Mind boggled - seeking advice!

[raynaputi]

Yes, she needs to take and pass an approved English test before she applies for a visa. Here's the latest document about that https://www.gov.uk/government/public...language-tests . You can search in the approved list for the Philippines to know where she can take it. Don't worry about the Life in the UK test yet. She'll have to do that when she's already here in the UK as a requirement for the future visa Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) and citizeship.

Also, I advise for her to take the B1 test because it will be the requirement for ILR in the future to save her retaking the English test.

[ssbib]

Thank you very much for that advice. It has cleared things up for me. I think when she returns home in October we might look at getting this test booked in, and I will recommend she does the B1 version. Is there any recommended study material we could buy or is there no real way to study for it. Her English is very good, in reading, writing and speaking.

Also, is ILR and citizenship the same thing? She can apply for those once she has been living here for several years?