Unfairness of Life in the UK test

[Dedworth]

... or occasionally ask my brother who is Ambassador rank, and a section head at the FCO.

See if he can have a word in the ear of his opposite number at the DHSS or whatever its called nowadays. The Council housed Romas need investigating as one of their occupations of choice (other than begging, ATM scams and shoplifting) is selling Big Issue magazine. In this neck of the woods they are either dropped off by car or commute in by rail from their Slough council houses. Homeless my are

[johncar54]

A requirement to adopt the way of life, as practised in one's adopted country, would seem to be a more important consideration.

Many people may pass the English Test and then choose to be unlike the indigenous citizens and demand that UK change its laws and customs to suit them.

Many seem to want to believe that racial customs are in fact obligatory religious requirements, when often they are no such thing !

I live in Spain. Whilst I have not become 'Spanish' in all the things I do, I never imply to the indigenous population that my ways are right and theirs are wrong. I try to adopt their way of doing things when I inter-react with Spaniards.

(NB In general I am not including Filipinos in my criticisms about not adopting the local way of life)

[grahamw48]

See if he can have a word in the ear of his opposite number at the DHSS or whatever its called nowadays. The Council housed Romas need investigating as one of their occupations of choice (other than begging, ATM scams and shoplifting) is selling Big Issue magazine. In this neck of the woods they are either dropped off by car or commute in by rail from their Slough council houses. Homeless my are

You can see why I never went into the Diplomatic Corp, and you know what my opinion is ref. Roma activity.

As you'll know, there is very little govt. inter-departmental co-operation .
There is certainly a close relationship between UKBA and FCO though.

Big bro' is a year older than me, and mother was joking yesterday about him using his bus pass for the first time recently when his commuter train didn't show up. This is a guy who will be earning into 6 figures. You can be sure I'll be teasing him about that.

[lordna]

Oh Dear....sorry grahamw48, i certainly didnt intend to be sacastic and wouldnt want to offend anyone so my sincere apologies if i have. the 3 sentences i added were just intended as general comments about those who had replied already. I genuinly did think they were nice pics of scotland and its somewhere i havnt been fortunate enough (yet) to visit. Thanks for your input ...and please do continue.

[macky]

The test is not that hard.. you're given a multiple choice. and.u just need to read the book and understand it..

[Maria B]

As Arthur says...the pass mark of 75% is very high compared to most UK exams which are normally around 50%. Another unfair aspect is where a question requires 2 answers you dont get awarded any points for 1 right answer aND 1 WRONG.
Also how can they justify an increase from £34 to £50 to sit the exam?
Gladly my wife has passed already but I still think its our duty as UK citizens to challenge something if its wrong for the benefit of others that still have to take the test.
I agree with Arthur that this test is no walkover and contains plenty of stuff irrelevent to life in the uk. Just look at some of the questions online.

£34 - £50??? this is madness. Although I passed the exam, I just couldn't understand on why if you lost your 'life in the UK' notification pass they are not going to release another copy. You have to take the exam again & pay the amount....sounds rubbish!

[Maria B]

The test is not that hard.. you're given a multiple choice. and.u just need to read the book and understand it..

agree!

[joebloggs]

what is unfair about it is, it does not apply to partners or spouses of EU nationals

also i think the phils should be on this list ..

3. Meeting the requirement by being a national of a majority English speaking country
How do I meet the requirement if I come from a “majority English speaking country”
An applicant is deemed to meet the language requirement if they are a national of one of the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda; Australia; the Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Canada; Dominica; Grenada; Guyana; Jamaica; New Zealand; St Kitts and Nevis; St Lucia; St Vincent and the Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; United States of America

[johncar54]

The test is not that hard.. you're given a multiple choice. and.u just need to read the book and understand it..

So in effect it is a memory test or an intelligence test ! Thus pointless for the purpose which one might assume it was introduced.

Incidentally: I just had a quick tally. There are about 90 countries in which English is the only, the official or the main language. Including of course Philippines.