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Does Home Office still accept NARIC certificate or Ecctis?
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2025 5:28 pm
by nile321
Hi Everyone
I am a British citizen and I need to apply for my wife's ILR , she's on a 5 year family route. We submitted NARIC certificate at the time of her first application under family route. My question is can I submitt the same Naric certificate which they accepted in 2020. I phoned Ecctis , they said I need to apply for Ecctis now as Ecctis is now using some QLS system , New guidance came in may 2025, doesn't tell anything clearly. I would really appreciate advise on this matter thanks.
Re: Does Home Office still accept NARIC certificate or Ecctis?
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 12:10 pm
by zimba
Old evidence from NARIC can be used if Home Office have previously accepted a degree qualification as meeting the requirements for an earlier application, and leave was granted:
Evidence from NARIC
An applicant must provide an AQUALS or a statement of comparability from Ecctis (formerly UK NARIC) confirming the qualification is equivalent to a UK qualification.
Where the qualification was obtained in a non-majority English-speaking country, an ELPS or an English language assessment (ELA) is also required. However, you do not need to see additional confirmation from Ecctis (formerly UK NARIC) where the:
•Home Office have previously accepted a degree qualification as meeting the requirements for an earlier application, and leave was granted
•degree was awarded by a UK university
If the qualification has not previously been used for an immigration application, or the previous application was refused, the applicant must obtain confirmation from Ecctis (formerly UK NARIC) that it meets the relevant criteria.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... efromnaric
Re: Does Home Office still accept NARIC certificate or Ecctis?
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 11:14 pm
by nile321
Hi Zimba
Thanks for the reply but Ecctis said you need to provide a UPI code to home office, which we will provide after a verification of your education documents and we have now a different procedures and guidelines of verifying a degree which is different from NARIC. I am thinking to submit application with NARIC, if they don't accept , they will ask for Ecctis or B1 , they won't refuse application as far as I know. Very confused now to be honest.I will appreciate other members opinions as well.
Re: Does Home Office still accept NARIC certificate or Ecctis?
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2025 1:12 am
by zimba
nile321 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 06, 2025 11:14 pm
Hi Zimba
Thanks for the reply but Ecctis said you need to provide a UPI code to home office, which we will provide after a verification of your education documents and we have now a different procedures and guidelines of verifying a degree which is different from NARIC. I am thinking to submit application with NARIC, if they don't accept , they will ask for Ecctis or B1 , they won't refuse application as far as I know. Very confused now to be honest.I will appreciate other members opinions as well.
As per the official guide, the old NARIC should be accepted. The fact that Ecctis process has changed is irrelevant in my view