Fiance Visa IELTS Acedemic

[bograt]

My Indonesian fiance has just sat the ielts exam and im trying to find the minimum score acceptable, on the UKBA website it states minimum scores however it shows levels such as b1 which requires a minimum score of 4 in all sections. However her certificate doesnt state a level it just says acedemic on it. Does anyone know what level the acedemic is? and what the minimum score required is?
She got an average of 4.5 but only got a 3.5 in her listening is this a fail for a fiance visa on the acedemic paper?

Thanks

[pennylessinindia]

http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/media/Compare- ... d-CEFR.pdf

gives some comparisons

[bograt]

That shows b1 starting at 3.5 which is the lowest score my partner achieved, all her others were 5 with an average of 4.5. However on UKBA website it says that B1 is a score of 4 in all 4 categories. Its confusing. Anyone know if they go off the average score? or if they look for the minimum in each category?

[minty]

My wife submitted her IELTS test cetificate as proof of english profeciency last month. She had an overall score of 3.5 and we recived the VisaSo i Guess it is good news for those people who were worried if less than 4 was required.The UKBA website is far from being clear with regards to this, When I went to submit my documents in Liverpool the UKBA were themself confused, as they could not see any mark for IELTS below B1 standard. However the requirement is A1 and there was no IELTS score on thier spreadsheet which correlated to anythnig below B1.They accepted my documents, and my email printout from UKBA general enquiries where it was confirmed the score was sufficient, and they told they would do a policy review and get back to me.All Praise to Allah my wife recieved her Biometric Visa card.Hope this helps all those who were a bit confused on this issue




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From: Public Visa Enqs publicvisaenqs@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
Sent: 10/02/2011 12:16:49 pm
Subject: RE: Question

Thank you for the follow on enquiry.


An IELTS test score of 3.5 is equivalent to a BI level which exceeds the basic AI level of English required for a settlement visa application. Your spouse may therefore lodge her IELTS test score as evidence of herEnglish language competence.

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Public Enquiries [J],Customer Services,

Visa Services Directorate, International Group,

UK Border Agency, c/o Lunar House,

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