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From 28 October 2013, unless they are exempt, all applicants for settlement or naturalisation as a British citizen will need to meet the knowledge of language and life requirement by:<\/p>\n

\u2022 passing the life in the UK test; and
\n\u2022 having a speaking and listening qualification in English at B1 CEFR or higher, or its equivalent.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

For any further information and expert legal advice, please contact our immigration team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From 28 October 2013, unless they are exempt, all applicants for settlement or naturalisation as a British citizen will need to meet the knowledge of language and life requirement by: \u2022 passing the life in the UK test; and \u2022 having a speaking and listening…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-visa"],"yoast_head":"\nChanges to "knowledge of language and life" | Migra & Co<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Migra & Co is a leading immigration firm based in London with expertise in Tier 2\/Work Permit, Tier 1 Entrepreneur, Investor, Settlement and Marriage visas for the UK.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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