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English Guidance
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This section only applies if you plan to enter the UK as a visitor.
Visitor visas come under various visa types which are:
- Visit on business
- Visit to study
- Visit as an academic
- Visit for a paid engagement or event
- Visit for medical reasons
- Visit to meet your partner or family member
- Visit for sightseeing purposes
- Visit under a school trip.
A visit visa cannot be extended unless under exceptional circumstances which only includes:
- You are receiving medical treatment and visa needs to be extended or
- You are an academic and you still meet the eligibility requirements or
- You are a graduate retaking the Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board (PLAB) test or doing a clinical attachment.
- Exceptional circumstances such as Covid-19 or similiar outbreak.
When applying to enter the UK under this route, the caseworker will assess the following key areas:
- Have you the funds to support your UK trip.
- If you have a UK sponsor (family or friend), will they support your application such as accommodation, spending money, day to day living costs, transportation etc.
- Will you return to your home country before your visa expires meaning, you need to have some kind of asset to go home to such as:
a. Property you own or other valued asset
b. A business you operate
c. Employed
d. Studies
e. Family life.
The above are the key areas to demonstrate you have a reason to return home after your visa expires as without such evidence they are not convinced you plan to leave the UK.
Passing English is mandatory for most visa applications unless you are deemed as exempt.
The majority of visa applications will require evidence of English which can be an Academic qualification or English test certificate unless you are a holder of a passport approved as an English-speaking country. If you are a national of one of these countries, you meet the English requirements:
Antigua, Australia, Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, New Zealand, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and the USA.
If your passport is not on the above list, you must provide either:
Either a UK qualification at Academic level. Click here to learn more about the English rules.
If you have an overseas degree taught 100% in English, you will need a ECCTIS report and a letter from the training institute confirming that your degree was 100% taught in English. If you need to pass an English test, these are your only options:
Note: English test results are based on A1, A2, B1 and B2.
Below table explains what level of English you will need to enter or remain in the UK:
| Visa Types | Leave to Enter | Leave to Remain | Settlement | Naturalisation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charity Worker | N/A | N/A | X | X |
| Creative Worker | N/A | N/A | X | X |
| Graduate Trainee | N/A | X | X | X |
| Health & Care Worker | B1 | B1 | B1 | B1 |
| Innovator Founder | B2 | B2 | B1 | B1 |
| International Sportsperson | A1 | A1 | B1 | B1 |
| Minister of Religion | B2 | B2 | B1 | B1 |
| Religious Worker | N/A | N/A | X | X |
| Representative of an Overseas Business | A1 | A1 | B1 | B1 |
| Scale-up Worker | B1 | B1 | B1 | B1 |
| Secondment Worker | N/A | N/A | X | X |
| Senior or Specialist Worker | B1 | B1 | B1 | B1 |
| Skilled Worker | B1 | B1 | B1 | B1 |
| UK Expansion Worker | N/A | N/A | B1 | B1 |
| UK Ancestry | N/A | N/A | X | X |
| Visit visa (Standard) | N/A | N/A | X | X |
| Visit visa (Medical) | N/A | N/A | X | X |
| Youth Mobility Scheme | N/A | N/A | X | X |
Above list of visa types are the most common ones but if your visa is not on the list, feel free to contact us for guidance.
N/A = English not required.
X = Not permitted to apply.
Passing English is mandatory for most visa applications unless you are deemed as exempt.
The majority of visa applications will require evidence of English which can be an Academic qualification or English test certificate unless you are a holder of a passport approved as an English-speaking country. If you are a national of one of these countries, you meet the English requirements:
Antigua, Australia, Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, New Zealand, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and the USA.
If your passport is not on the above list, you must provide either:
Either a UK qualification at Academic level. Click here to learn more about the English rules.
If you have an overseas degree taught 100% in English, you will need a ECCTIS report and a letter from the training institute confirming that your degree was 100% taught in English. If you need to pass an English test, these are your only options:
Note: English test results are based on A1, A2, B1 and B2.
Below table explains what level of English you will need to enter or remain in the UK:
| Visa Types | Leave to Enter | Leave to Remain | Settlement | Naturalisation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charity Worker | N/A | N/A | X | X |
| Creative Worker | N/A | N/A | X | X |
| Graduate Trainee | N/A | X | X | X |
| Health & Care Worker | B1 | B1 | B1 | B1 |
| Innovator Founder | B2 | B2 | B1 | B1 |
| International Sportsperson | A1 | A1 | B1 | B1 |
| Minister of Religion | B2 | B2 | B1 | B1 |
| Religious Worker | N/A | N/A | X | X |
| Representative of an Overseas Business | A1 | A1 | B1 | B1 |
| Scale-up Worker | B1 | B1 | B1 | B1 |
| Secondment Worker | N/A | N/A | X | X |
| Senior or Specialist Worker | B1 | B1 | B1 | B1 |
| Skilled Worker | B1 | B1 | B1 | B1 |
| UK Expansion Worker | N/A | N/A | B1 | B1 |
| UK Ancestry | N/A | N/A | X | X |
| Visit visa (Standard) | N/A | N/A | X | X |
| Visit visa (Medical) | N/A | N/A | X | X |
| Youth Mobility Scheme | N/A | N/A | X | X |
Above list of visa types are the most common ones but if your visa is not on the list, feel free to contact us for guidance.
N/A = English not required.
X = Not permitted to apply.
