akhurshid wrote:If you had applied for ILR after 28th of Oct 2013, you have already met the requirement.
If you had applied before 28th, You should be ok to send the printout along with the degree as I have seen HO accepting that. Your degree not only has to be on PBS calculator, I think HO only accepts it if you are awarded 20(I think) or more points. Read KoLL guide which tells you exactly how many points you have to score.
Hi akhurshid, or anyone in the know for that matter,
The naturalisation application states as one of the options: "I met the knowledge of language and life requirement to qualify for settlement on or after 28th October 2013"
Now that seems a bit ambiguous to someone like me who has done the Life in the UK test just before that date (10 October 2013), but my ILR application was submitted and approved on 19 November 2013 (so just after).
On first glance and as per akhurshid's assessment above, one would assume it refers to a naturalisation application successfully approved onwards from 28 October 2013. But if you consider that the changes to the Knowledge of language and life in the UK (Koll) came into affect on that date, one can also interpret it as meeting the new test's requirement, by writing the test on or after then, as opposed to the whole application.
As per the initial scenario above, I can find my degree on the PBS calculator (with 30 points), but the PBS calculator does not give me 10 points for English language. As per Koll, you can only use the PBS calculator printout if it also awards you 10 points for English. See link further down for confirmation of that.
My initial Tier 1 was granted based on my degree and I got a letter stating that the degree was presented in English. When I renewed my Tier 1, I relied on having proven it previously. With my ILR, I only needed LitUK and selected the option "degree taught or researched in English". So every time, I've relied on that degree and university letter above.
In my opinion the deciding factor is the date of the application itself, but the Koll Appendix then states that I still need a NARIC certificate if I did not obtain 10 points for English via the PBS calculator. See page 32 on the Koll Appendix here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... _0_EXT.pdf
These requirements are taking me around in circles and it's sufficiently confusion for my case, especially as I feel I've proven my English proficiency on earlier occasions.
Will be grateful for your comments.
Regards.