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Assessing the English language requirement: caseworker guidance

Guidance for UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) staff guidance on assessing whether an applicant has met the English language requirement.

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UK Visas and Immigration
Published
5 October 2020
Last updated
305 MayOctober 20222023 — See all updates

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ThisUK Visas and Immigration guidance ison how staff consider applications for decisionentry makersclearance, permission to stay and settlement and explains how to assess whether an applicant has met the English languageLanguage requirements.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)
Published 5 October 2020
Last updated 305 MayOctober 20222023 + show all updates

  1. Updated the guidance in line with Immigration Rules changes.

  2. 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).

  3. Updated guidance to reflect that UK NARIC has become UK ENIC.

  4. Updated with a new version of the guidance.

  5. Updated guidance to reflect changes in Immigration Rules coming into force on 1 Dec.

  6. First published.