Language Testing

[wqzh]

I have got a problom, any one can help me?
I ' ve got my ILR, my wife got her spouse visa for two years. My wife birth our daughter two months ago. She want to apply for her ILR at the end of this year. According to immigration rules, she has to pass the language testing, but she has to look after the baby, so has no time to prepare the test, is it possibe to get her ILR with the exemption of the test?
Thank you very much if anyone can give me answer.

[david1955]

I have got a problom, any one can help me?
I ' ve got my ILR, my wife got her spouse visa for two years. My wife birth our daughter two months ago. She want to apply for her ILR at the end of this year. According to immigration rules, she has to pass the language testing, but she has to look after the baby, so has no time to prepare the test, is it possibe to get her ILR with the exemption of the test?
Thank you very much if anyone can give me answer.

and where does the rule says that she will have to give english test , the only test she will have to give is the life in the uk test which is one way of testing ur english ability

[chrisrich]

I have got a problom, any one can help me?
I ' ve got my ILR, my wife got her spouse visa for two years. My wife birth our daughter two months ago. She want to apply for her ILR at the end of this year. According to immigration rules, she has to pass the language testing, but she has to look after the baby, so has no time to prepare the test, is it possibe to get her ILR with the exemption of the test?
Thank you very much if anyone can give me answer.

and where does the rule says that she will have to give english test , the only test she will have to give is the life in the uk test which is one way of testing ur english ability

Get her the materials to read from home in her free time for life in the uk test, if she is to do ESOL, try & make out time for her, there won't be any exemption for her

[ceyes]

With my experience and speaking to othesr who have taken the Life in the UK (LIUK) test, I have this to say. If you are able to spare about 3 days for reading the book and about 3 to 4 hours for taking mock tests - You can pass the test with ease.

[nnj10]

Agree with Ceyes, It shouldn't take too long to pass a test.

[John]

If you are able to spare about 3 days for reading the book and about 3 to 4 hours for taking mock tests - You can pass the test with ease.

This will depend upon English Language ability, and wqzh has given us no clue about his wife's language ability.

wqzh, what is your wife's English Language ability?

[wqzh]

If you are able to spare about 3 days for reading the book and about 3 to 4 hours for taking mock tests - You can pass the test with ease.

This will depend upon English Language ability, and wqzh has given us no clue about his wife's language ability.

wqzh, what is your wife's English Language ability?

Thank you John, my wife's English is very limited, I'm afraid she can't pass Life in UK even after longtime preparation. I have noticed they say if you got some physical conditions, you can get exemption, I dont know whether it will fall into this catalogue because of feeding baby?

[Greenie]

If you are able to spare about 3 days for reading the book and about 3 to 4 hours for taking mock tests - You can pass the test with ease.

This will depend upon English Language ability, and wqzh has given us no clue about his wife's language ability.

wqzh, what is your wife's English Language ability?

Thank you John, my wife's English is very limited, I'm afraid she can't pass Life in UK even after longtime preparation. I have noticed they say if you got some physical conditions, you can get exemption, I dont know whether it will fall into this catalogue because of feeding baby?

no it won't. Some women have to go back to work after having baby. She has until the end of the year-i am sure she can find the time to attend an esol class whilst you look after the baby.

[John]

Thank you John, my wife's English is very limited, I'm afraid she can't pass Life in UK even after longtime preparation.

As an alternative to submitting a pass certificate from the Life in the UK Citizenship test, she can submit a completion certificate from a combined ESOL/Citizenship test. You should try to locate such a course within reasonable distance of where you live.

A mere ESOL course, without Citizenship content, is absolutely no benefit to her, as regards applying to ILR.

If she has not got a pass certificate from the Life in the UK Citizenship test, nor a completion certificate from a combined ESOL/Citizenship course, then she cannot apply for ILR. Instead she would need to use form FLR(M) to apply for a 2-year extension to her spouse visa.

It seems a shame that she did not do the combined ESOL/Citizenship course before she gave birth!

[Greenie]

I don't see a problem here, she has until the end of the year, plenty of women have babies and manage to work, study etc, and she has you to help her to care for your child. She has sufficient time to take an ESOL course with citizenship with a recognised provider so thaqt she can apply for ILR - having a baby to look after is not a physical impediment to learning English.