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HI all,

I am planning to apply for naturalization by end of 2013. I got my ILR in April 2012 and for getting ILR I did Life in the UK test and also I got 10 points for English language (I was on Tier 1 visa)

My question is for these new KOLL requirements, Do I have to do:

1. Life in the UK again. It doesnt seem so. As I gave test during settlement
2. ESOL - again I am not sure as I got points for English language before and I can attach the document from home office for that?

Please let me know your thoughts

Thanks in Advance

you don't need to re-take LIUK test

However, if you do not have a degree taught in English from a UK university then you have to do following:

1. a B1 english language test
OR
2. a degree certified by NARIC to be equivalent to the English requirement.

hope this helps

innocentdevil wrote:you don't need to re-take LIUK test

However, if you do not have a degree taught in English from a UK university then you have to do following:

1. a B1 english language test
OR
2. a degree certified by NARIC to be equivalent to the English requirement.

hope this helps

HI innocentdevil

A degree taught in English from a UK university or a Degree taught in English from any country? for instance a Bachelors Degree in Language arts (english) taught in France, Spain or Germany; wouldn't that suffice?

innocentdevil wrote:you don't need to re-take LIUK test

However, if you do not have a degree taught in English from a UK university then you have to do following:

1. a B1 english language test
OR
2. a degree certified by NARIC to be equivalent to the English requirement.

hope this helps

HI innocentdevil

A degree taught in English from a UK university or a Degree taught in English from any country? for instance a Bachelors Degree in Language arts (english) taught in France, Spain or Germany; wouldn't that suffice?

Providing the degree is taught in English and comparable to a UK degree as per a NARIC statement of comparability it would suffice.

Guys,

My wife and I got ILR on 5th November 2012. Going by the new rule, what exactly are we required to present for the new KoLL rule. I'm more worried about my wife as she only passed the LIUK test and has no other English qualification. Under the old rule we are not expected to show any other proof prior to naturalisation but reading this new Koll requirement I'm getting really confused.

Your thoughts guys, please


[quote="Derivaz"][quote="innocentdevil"]you don't need to re-take LIUK test

However, if you do not have a degree taught in English from a UK university then you have to do following:

1. a B1 english language test
OR
2. a degree certified by NARIC to be equivalent to the English requirement.

hope this helps[/quote]

HI innocentdevil

A degree taught in English from a UK university or a Degree taught in English from any country? for instance a Bachelors Degree in Language arts (english) taught in France, Spain or Germany; wouldn't that suffice?[/quote]

Your wife will have to meet the B1 requirement.

Very painful as we are only 6 working days short (i.e 25th October last day of submission before the new rule and our earlier date which is 5th November). Can we post our application any earlier just to circumvent this rule?

Jay

[quote="D4109125"]Your wife will have to meet the B1 requirement.[/quote]

No, but there is some discretion for the caseworker to consider if the requirement is satisfied at the date of decision, providing that she was physically present in the UK 5 years before the application was received by them.

D4109125 wrote:Providing the degree is taught in English and comparable to a UK degree as per a NARIC statement of comparability it would suffice.

OK, that makes sense; and would they have to have it assessed by NARIC? or if it's a French/German Bachelors Degree(5 years long) that would suffice without having it assessed by Naric?