UK Spouse Visa

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How many of you applied for a Spouse Immigration Visa to UK from Pakistan? How long did the procedure take?

My husband received his British Citizenship earlier this year. Will that help?

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In the current circumstances, if documentation is done properly it takes between three to six weeks to get UK spouse visa. You must pass IELTS (band 5 minimum requirement) or ESOL corresponding exam, its now legal requirement for spousal visas to UK.

Good luck.

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I'd PM you tonight daffy.

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Any information on Spouse visa? - are they pretty strict?

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Isn't ESOL or English test only required when applying for British Nationality ?

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Enigmatic, would you mind PMing me the same info? :)

Thank you

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^ And me!! My cousin is getting married next month and she is doing all sort of things to save money (So no solicitor fee :D)

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I got an 87% in English in my 'O' levels, do i need to give IELTS as well?

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Guys IELTS was introduced from September 2010. Every person who gets married to British citizen (or UK ILR holder) & applies for UK visa to visit UK as spouse must pass English langauge Test (IELTS / ESOL). The exceptions are

  1. Partners of Tier 1 / HSMP Holders
  2. Partner of UK Work (permits based) visa holders.
  3. UK/USA/Canadian/Australian (or any native English speaking country’s) degree holders (no A Levels or college education).

You can read this.

&

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/partners-other-family/guidance-for-applicants.pdf

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Could you pm me too.. I am just about to send docs to hubby for him to apply..

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Nope.. You need it for spousal visas too aminas

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  1. IELTS is required for all spouse visas despite doing English as a subject in O or A Levels.

  2. Guys I would want to PM you all too but I don’t know the status of your or your spouse visas. So if you could tell me that then I could help you with the documents required etc. The stuff that at least I know :hehe:

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^ The girl in question is british :)

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Seriously IELTS is required anyway? I read on the Border Agency website that if you have a degree that was taught in English just attach the original certificate and that would be suffice!

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No, its only accepted if degree is issued by a country with English as first language (aka UK/USA/Canada/ etc etc). If degree is taught in English but issued in a country other than native English language (aka Pakistan) it must be certified by NARIC.

You should check the second Link I posted above in my previous post.

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In that same link, it states:
An applicant can meet the requirement in one of the following ways:
1.by passing an acceptable test at a minimum level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) with an approved provider, or
2.by being a national of a majority English speaking country, or
3. by having an academic qualification equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree in the UK which was taught in English.

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Yes, but that degree must be certified by NARIC (please search for word NARIC in same link I provided you above, you will find it).

Details are here:
http://www.naric.org.uk/index.asp?page=210

If the degree is not certified by NARIC, it will not be accepted.

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Lol i think we all need the info...

my sis and bro going to get married early next year

so plz some one pm me too :@:

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my bro and sister gonna get married next year and wanna take whatever documents with them to apply for spouse visa
so that they partners can come back with them, so any info will be great :slight_smile:

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What sort of tests are they .. easy? Any sample any one has for practice?

What about IELTS, does it work?