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Assessing the English language requirement: caseworker guidance
Guidance for UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) staff assessing whether an applicant has met the English language requirement.
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This guidance is for decision makers and explains how to assess whether an applicant has met the English language requirements.
It applies to the following routes:
- Student
- Skilled Worker
- Representative of an Overseas Business
- T2 Minister of Religion
- International Sportsperson
- UK Ancestry (settlement only)
- Start-up
- Innovator
- Global Talent (settlement only)
- Temporary Work - International Agreement (settlement only)
- Domestic Worker in a Private Household (settlement only)
- Appendix Hong Kong British National (Overseas) (settlement only)
Published 5 October 2020
Last updated 30 May 2022 + show all updates
Last updated 30 May 2022 + show all updates
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Guidance updated to reflect that Appendix English Language has been extended to the following routes: High Potential Individual, Settlement family life after a qualifying period of 10 years, Private life (Settlement only), Scale-up (from 22 August 2022).
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Updated guidance to reflect that UK NARIC has become UK ENIC.
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Updated with a new version of the guidance.
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Updated guidance to reflect changes in Immigration Rules coming into force on 1 Dec.
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First published.