Does the English test the apuse needs to take just has to be an A1 English test? I hear the requirments have changed in April 2015? From April 2015 for settlement applications a spouse must sit an IELTS exam and achieve atleast an A1 Level of English Result.. it's same as the previous Cambridge exa...

Does the English test the apuse needs to take just has to be an A1 English test? I hear the requirments have changed in April 2015?

Does it matter or is there a difference.. If I apply for the NHS Surcharge frol here in the UK or if he applies for it from Pakistan?

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Has anyone applied for the NHS Surcharge online? Once you have made payment how long after do they email you a reference number to use for ur application?

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After u have made ur application online, how many days do you have to submit ur paper work? & do you have to pay the fee at the time of application or when u submit papers?

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Hi, Is there a spouse visa priority service for Pakistan, and how much of an extra charge is there? Also has anyone submitted a spouse visa application with the new NHS surcharge requirment? Thank U There's no priority service for settlement visas. It's only for visit visas. And yes, if you applied...

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Is there a spouse visa priority service for Pakistan, and how much of an extra charge is there?

Also has anyone submitted a spouse visa application with the new NHS surcharge requirment?

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Casa wrote:I believe you'll find that the extension application won't go through without an IHS number showing the surcharge has been paid.

My spouse will have to pay this surcharge now at the time of his application.

So when the time comes for his extension he will have to pay another surcharge again?

Casa wrote:They won't need to pay the surcharge until their next visa extension.

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I was thinking it might just be new applicants who will have 2 pay & then pay again at the extension.

I know new application made for a spouse visa are to pay the £600 charge. But what if a spouse has already come over to the UK from Pakistan originally, in say March 2015. Are they now exempt from from the charge because they applied before April 6 2015 & have been successful in their visa appli...