Money Reduced because I have married??? Is this right seems rather odd!!!!

[Michael Parnham]

Why does your wife have to resit the test again if she passed it once already and scored a B1 and above.
My wife passed her IELTS test in the Philippines and easy cleared the B1 bench mark, You telling me she has to resit an exam she has passed already

Yes she took it the second time because her first test would have expired at the time she applied for her ILR, a few days after passing her second test it was announced that you could use the expired certificate!

[aprilmaejon]

Yes she took it the second time because her first test would have expired at the time she applied for her ILR, a few days after passing her second test it was announced that you could use the expired certificate!

That must be sooo annoying.

[Trefor]

Yes she took it the second time because her first test would have expired at the time she applied for her ILR, a few days after passing her second test it was announced that you could use the expired certificate!

I thought this was no longer an issue, as 'reported' on this forum a number of times in recent months? A pass is a pass, and although the certificate expires it will still be accepted for ILR. After all, how could your wife's English have got worse?

[Arthur Little]

I thought this was no longer an issue, as 'reported' on this forum a number of times in recent months? A pass is a pass, and although the certificate expires it will still be accepted for ILR. After all, how could your wife's English have got worse?

s, Trefor ... I totally agree. But, for some reason(s) best known to themselves, the boffins who compile and implement these rules - and plain commonsense - seem to be at variance with each other in this respect.

Either that, or they see the constant changes as an ideal extra money spinner!