NARIC certificate not required if PBS recognises degree
Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:27 am
Hi,
I wrote a mail to HO to check if NARIC certificate is required even if PBS recognises the degree.
I am pasting the response below as I think it will be useful for many of us:
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The points based calculator contains information about degrees that is regularly updated by UK NARIC, therefore applicants who obtained a degree overseas and who were awarded ten points for their level of English can submit evidence from the online points-based calculator, and provide the original certification of that degree, to demonstrate that they can satisfy the English language element of the Knowledge of Language and Life in the UK requirement. They will however still need to pass the Life in the UK test.
Applicants are awarded points for English when the calculator confirms that their degree:
∙ meets or exceeds the equivalent level to UK Bachelors degree; and
∙ was taught to a competent standard of English equivalent to level B1 on the Council of Europe’s Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (CEFR).
It should be noted that the calculator will award points where a Tier 2 migrant has reached B1 level English (CEFR), whilst Tier 1 (General) migrants require the higher C1 level of English (CEFR). If a Tier 1 applicant’s degree is not recognised by the calculator as being at level C1, it will not award any points for English language assessment, even though the degree may be at the required level B1 (CEFR) for settlement or British citizenship applications.
Some applicant may be unable to find details of their qualification on the points based calculator, therefore UK NARIC will not be able to verify whether their qualification satisfies the English language requirement. In these circumstances, they should either present an alternative qualification from the points based calculator if they possess one, or select an alternative means of satisfying the English language requirement, such as an ESOL qualification.
It is important to note that UK NARIC are unable:
• to provide Statements of Comparability (SoC) or English language assessments (ELAs) for UK qualifications;
• to provide ELAs for degrees that are comparable to UK Master’s or PhD degrees;
• to comment on levels lower than CEFR C1 if their data says the degree’s level of English does not meet C1, or
• to combine an ELA with an SoC;
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I wrote a mail to HO to check if NARIC certificate is required even if PBS recognises the degree.
I am pasting the response below as I think it will be useful for many of us:
_______________________________________________________________
The points based calculator contains information about degrees that is regularly updated by UK NARIC, therefore applicants who obtained a degree overseas and who were awarded ten points for their level of English can submit evidence from the online points-based calculator, and provide the original certification of that degree, to demonstrate that they can satisfy the English language element of the Knowledge of Language and Life in the UK requirement. They will however still need to pass the Life in the UK test.
Applicants are awarded points for English when the calculator confirms that their degree:
∙ meets or exceeds the equivalent level to UK Bachelors degree; and
∙ was taught to a competent standard of English equivalent to level B1 on the Council of Europe’s Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (CEFR).
It should be noted that the calculator will award points where a Tier 2 migrant has reached B1 level English (CEFR), whilst Tier 1 (General) migrants require the higher C1 level of English (CEFR). If a Tier 1 applicant’s degree is not recognised by the calculator as being at level C1, it will not award any points for English language assessment, even though the degree may be at the required level B1 (CEFR) for settlement or British citizenship applications.
Some applicant may be unable to find details of their qualification on the points based calculator, therefore UK NARIC will not be able to verify whether their qualification satisfies the English language requirement. In these circumstances, they should either present an alternative qualification from the points based calculator if they possess one, or select an alternative means of satisfying the English language requirement, such as an ESOL qualification.
It is important to note that UK NARIC are unable:
• to provide Statements of Comparability (SoC) or English language assessments (ELAs) for UK qualifications;
• to provide ELAs for degrees that are comparable to UK Master’s or PhD degrees;
• to comment on levels lower than CEFR C1 if their data says the degree’s level of English does not meet C1, or
• to combine an ELA with an SoC;
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