day Trip Visitor must leave Jersey on the return journey for which they hold a booking on the same day. … (e)     Day Trip Visitor: Until departure on the same calendar day.","explanation":"V(J)14A.1 limits the Day Trip Visitor route to French nationals on a same-day commercial ferry from France and V(J)17.2(e) caps the stay at departure on the same calendar day, and ETA 1.11 exempts such Day Trip Visitors from the ETA requirement.","publisher":"JERSEY IMMIGRATION RULES … Last updated 1 April 2026 … Official … The Minister for Home Affairs has laid down the following Rules as to the practice to be followed in the administration of the Immigration Acts for regulating the entry into and stay of persons in Jersey."},"checkedAt":"2026-08-23","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":{"from":"2026-10-01","headline":"Travel authorisation, 6 months","source":{"documentId":"jey-rules","url":"https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Travel%20and%20transport/ID%20Jersey%20immigration%20rules.pdf","passage":"From 23 April 2026, a person to whom Appendix Electronic Travel Authorisation applies must hold a valid ETA in order to travel to Jersey. … ETA 1.3. The applicant must be a national included at ETANL 1.1. Appendix ETA National List in the UK Immigration Rules. … ETA 4.2. A person holding a valid ETA may make multiple journeys to Jersey, for the purpose of seeking permission to enter on arrival as a Visitor, seeking entry for up to 6 months on each occasion. … The “ETA National List (Jersey)” means the list of nationalities and territories specified in the United Kingdom Immigration Rules in Appendix ETA: Nationalities, as that Appendix is in force from time to time","explanation":"The ETA appendix makes holding a valid ETA a condition of travel to Jersey from 23 April 2026; ETA 1.3 limits it to nationals on the UK ETA National List, which the Jersey appendix incorporates by reference; ETA 4.2 sets the visitor stay at up to 6 months per visit.","publisher":"JERSEY IMMIGRATION RULES … Last updated 1 April 2026 … Official … The Minister for Home Affairs has laid down the following Rules as to the practice to be followed in the administration of the Immigration Acts for regulating the entry into and stay of persons in Jersey."}},"alternatives":[{"headline":"Travel authorisation, 6 months","conditions":[{"kind":"HOLDS_RESIDENCE_PERMIT","text":"An applicant who is lawfully resident in the Republic of Ireland and is travelling to Jersey from elsewhere in the Common Travel Area does not need to obtain an ETA (ETA 1.4)."}],"source":{"documentId":"jey-rules","url":"https://www.gov.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/Travel%20and%20transport/ID%20Jersey%20immigration%20rules.pdf","passage":"From 23 April 2026, a person to whom Appendix Electronic Travel Authorisation applies must hold a valid ETA in order to travel to Jersey. … ETA 1.3. The applicant must be a national included at ETANL 1.1. Appendix ETA National List in the UK Immigration Rules. … ETA 4.2. A person holding a valid ETA may make multiple journeys to Jersey, for the purpose of seeking permission to enter on arrival as a Visitor, seeking entry for up to 6 months on each occasion. … The “ETA National List (Jersey)” means the list of nationalities and territories specified in the United Kingdom Immigration Rules in Appendix ETA: Nationalities, as that Appendix is in force from time to time","explanation":"The ETA appendix makes holding a valid ETA a condition of travel to Jersey from 23 April 2026; ETA 1.3 limits it to nationals on the UK ETA National List, which the Jersey appendix incorporates by reference; ETA 4.2 sets the visitor stay at up to 6 months per visit.","publisher":"JERSEY IMMIGRATION RULES … Last updated 1 April 2026 … Official … The Minister for Home Affairs has laid down the following Rules as to the practice to be followed in the administration of the Immigration Acts for regulating the entry into and stay of persons in Jersey."}}],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}