Bishop3912

I am Appling for my Visa and have been advised I need to find my WIFE’S GCSE English exam certificate otherwise she might have to take an engiosh exam…

She was born in England and both parents are English…is my agent being over the top on this one ?

steve`o

yep your agents going over the top
if you are english born and bred its not required

Bishop3912

That’s a relief as the wife from Romford and she is bloody hard to understand :scared:

manxfamily

Hi my husband and I had to provide a certificate from any english speaking learning facility ie school, college. My husband provided a GCSE Georgraphy pass letter and I provided a certificate from the night course I attended for work.

They also had to be certified, it didn't have to necessarily be an English exam cert. We are also english with english parents (or does the Isle of Man count)!!!

Bishop3912

I think she has her cycling proficiency do you think that helps…

steve`o

apparently not
must be the three legs that confuses them

manxfamily

You could try and contact the school for copies of exam passes? It does sound that your agent is a bit OTT who is he?

Bishop3912

Global 9

Centurion

Query with your agent and point out she is a British born citizen with a first language of English with British parents.

I certainly didnt supply any such documents. It sounds as though they are "going through the global applicant checklist" to me.

WESTLY

Yes

Westly Russell
RMA 0316072

jagsy

I'm a Yorkshire man with a Geordie accent, no sign of english (hehehe) - it was confirmed I didn't need the test!!!!

Madster

I to have english parents and lived here until I was 4 but as I grew up in Sweden after that I will most likely need to sit an english test! Well so my agency reckons
Madster

mercador

I wouldn't worry too much about it. I interviewed dozens of Asians with PR status for IT jobs in Australia and some of them could hardly speak any English. I conclude that the English test is either very easy or very easy to cheat at.

gavinrobertson

It's also not required if you're Scottish.

Angela Marie

Our Agent required English Language quals for myself and Paul.
I had mine to hand, but to get round Paul's - we wrote to his high school and asked them to confirm He was a pupil (gave them years etc., - so they could check up!) and they wrote a "to whome it may concern letter" - detailing exams sat.

There are ways round it, if you can't get copy of exam certificate, as many examination boards no longer exist (well at our age they don't )