UK Border Agency. Marriage visas: pre-entry English requirement for spouses

UK Border Agency Marriage visas: pre-entry English requirement for spouses This consultation sought views on proposals for the introduction of a pre-entry language requirement for those applying for a spouse visa and planning to settle in the United Kingdom. The Government's response to this consultation and a revised analysis of consultation responses was published on 23 July. These can be found in the document 'Marriage visas: the way forward' below. Taken from the summary: English for spouses new to the UK 'We will set a medium term goal of introducing a pre-entry English test for marriage visa applicants, linked to benchmarks about the availability of English tuition worldwide. In the short term, we will require those seeking spouse visas to enter into an agreement to learn English as part of the visa application process and, once they have arrived in the UK, to show that they have fulfilled this commitment. We will set out our timetable in a statement of intent in the Autumn'. http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/aboutus/consultations/closedconsultations/preentryenglishrequirement