Work Permits
Under the provisions of the Control of Employment Acts and the Regulations made thereunder, any person who is not an Isle of Man Worker requires a work permit issued by the Department of Trade and Industry before taking up employment or self employment in the Isle of Man, except in the case of a few exempted employments.
An Isle of Man Worker is a person:
- Who was born on the Island; or
- Who has been ordinarily resident in the Island for a period of not less than 10 consecutive years at any time; or
- Who has been ordinarily resident in the Island for any continuous period of 5 years commencing on or after the 1st June 1963 unless within 5 years of so qualifying he ceases to be ordinarily resident in the Island and fails to resume such residence within 15 years. However, if he so resumes such residence but within the following 5 years he again ceases to be ordinarily resident in the Island he shall thereupon cease to be qualified as an Isle of Man Worker; or
- Who is married to a person who is qualified as an Isle of Man Worker; or
- Who, having been ordinarily resident in the Island for a period of not less than 3 years immediately prior to termination of the marriage or who continues to be so resident in the Island, was formerly married to an Isle of Man Worker; or
- Who is the child of a person who is qualified as an Isle of Man Worker; AND at the time of the former's birth, was serving or was married to a person who was serving in the armed forces of the Crown or in any of the capacities mentioned in Schedule 1 of the Disabled Persons Employment Act 1946 and was either born in the Island or such service immediately followed a period of residence in the Island of not less than three years; or
- One of whose parents:
- was born in the Island; and
- was ordinarily resident in the Island for the 5 consecutive years immediately following his birth in the Island; or
- Who has, during a period in which he was ordinarily resident in the Island been receiving full-time education, whether in the Island or elsewhere, but that person shall cease to be qualified as an Isle of Man Worker under this paragraph if he ceases to be ordinarily resident in the Island.
Note:
The above summary should not be regarded as an authoritative statement of the law and clarification on any point should be obtained from the Employment Division of the Department of Trade and Industry, Nivison House, Hill Street, Douglas. Telephone: (01624) 687026
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