IELTS Life Skills A2 training

If you want to apply for an extension to family, spouse or partner visa to the UK, you will most likely need to take Life Skills A2 test to prove your English listening and speaking skills.

The IELTS for UKVI tests are a secure English-language test (SELT) accepted by the United Kingdom Visa and Migration Department as proof of your English-language proficiency. Life Skills A2 tests your listening and speaking skills at the level of A2 in the Common European Framework (CERF) in a 16 to 18-minute test with an examiner and one other test taker. The second test taker’s performance will not affect your test results.

You will be assessed on your ability to listen and respond to spoken English where you have to obtain and convey basic information and communicate on familiar topics.

The examiner might ask you to describe a topic, give opinions or preferences and justify those, and explain and expand on a topic. You will also be expected to communicate with both the examiner and the other test taker.

You must bring the same passport or national identity card that you used to book your IELTS test. If you do a paper-based IELTS test, you can take pens, pencils and erasers into the examination room. If you do a computer-delivered IELTS test, the centre will provide you with pencils and paper.

You must leave all of your personal belongings outside the examination room in a secure area or locker. Mobile phones, pagers and smart watches must be switched off and left with your personal belongings.

If you keep mobile phones or electronic devices with you, you will be disqualified.