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NEWS
New Secure English Language
Tests for UK migrants
By Melanie Butler London, has been given English, will be
permission to expand the number computer-marked.
Migrants to the UK will benefit of its UK Exam Centres, and the Currently, non-EU UK PARLIAMENT
from the expansion in the number IELTS Life Skills Test of Speaking citizens entering the
of Secure English Language Test and Listening also remains on the UK to marry or enter
(SELT) centres and the wider list. into a civil
choice of exams on offer, following Phil Bond, General Manager of partnership, or to join
the announcement that the SELT at Trinity, said they were, family members, are
government have revised their “looking forward to being able to required to pass a
SELTs list, as reported in the expand our testing services to SELT at A1, those
January Gazette. The new system more locations around the still here 2.5 years
is expected to go live in April. country.” later need to pass at
Migrants entering the UK for Two new test providers have A2 while B1 is needed
family reasons, or those seeking been added to the SELT list of to acquire ‘Settled
status who are in the UK already, providers who can now offer two- Status’, as permanent
are expected to take a set of skill exams at A1, A2 and B1 for residency is now
English Language tests in UK migrants. Already well- known.
speaking and listening, known in language schools, It takes 200 to 400 Language requirements will apply to
benchmarked to the Common PeopleCert exams in Speaking classroom hours to all migrants, Priti Patel has announced
European Framework of and Listening can now be taken in improve your English
Reference for Languages, known approved test centres run by by one CEFR grade across all four before January 2021 are not
as the CEFR. Prometric, while Pearson are skills, based on a study conducted required to take language tests,
The familiar Graded launching a new low-level two- by the pathway provider INTO but the language requirements
Examination in Spoken English skill test known as PTE Home with Cambridge Assessment. will apply to all migrants after that
(GESE), from Trinity College which, like all Pearson tests of EU Citizens resident in the UK date. UK Visas and
Immigration
Secure English Language Tests (SELTs) approved for
British Citizenship, Settlement and visa applications
Citizenship, Settlement and Entrepreneur, Student and Trinity support
Spouse/Partner visas (A1–B1) Minister of Religion visas (B1–C1)
Free learning resources and sample
GESE: Graded Examinations in ISE: Integrated Skills in English papers are available online at
Spoken English A reading, writing, speaking and trinitycollege.com/SELTresources
A speaking and listening exam listening exam Frequent test availability in our 10
A one-to-one conversation Completed in one day SELT centres located around the UK
Provisional results on the same day Widely recognised by UK universities Customer service representatives
are available 6 days a week
Book now at trinitySELT.co.uk or call us on 0333 358 3183
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