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NARIC letter required or not? Please help confirm
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2019 5:11 pm
by maccdad
Dear Forum members, I received my ILR in January 2015 and am now applying for Naturalisation via the Online service.
In the list of documents the online form adds automatically :
"NARIC letter that confirms the qualification meets or exceeds the recognised standard of a Bachelor's or Masters degree or PhD in the UK AND confirm the level of English to which the degree was taught or researched"
During ILR I supplied my Master's degree obtained in India as proof along with a screenshot from the Points based calculator showing 10 points were awarded at that time.
Could someone please confirm if I still need to get a NARIC letter or am I exempt?
I would rather save £150+£130 fast track fees to NARIC if possible!
Re: NARIC letter required or not? Please help confirm
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 10:51 am
by maccdad
I am asking since form AN guidance says
"If you met the requirement to have sufficient knowledge of language and life in the UK when you applied for settlement by having a B1 level test you do not have to
demonstrate it again. (People who applied for settlement on or after 28 October
2013 needed to have had a B1 level qualification.) " which has confused me.
Re: NARIC letter required or not? Please help confirm
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:38 am
by alterhase58
If you provided the B1 test for your ILR application then you don't have to provide it again - just select the appropriate option in the application.
Re: NARIC letter required or not? Please help confirm
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 10:53 pm
by apatiluk
maccdad wrote: ↑Sun Nov 24, 2019 5:11 pm
Could someone please confirm if I still need to get a NARIC letter or am I exempt?
You need to have one of the below certificate
a. B1 certificate
b. NARIC Certificate
I think you would have been exempted only if you had a degree from UK university.
The points based calculator has to be supported by NARIC certificate otherwise B1 certificate .
Re: NARIC letter required or not? Please help confirm
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 5:28 pm
by maccdad
alterhase58 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:38 am
If you provided the B1 test for your ILR application then you don't have to provide it again - just select the appropriate option in the application.
Thanks..I applied for NARIC
Re: NARIC letter required or not? Please help confirm
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 5:29 pm
by maccdad
apatiluk wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 10:53 pm
maccdad wrote: ↑Sun Nov 24, 2019 5:11 pm
Could someone please confirm if I still need to get a NARIC letter or am I exempt?
You need to have one of the below certificate
a. B1 certificate
b. NARIC Certificate
I think you would have been exempted only if you had a degree from UK university.
The points based calculator has to be supported by NARIC certificate otherwise B1 certificate .
Thanks ..I applied for NARIC.
Re: NARIC letter required or not? Please help confirm
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 6:24 pm
by anujsharmame
I have the same problem.
The online application is not allowing me continue without selecting the checkbox that I will supply the NARIC from even though the (Naturalisation Booklet – TheRequirements) states below as per the two the section below :
1) "(People who applied for settlement on or after 28 October
2013 needed to have had a B1 level qualification.) " Under Acceptable qualifications
2) "If you have already satisfied the requirement to have sufficient knowledge of
language by obtaining a B1 level qualification and life in the UK for settlement, by
applying on or after 28 October 2013, you do not have to demonstrate it again. " Under Exemption from the knowledge of language and life in the UK requirement
Can some one advise what they did to circumvent this and got there application processed successfully?
ie selected the checkbox and put a cover letter with pointing to the above and got the citizenship application processed successfully
Hoping for advise