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[BritiPina23]

Hi Sexiimulditah! I'm sorry but why do you need to take IELTS? Is that what's required in the Philippines to be able to apply for a UK settlement visa? In my case, I took my English Test in HK, (we were based there) through Pearsons. PTE General is recommended by the UKBA but had to wait till January for that (we didn't want to wait that long as my husband needed to start work by Nov.21 here in IOM). So, I had to take PTE Academic instead which is taken by those people who wants to study in the UK.

[Terpe]

Hi Sexiimulditah! I'm sorry but why do you need to take IELTS? Is that what's required in the Philippines to be able to apply for a UK settlement visa? In my case, I took my English Test in HK, (we were based there) through Pearsons. PTE General is recommended by the UKBA but had to wait till January for that (we didn't want to wait that long as my husband needed to start work by Nov.21 here in IOM). So, I had to take PTE Academic instead which is taken by those people who wants to study in the UK.

There are a number of different 'English tests' indicated on the UKBA approved listing that can be chosen, together with a number of different approved providers (who also have their own approved test centres).
In principle it's a personal choice on which test, which provider and which testing location, although in practice most people make their choices based on a location close to where they live.