English requirement

[kmrdale5]

Hi,

My wife entered the UK in March 2014 on a 2.5 year spouse visa. Her visa is due to run out and I need some information on completing the Visa renewal form.

I want to know whether my wife will need to sit any extra tests to meet the english requirements or is providing the certificates she gained in being granted her initial visa enough.

She has City and guilds certificate for ESOL A1.

Any information will be of great help.

[Casa]

Under paragraph 32D of Appendix FM-SE if an applicant under the partner or parent routes
submits an English language test certificate or result and the Home Office has already
accepted it as part of a successful previous partner or parent application (but not where the
application was refused, even if on grounds other than the English language requirement), the
decision-maker may accept that certificate or result as valid if it is:
(a) from a provider which is no longer approved, or
(b) from a provider who remains approved but the test the applicant has taken with that
provider is no longer approved, or
(c) from a test centre which is no longer approved, or
(d) past its validity date (if a validity date is required under Appendix O),
provided that when the subsequent application is made:
(i) the applicant has had continuous leave (disregarding any period of overstaying of no
more than 28 days) as a partner or parent since the Home Office accepted the test certificate
as valid; and
(ii) the award to the applicant does not fall within the circumstances set out in paragraph 32B

However, if your wife is applying in October or after, A2 level English will be required from an UKVI approved test provider.
of Appendix FM-SE.