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2019-10-01 - Approved Secure English Language Tests

The document lists approved English language tests that meet the Home Office's requirements for immigration and nationality applications. It provides the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages level and minimum grade requirements for tests taken in and outside the UK. Applicants must take one of the approved tests, and test results will be verified online using a unique reference number provided by the test provider.

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2019-10-01 - Approved Secure English Language Tests

The document lists approved English language tests that meet the Home Office's requirements for immigration and nationality applications. It provides the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages level and minimum grade requirements for tests taken in and outside the UK. Applicants must take one of the approved tests, and test results will be verified online using a unique reference number provided by the test provider.

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Date: 1 October 2019

Approved Secure English Language Tests


1. The following is the list of approved English language tests that have been assessed as meeting the Home Offices requirements
under the Secure English Language Testing (SELT) arrangements. Only those tests and test levels specified are approved.

2. Anyone taking a test that they intend to use in an immigration or nationality application must take one of the tests listed. Both tables
below detail the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) level and minimum grade requirements for each
level.

3. Where two or more components (reading, writing, speaking and listening) of a test are examined and awarded together, for example a
combined exam and certificate for reading and writing skills, the specified evidence submitted by the applicant must show that he
achieved the required scores in all the relevant components during a single sitting of that examination, unless exempted from sitting a
component on the basis of his disability.

4. Tests are valid for 2 years from the date of the test is awarded.

5. No documents are required to be submitted as part of the immigration or nationality application. Test results and scores will be
verified using the SELT online verification system provided by each approved SELT test provider using a SELT unique reference
number. Applicants should provide their SELT unique reference number on their application form.
• For Trinity College London tests, the SELT unique reference number is displayed on the certificate as ‘UER’
• For IELTS SELT Consortium tests, the SELT unique reference number is displayed on the Test Result Form (TRF) as ‘UKVI
number’

6. Links to the website for each of the SELT providers are shown at the end of this document.

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Table 1: tests taken in the UK

CEFR
Approved English language test SELT provider Minimum grade required Effective from
Level
Graded Examinations in Spoken English
A1 Trinity College London Pass 6 April 2015
(GESE) Grade 2

A1 IELTS Life Skills– A1 Speaking & Listening IELTS SELT Consortium Pass 6 April 2015

Graded Examinations in Spoken English


A2 Trinity College London Pass 6 April 2015
(GESE) Grace 3

A2 IELTS Life Skills– A2 Speaking & Listening IELTS SELT Consortium Pass 24 November 2016

Graded Examinations in Spoken English


B1 Trinity College London Pass 6 April 2015
(GESE) Grade 5

B1 IELTS Life Skills– B1 Speaking & Listening IELTS SELT Consortium Pass 6 April 2015

Reading: Pass; Listening: Pass;


B1 Integrated Skills in English I (ISEI) Trinity College London 6 April 2015
Speaking: Pass; Writing: Pass
Listening: 4.0; Speaking: 4.0;
B1 IELTS for UKVI IELTS SELT Consortium 6 April 2015
Reading: 4.0; Writing: 4.0
Reading: Pass; Listening: Pass;
B2 Integrated Skills in English II (ISEII) Trinity College London 6 April 2015
Speaking: Pass; Writing: Pass
Listening: 5.5; Speaking: 5.5;
B2 IELTS for UKVI IELTS SELT Consortium 6 April 2015
Reading: 5.5; Writing: 5.5
Reading: Pass; Listening: Pass;
C1 Integrated Skills in English III (ISEIII) Trinity College London 6 April 2015
Speaking: Pass; Writing: Pass
Listening: 7.0; Speaking: 7.0;
C1 IELTS for UKVI IELTS SELT Consortium 6 April 2015
Reading: 7.0; Writing: 7.0
Reading: Pass; Listening: Pass;
C2 Integrated Skills in English IV (ISEIV) Trinity College London 6 April 2015
Speaking: Pass; Writing: Pass
Listening: 8.5; Speaking: 8.5;
C2 IELTS for UKVI IELTS SELT Consortium 6 April 2015
Reading: 8.5; Writing: 8.5

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Table 2: tests taken outside of the UK

CEFR
Approved English language test SELT provider Minimum grade required Effective from
Level

A1 IELTS Life Skills – A1 Speaking & Listening IELTS SELT Consortium Pass 6 April 2015

B1 IELTS Life Skills – B1 Speaking & Listening IELTS SELT Consortium Pass 6 April 2015

Listening: 4.0; Speaking: 4.0;


B1 IELTS for UKVI IELTS SELT Consortium 6 April 2015
Reading: 4.0; Writing: 4.0
Listening: 5.5; Speaking: 5.5;
B2 IELTS for UKVI IELTS SELT Consortium 6 April 2015
Reading: 5.5; Writing: 5.5
Listening: 7.0; Speaking: 7.0;
C1 IELTS for UKVI IELTS SELT Consortium 6 April 2015
Reading: 7.0; Writing: 7.0
Listening: 8.5; Speaking: 8.5;
C2 IELTS for UKVI IELTS SELT Consortium 6 April 2015
Reading: 8.5; Writing: 8.5

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Further information

SELT provider Website details

Trinity College Website: www.trinitycollege.com/SELT


London Test Centres: www.trinitycollege.com/findaseltcentre

IELTS SELT Website: www.ielts.org


Consortium Test centres: https://www.ielts.org/book-a-test/find-a-test-location

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