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UK Visas and Immigration guidance on how staff consider applications for entry clearance, permission to stay and settlement and explains how to assess whether an applicant has met the English Language requirements under Appendix English Language.
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)
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Published 5 October 2020 Last updated 31 January 2024 +show all updates
Updated guidance.
Updated the guidance in line with Immigration Rules changes.
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).
Updated guidance to reflect that UK NARIC has become UK ENIC.
Updated with a new version of the guidance.
Updated guidance to reflect changes in Immigration Rules coming into force on 1 Dec.