UPDATE for posterity:
1. Received a reply from the same address
2. Confirming the test is also a valid option

Thanks, going for the test and just proactively sending it seems like the way forward. If they then come back requiring the AQUALS - well, then we will need an extension anyway, so are essentially no worse off (other than the cost of the test). Yes, hoping someone can provide some alternative ...

Hi AmazonianX, many thanks for your reply. Yes, exactly, the test is what we would prefer, except the agent specifically mentioned the Aquals route, but not the testing route. If UKVI's goal is to confirm language proficiency (rather than litigate the quality and language of my wife's degree program ...

Hello dear experts and other good folk of the forum. In July we lodged an ILR SET(M) application for my wife and this morning received a personal email from an agent at a SETMValidation email group address, saying that the language evidence provided with our application was incorrect and ...