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United KingdomIsle of Man Government

Global Business Mobility visas no longer give Isle of Man work-permit exemption

Isle of Man IED cases now run Cases 1 to 5 only; employers can no longer treat the five Global Business Mobility routes as exempt from the work-permit requirement.

By Taxxa AI OyPublished 3 November 2026

Payroll & Labour

Holders of the five Global Business Mobility routes are no longer within the immigration employment document (IED) casesGOV, and so can no longer rely on that status for exemption from the Isle of Man work-permit requirementGOV. Employers and advisers should no longer treat a Global Business Mobility visa, on its own, as permission to take up temporary employment in the Island without a work permit.GOV

Until the change, a dedicated Case 6 covered a holder with a valid visa for Global Business Mobility – Senior or Specialist Worker, Graduate Trainee, Isle of Man Expansion Worker, Service Supplier, or Secondment WorkerGOV GOV, applying to every holder of a valid visa sponsored by a business to undertake temporary employment in the Isle of ManGOV. That case has been removed in its entirety.GOV The IED cases now run from Case 1 to Case 5 only: Worker Migrant visas; Tier 1 Migrant visas; Tier 4 (General) and Tier 4 (Child) Student visas; Tier 5 (Temporary Worker) Migrant visas; and former Tier 2 Migrant visas under the transitional rule tied to the coming into operation of the Immigration (Variation of Leave) Order 2018.

An IED is a document issued by the Governor or an officer of the Cabinet Office, in accordance with the Immigration Act, which does not preclude the holder from taking up employment in the Island and evidences valid leave to enter or remain in the Island in one of the listed cases. A worker who holds an IED is exempt from the requirement for a work permit.GOV That exemption is statutory: section 7(4) of the Control of Employment Act 2014 provides that section 6 does not apply to the employment of a person who is the holder of an immigration employment document permitting that employment.GOV

The practical effect falls on businesses sponsoring temporary Isle of Man assignments under any of the five routes, and on the secondees and trainees themselves. Where the IED exemption was previously available through Case 6, the employer must now secure another basis for lawful employment — a work permit, Isle of Man worker status, an automatic permit, a temporary exemption, or a different IED case where the individual genuinely holds one.GOV Employing a person who needs a permit without one risks unlawful employment.

The remaining cases keep their own limits. Case 1 applies only so far as the holder undertakes employment authorised by the visa. Case 4 carries the same authorised-employment limit for Tier 5 visas. Case 5 applies only so far as the holder complies with the immigration rules for the replacement visa — Appendix W for a worker, Part 8 of the immigration rules (rules 319AA – 319J) for a dependant. No effective date and no transitional saving for employment already undertaken under the former Case 6 is stated in the material read.GOV

Legal basis: Control of Employment Act 2014, section 7(4); Immigration Act 1971 as it has effect in the Isle of Man; Immigration (Variation of Leave) Order 2018; Appendix W and Part 8 of the immigration rules.

Review the work-permit position of anyone working in the Island on a Global Business Mobility visa and secure a work permit or another exemption before they continue in post.

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