Immigrating to the UK

Priapus said:
What sort of questions do they ask? And do they give you any material to prepare for them?
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There is a Life in the UK book you can buy to study from. All the questions will be from the book. There is a PDF Version on the high seas but the book is cheap enough.
Read though it a few times and you are good. Nothing too taxing though there were some interesting historical questions
 
gregmcc said:
Who can forget those Life in the UK questions. :) Half of my colleagues at work didn't even know the answers.
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I've only seen the practice tests, and yes, I'm glad I didn't need to go through all that rigmarole.

lifeintheuktests.co.uk

Can you pass the Citizenship Test?

This life in the UK test contains 24 questions, just like the real citizenship test. Answer 18 or more correctly to pass.
lifeintheuktests.co.uk lifeintheuktests.co.uk
 
Priapus said:
What sort of questions do they ask? And do they give you any material to prepare for them?
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“What is celebrated on 25 December in the UK?”

No, I’m not making that it up. It was actually on the test I took.

There were also a few history questions thrown in, one of which was something like “which action started World War 2?” (Invasion of Poland) and “when was the Battle of Hastings?” (1066).

Most of them are easy if you have a decent general knowledge, and there are loads of online guides and mock tests you can do (a few books as well).

The English “exam” was basically picking a topic to discuss on the day. I chose Arsenal, because football is British, and I know it like the back of my hand.
 
The Voice said:
“What is celebrated on 25 December in the UK?”

No, I’m not making that it up. It was actually on the test I took.

There were also a few history questions thrown in, one of which was something like “which action started World War 2?” (Invasion of Poland) and “when was the Battle of Hastings?” (1066).

Most of them are easy if you have a decent general knowledge, and there are loads of online guides and mock tests you can do (a few books as well).

The English “exam” was basically picking a topic to discuss on the day. I chose Arsenal, because football is British, and I know it like the back of my hand.
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Good to know.
Although I knew this: “when was the Battle of Hastings?”

My family is in that town and I spent a large portion of my youth growing up there. Going back in July to see them all.
 
The Voice said:
“What is celebrated on 25 December in the UK?”

No, I’m not making that it up. It was actually on the test I took.

There were also a few history questions thrown in, one of which was something like “which action started World War 2?” (Invasion of Poland) and “when was the Battle of Hastings?” (1066).

Most of them are easy if you have a decent general knowledge, and there are loads of online guides and mock tests you can do (a few books as well).

The English “exam” was basically picking a topic to discuss on the day. I chose Arsenal, because football is British, and I know it like the back of my hand.
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Ha ha, how do these things help you with your life in UK? I could understand things like "What is a NIN" or "What are your basic rights?" as being questions.
 
2023 said:
Ha ha, how do these things help you with your life in UK? I could understand things like "What is a NIN" or "What are your basic rights?" as being questions.
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“Are Hull patties worth the trip?”
“What does beak mean in Scouse?”
“Is it socially acceptable to grass your neighbour like a dirty rat?”
 
For those who left; how long did it take from committing to "okay we are leaving" to taking that flight out of SA?
 
Was about 8 months, most of that was selling up and doing/waiting on paperwork, ceremonies, biometrics, etc.
 
Priapus said:
For those who left; how long did it take from committing to "okay we are leaving" to taking that flight out of SA?
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We committed about a year ago. End of April was the "ok, we are really doing this" moment. Since then it's been getting documents and saving money for the trip.

We fly next week, so about 13months for us.
 
Priapus said:
What part of that journey took the most time?
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Random **** like finding her birth certificate, getting her grandfather’s birth certificate, etc. Assembling the mass of documentation to prove our relationship was legitimate, etc. She went over first because we couldn’t apply together at the time. I stayed behind and did my application, and it worked out anyway because I still had to resign, sell all our ****, etc.

Home Office ****ed up my application, though, because I’d asked for entry from first week of December. They somehow translated that to mean first week of November. Bearing in mind you only have that 30 day entry visa in your passport which you use to enter the country to get your actual BRP visa, I was in a bit of a rush at the end.

I remember going back to the office in Bryanston after collecting my passport in Sandton, calling my manager and his boss into a meeting room, and telling them sorry, but I have to resign today, and I can only give you 2 week’s notice. They weren’t happy!
 
Priapus said:
What part of that journey took the most time?
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Getting documents from south africa (DHA) is by far the longest thing. It's takes months... we are still waiting on the marriage certificate over a year later.
 
2023 said:
Getting documents from south africa (DHA) is by far the longest thing. It's takes months... we are still waiting on the marriage certificate over a year later.
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Do you need an unabridged marriage certificate?
 
Priapus said:
For those who left; how long did it take from committing to "okay we are leaving" to taking that flight out of SA?
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Moved to NZ not the UK - but for us it was 8 months from deciding we wanted to leave to climbing onto our Emirates flight to NZ.
 
Necropolis said:
Moved to NZ not the UK - but for us it was 8 months from deciding we wanted to leave to climbing onto our Emirates flight to NZ.
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How long ago was that and how has NZ been.

I mentioned in this thread that we were heading that way too (in 2019) but ultimately decided against it. Bought a house in SA that year instead
 
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