Beware!
After a month's wait, my wife in the Philippines has received the result of an assessment from UK NARIC, in order to find out whether her degree was acceptable as equivalence to the level A1 of CEFR. A1 of CEFR is the new English Language level requirement for a settlement visa to the UK.
VFS and indeed, NARIC need to revise and/or make clear their advice - UK NARIC do not at this time assess a Batchelor's degree taught in English to the A1 level, only specific equivalence to CEFR level C1, a much higher requirement than A1. Although my wife specified our A1 requirement to NARIC, and we paid our fee, they informed me about this fact only when I 'phoned them following their C1 equivalence result.
