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English language req for dependant

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 12:50 pm
by sree17
Sir,

My wife wrote IELTS in 2008 scoring 6.5 and came to UK on student dependant visa. Later in 2011 we applied for Tier 2 general visa (dependant) showing the same document for english language criteria fulfilment and was accepted and are now eligible for ILR this month. Can you clarify if I can show the same document for english language criteria for ILR as I know IELTS is valid for 2 years but she was granted previous visa based on this same document or will she have to take english test.

Re: English language req for dependant

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 2:01 pm
by iworker
No.
She was granted visa each time before as IELTS was never needed in each of the applications she submitted before.
Besides the fact, ielts is changed now anyway.