Life in the UK Test

Has anyone taken the test, lately?  I have been studying the handbook as well as taking the tests from a website that has 40+ tests.  Naturally, I am a bit apprehensive and am wondering what others' opinions of the test are.  Thanks very much!

Has anyone taken the test, lately?  I have been studying the handbook as well as taking the tests from a website that has 40+ tests.  Naturally, I am a bit apprehensive and am wondering what others' opinions of the test are.  Thanks very much!

Not to be snoopy, but glancing at your old posts, it looks like you moved here on a fiance visa in Oct 2011 and received FLR in Dec 2012 so you (and your son) should be on the old rules and already have ILR (around Dec 2014).

If you've got ILR, you should have already taken the Life in the UK test and once you've taken it, you don't need to take it again (taking and passing the test once covers your for both ILR and citizenship).

If your situation has changed or there's something else I missed, I'm sorry (my bad!), but I just want to make sure there's not a bigger issue at hand.

In terms of people taking the test recently, it's actually not something that has come up on the forum much recently, because of the new July 2012 visa rules.

- The people who applied for their fiance and spousal visas before July 9 2012 will have mostly qualified for ILR by the end of 2014 or early 2015, and so will have needed to take the Life in the UK test then, to apply for ILR, and so not many people will have taken it recently

- The people who applied for their fiance and spousal visas after July 9 2012 won't qualify for ILR until at least July 2017, which means most of them won't have taken the Life in the UK test yet.

So, we're in a bit of a limbo at the moment, between the last of the people applying for ILR under the old rules, and waiting for people to qualify for ILR under the new rules.

I imagine we will start seeing a lot more people taking the test in a few months' time.

I took it last summer (so awhile ago) but it was quite straight forward. If you have read the book, there is nothing that is not covered in the book. If you're passing all of the practice tests, you should be good to go!

Correct!  We were on target with deadlines, however, when we were compiling the paperwork for 2014 we discovered the rules had changed and we had to take the test! So, we applied for the same Visa we were already on as we could not get a test date within the time frame and that was our only option.  Now, we are applying, again, and must take the test...had I only kept up with the changing rules we would not be in this situation.  Sorry for any confusion. 

Correct!  We were on target with deadlines, however, when we were compiling the paperwork for 2014 we discovered the rules had changed and we had to take the test!

Fair enough if you weren't able to take it in time.

I'm confused though - the rules for the Life in the UK test haven't changed in several years, and definitely not since you moved here in 2011...it has been a requirement to take the test before applying for ILR since 2nd April 2007.

The only spousal visa rules that have changed since you moved here are the July 2012 immigration rules (new income requirement and 5 years to ILR instead of 2 years), which don't apply to you anyway as you applied for your fiance visa before they came into effect.

Thank you, ksand24, for your response.  It seems I have been mistaken during most of this process but covering all aspects at the same time!  I thought the rules about taking the test changed a couple of years after I moved and was married...evidently not.  Perhaps I misread the rules and instructions when applying for the final Visa.  Regardless, I simply need to make sure I follow all of the rules now.  Hence, ksand24, and anyone else that can direct me, will you please let me know what I need to do and when?  I really do not want to mess things up and I do not want to miss another deadline.  Thank you, very much!  Ann

Hence, ksand24, and anyone else that can direct me, will you please let me know what I need to do and when?  I really do not want to mess things up and I do not want to miss another deadline.

No problem .

Well, it sounds like the only thing holding you back from applying for ILR is passing the Life in the UK test, so all you need to do is book the test, take it, and apply for ILR. As soon as you have ILR, you should be able to apply for citizenship if you want to as well (as long as you meet all the requirements for it).

The Life in the UK test certificate never expires, but if you lose it then you will have to retake the test, so after you get the ILR, keep it safe for when you apply for citizenship.

So, you just need to make sure you take and pass the test and then submit your ILR application before your current visa expires.

The only deadline now is your current visa expiry date. That's it.

You qualified for ILR back in 2014, so you could have actually passed the Life in the UK test at any time between 2014 and now and applied for ILR immediately.

I came here for that reason. I’m also studying for my test and am little anxious studying these test with  lifeintheuktest. Co . uk  They have thousands tests and I just think it consumes so much time and it really unpredictable too.  Going to try newcomer link: http://citizenpaper.co.uk/ [nonactive] so for those of you who passed the test with them please let me know

Not to be snoopy, but glancing at your old posts, it looks like you moved here on a fiance visa in Oct 2011 and received FLR in Dec 2012 so you (and your son) should be on the old rules and already have ILR (around Dec 2014).

If you've got ILR, you should have already taken the Life in the UK test and once you've taken it, you don't need to take it again (taking and passing the test once covers your for both ILR and citizenship).

If your situation has changed or there's something else I missed, I'm sorry (my bad!), but I just want to make sure there's not a bigger issue at hand.

Right!  We were completing the paperwork in December, 2014, and realized we needed to take the test but could not schedule it in time.  Hence, we had to apply for the Visa we were already on, again!  What a mess and a lot of extra money spent unnecessarily.  Live and learn...hopefully, someone can learn from my mistake.