Spouse Visa Extension

No problem.

I'm curious about that too. My wife got a B2 and a C1 for her TOEIC, but it expires before her next FLR application. Will she need to take it again or not?

How can we confirm this?

Micawber knows his onions so hopefully will come back with a response.

I am lucky as our Immigration Officers here are human and contactable so I will ask them today. I need to check for my wife's sake for Citizenship / Naturalisation and I will also ask regarding FLR. Only problem is that the Isle of Mans immigration rules can sometimes be slightly different to the UK so whatever they say, one would need to still keep an open mind if on the UK mainland.

Well, bearing in mind it is the Isle of Man and can be a bit different, i was told today that my wfe will have to resit her expired TOEIC Test even though she passed it to C1 level, before she applies for Naturalisation / Citizenship.

Definitely better safe than sorry then!

That seems very unfair and very much at odds with the Home Office and UKBA statements about this.
You may (or may not) want to consider double-checking the information you've been given and the written source of such information.

The Home Office assures all applicants there is no such requirement.

It's a personal choice.

I agree. Strange ruling. But thats from the horses mouth here. I spoke to IOM immigration on the phone. Normally I find them helpful and reliable and they helped me with advice in the sunup to my wires ILR application.

Peter. Where do you see the Home Office stipulation that you speak of? There are a couple of guys participating in this thread that would like clarification on this. Me too. If I can show IOM Immigration the Home Office written word then it might help us to overturn their thinking.

My wife has about 10/11 months now before she applies for Naturalisation so we have time to get our ducks lined up thoroughly and under no pressure of course, such is the nature of Naturalisation. The worse case though is that my wife takes it again before Naturalisation...

John,

Here's what the Home Office Statement of Intent states:-

I've highlighted in the bold the key part which indicates that if B1 level is achieved already then no further tests are required.

However, this wasn't quite clear enough for many folks, in terms of expiration of certificates etc. Also as it appeared to mention only Tier 2 as an example but no mention of Spouse. (Typical UKBA vagary)
Following this a number of Freedom of Information questions were raised.

Here's one that was asked and received a successful response quoted below in part:-

Again, it' me that highlighted in bold the key sentence.

This then, now clearly states the Home Office position.
Hope that'll be useful.

FOI website is very useful. Not quite as 'legally binding' as actual caselaw, but still a great source for definitions and clarifications.

I hope it will help you in your discussions with IOM immigration folks. If successful at least it'll save quite a lot of expense and inconvenience.

I just did another quick search and found another very recent FOI reply here which I show below:-

This is an interesting one as it stipulates that any supporting English Language certificate must be on the latest UKBA approved listing.
It's a reminder that I've actually known refusals on that very issue.

Well, yes. Its as clear as a bell eh. Thanks. I will present that to them.

Yeah. thanks for this.

Thanks for the info and would be interested to hear the response that you get too John