Your moving house checklist

Planning Your Move

Choose Your Move Date

Try to avoid moving on a Friday or a Bank Holiday, as this is when removal companies are at their busiest.

Book Your Removal Company

Before you book, ask for recommendations from friends, neighbours or local Facebook groups.

Order Furniture

One of the few downsides of island life is that it can take quite a long time to receive deliveries from the mainland, especially for larger items. If you need any furniture, white goods, or appliances for your new home, order them well in advance

Change Your Address

You can now update your contact details online!

You will need to activate your onegov account, which includes setting up your Government Digital ID before you update your details.

Setting up your Digital ID (JerseyMe)

To set up your Digital ID, you’ll need:

• a valid passport
• a mobile phone
• a personal email address
• a device with a working camera and microphone

Step by step guide on setting up your Digital ID (JerseyMe)

Setting up your Digital ID (YOTI)

To set up your Digital ID, you’ll need:

• a valid passport
• a smartphone

Step by step guide on setting up your Digital ID (YOTI)

When to update your contact details

You’re legally required to let us know if you change your address. You need to wait until you’ve moved before updating us.

If you have parental responsibility for children under 16 moving with you, their details can be included on your form.

You can update your:

• residential address
• email
• contact number(s)

Correspondence address

This form can’t be used to change a correspondence address if it’s different to your home address.

You must notify the relevant department or agency directly of a change to your correspondence address.

Who will be told about your changes?

If you update your contact details online, the following Government services will be notified:

• Customer and Local Services (Social Security, Revenue Jersey and Population Office)
• Government funded and participating schools (if you have a child under 16)
• Health and Community Services, including the Hospital

If you want, you will also have the option to notify:

• Active Gyms
• Driver and Vehicle Standards (vehicle registration)
• Jersey Library
• Pensions team for Government employees
• Participating GP Surgeries