For me, it is an oversight. The team that has done the application form and specific rules regarding the English exams has made errors.
https://www.gov.uk/english-language/app ... ifications
According to this, I could have used my B1 qualification from 2017 in my ILR application in 2022. I did not use it because I thought it is simply easier to click exempt. Even though the results were from 2017, it is still on the current list of acceptable qualifications and was also accepted in a previous immigration application in 2017. Therefore, it meets the two tests and would have been admissible in my ILR application. The rules clearly state: Applying to settle: "You can use a B1 level qualification that’s run out if both of the following are true:
it’s on the current list of recognised tests
it was accepted for another UK immigration application, for example when you got permission to enter"
Had I used the test for my ILR application (instead of clicking exempt), I would then have been able to use it for my citizenship application. The rules clearly state "Applying for citizenship:
You can use a B1 level qualification that’s run out if you’re applying for citizenship and it was accepted when you settled in the UK.".
It is basically a trapdoor for healthcare professionals. If you click exempt rather than attaching your previously accepted English language qualification in your settlement application, then you'd need to take another test for citizenship.
How does that make any sense? Should I inform UKVI about this in a complaint etc.? Or it a lost cause? I know I'll have to retake a test anyway as I want to get this done now but the rules are completely broken.