Quote Originally Posted by pkelly_uk View Post

After months of messing around getting NSO marriage certificates and documentation and statements and all the rest of the small book of forms needed for a spouse visa this English test comes along..

Simple question, we have all our documents to apply now even though the rise in fees up to 55,000 pesos is going to kill me. I have made a date with VFS in manila for my wife to apply for spousal visa for 26th november, does this mean she will get around the having to take an english test coming in on 29th before a visa can be applied for? i know she would need to take it eventually but rather in two years and in England.

Havent seen my nearly five month old daughter in four months

Thanks
Paul
Firstly ... I would like to extend to you a cordial - albeit belated - to the filipino/uk forum.

Next ... in reply to your question: the good news IS, since your wife will be lodging her visa application on Friday 26th, she will narrowly miss having to take the English Language Test ... which is due to come into effect the following Monday ... the only downside being that you've left it just a little bit too late to escape the increased fee.

Finally, it's particularly pleasing to observe that recent submissions appear to have been dealt with fairly rapidly ... and, if this trend continues, I'm hopeful that it may not be too long before you can all be together as a family ... so Good Luck with yours!