To make the initial application under this category, you would need to ensure that you meet the requirements under the eligibility section. The application needs to be made in the British Embassy. You must bring all supporting documents with your application, and dependants can make the application at the same time.

The Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Herm, Sark, and Alderney) and the Isle of Man have their own immigration laws and policies, separate to those of the United Kingdom. For immigration control, we treat these islands as outside the United Kingdom.

If you are living within the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, and have been given permission to come or stay (also known as entry clearance or leave tor emain) there by one of the island authorities, you will not be able to make an application for permission to stay in the United Kingdom directly from the islands. You can apply in two ways.

These are:

• by returning to the country where you are normally resident (your home country) and applying for permission come to the United Kingdom (also known as entry clearance) from there; or 
• if your permission to come or stay on one of the islands is still current, you can come directly to the United Kingdom.

Once you are in the United Kingdom, you may apply to switch as long as the immigration category that you were given permission to come or stay on the islands is one that the United Kingdom immigration law allows you to switch into. This is because, once you have travelled to the United Kingdom, Home Office are able to treat the permission given to you under the island laws as if it had been given by the United Kingdom authorities.