ILR second attend- life in uk test twice??
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 4:15 pm
Hi all, looking for a bit of advice or wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience...
Arrived in the country 11 years ago, as a child dependent of my step-father (whose dad is a british citizen). When it came to applying for ILR, I was encouraged to apply via the ancestry route- which was obviously wrong as I've not heard of that working for a step-grandad before! Visa was extended for 2.5 years and I can now apply again for ILR under the 10 year route.
However, also in the refusual letter it stated that "the secratary of state is not satisfied you have demonstrated sufficient knowledge of the english language and sufficient knowledge about life in the united kingdom in according with appendix KoLL"
What happened here, was that I sat the life in the UK test after my application had been sent (only a few days after) and the pass letter was sent to the home office. However, I'm confused as to whether they even recieved it or not...or is it just that because the pass letter wasn't sent at the correct time it doesn't count?
Rang the home office "help line" and they basically said if I've sat/passed it already I don't need to do it again, just send a covering letter stating that. They said there is no way of proving to me that they have the certificate on record, until my application for ILR has been sent. I am worried that there was a problem with my original certificate, or even if they have it at all?
Do you think to be on the safe side I should just sit the life in the uk test again? It would be awful to go through the whole process again just to get the application refused for something that could be avoided??
Thanks!!
Arrived in the country 11 years ago, as a child dependent of my step-father (whose dad is a british citizen). When it came to applying for ILR, I was encouraged to apply via the ancestry route- which was obviously wrong as I've not heard of that working for a step-grandad before! Visa was extended for 2.5 years and I can now apply again for ILR under the 10 year route.
However, also in the refusual letter it stated that "the secratary of state is not satisfied you have demonstrated sufficient knowledge of the english language and sufficient knowledge about life in the united kingdom in according with appendix KoLL"
What happened here, was that I sat the life in the UK test after my application had been sent (only a few days after) and the pass letter was sent to the home office. However, I'm confused as to whether they even recieved it or not...or is it just that because the pass letter wasn't sent at the correct time it doesn't count?
Rang the home office "help line" and they basically said if I've sat/passed it already I don't need to do it again, just send a covering letter stating that. They said there is no way of proving to me that they have the certificate on record, until my application for ILR has been sent. I am worried that there was a problem with my original certificate, or even if they have it at all?
Do you think to be on the safe side I should just sit the life in the uk test again? It would be awful to go through the whole process again just to get the application refused for something that could be avoided??
Thanks!!