Is NARIC certificate/ accreditation still valid?

[matt1020]

Dear Forum,

I am British and the sponsor for my wife, who is non-EU citizen. We moved to the UK in December 2014, so we're currently halfway through the 5-year route and compiling evidence for an FLR(M) application next month.

My wife has an overseas degree which meets the English requirement CEFR C1, and we obtained an official NARIC certificate dated 7th January 2015 confirming this.

The section of the current Immigration Rules relating to Evidence of English Language Requirements states that any English language test needs to have been taken no more than than two years before the date of application. Does this mean that we will need to obtain a new certificate from NARIC (as our existing one is now more than two years old), or does a NARIC certificate effectively have no expiry date in terms of evidencing this requirement?

Many thanks in advance for your assistance.