Hello all,

I would like to know if my wife would need to take an English test before we apply for a settlement visa to th UK.Her English is not the best but understandable and i would like some info on it as to what the test would involve and the price of it.I am in the uk at the moment and my wife is in Thailand and have known each other over 5 years now.We have a 5 month old daughter together and i think it would be good for her and our daughter to come and live in the uk together.If anyone can help it would be much appreciated.

Hello, yes your wife needs to do the A1 listening & speaking test, there are only i think 3 test places to do this, you need to find these out. Don't forget TB test too, have a look through all the posts here, the answers are here on this site. In reading most of the posts before will give you a great insite in the spouse visa and whats you have to do.

Alan

Hello, yes your wife needs to do the A1 listening & speaking test, there are only i think 3 test places to do this, you need to find these out. Don't forget TB test too, have a look through all the posts here, the answers are here on this site. In reading most of the posts before will give you a great insite in the spouse visa and whats you have to do.

Alan

OK thanks Alan,i will look through and find out more on it.

Hello, yes your wife needs to do the A1 listening & speaking test, there are only i think 3 test places to do this, you need to find these out. Don't forget TB test too, have a look through all the posts here, the answers are here on this site. In reading most of the posts before will give you a great insite in the spouse visa and whats you have to do.

Alan

OK thanks Alan,i will look through and find out more on it.

here is a list of current providers. may i recommend your wife does the pre test. ( test and pretest can be completed in 2-3 hours max - cost about 8000b)

http://www.vfs-uk-th.com/images/A1_Testing.pdf

here is a you tube video of the a1 test

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=5A42B129484A0208

Hi,

My wife did the BULATS test a few months ago. There are now only three tests on the list of approved providers in Thailand. Cost when she did it was 5600baht but I believe its now round 6500baht. My wifes experience and an explanation of whats involved in the test is covered in this post from my settlement blog:-

http://farangeye.blogspot.com/2011/06/english-language-requirements-for-uk.html

Theres also a post about the TB requirement which she did a couple of weeks ago.

Regards

Hello, yes your wife needs to do the A1 listening & speaking test, there are only i think 3 test places to do this, you need to find these out. Don't forget TB test too, have a look through all the posts here, the answers are here on this site. In reading most of the posts before will give you a great insite in the spouse visa and whats you have to do.

Alan

OK thanks Alan,i will look through and find out more on it.

here is a list of current providers. may i recommend your wife does the pre test. ( test and pretest can be completed in 2-3 hours max - cost about 8000b)

http://www.vfs-uk-th.../A1_Testing.pdf

here is a you tube video of the a1 test

http://www.youtube.c...A42B129484A0208

ive been in contact with bulats as my g/f has just returned to thailand the cost for the test was about 7000 baht but there isnt a pretest . they do a 10 hour prep test then the test they quoted me 23,950 for 1to 1 or if she could find some the price went down 2 students – THB 17,0003 students – THB 14,000

4 students - THB 12,500

not cheap

Hello, yes your wife needs to do the A1 listening & speaking test, there are only i think 3 test places to do this, you need to find these out. Don't forget TB test too, have a look through all the posts here, the answers are here on this site. In reading most of the posts before will give you a great insite in the spouse visa and whats you have to do.

Alan

OK thanks Alan,i will look through and find out more on it.

here is a list of current providers. may i recommend your wife does the pre test. ( test and pretest can be completed in 2-3 hours max - cost about 8000b)

http://www.vfs-uk-th.../A1_Testing.pdf

here is a you tube video of the a1 test

http://www.youtube.c...A42B129484A0208

ive been in contact with bulats as my g/f has just returned to thailand the cost for the test was about 7000 baht but there isnt a pretest . they do a 10 hour prep test then the test they quoted me 23,950 for 1to 1 or if she could find some the price went down 2 students – THB 17,0003 students – THB 14,000

4 students - THB 12,500

not cheap

sounds expensive. what is her english language ability? it is a shame you are not with her - then you could go through the 'you tube' video and see how she does. my wife found the pre test (prep test ) useful - she learned some new words that came up in the test - like ''relatives'' for example. the pre test was only 1 hour.