移民英國 – 英語要求有多高?

自從英國近來宣布由2021年開放香港BNO持有人移民之後,有不少人就開始研究在個地方落腳英國跟香港文化差異,會否被歧視、怎樣找工作等等熱門話題,但是有很多人都忽略了一個很重要的一個移民要求,若果你要取得英國國籍,需要在第六年申請居民身份時達到最低的英語程度要求,但是根據該國政策並沒有詳細資料,所以小編為大家做了一個研究及評估以作參考。

移民英國IELTS英語要求比澳紐低

首先要跟大家講一個好消息,就是現時移民英國的英語要求比起澳洲及紐西蘭低! 以這兩個國家來說,IELTS 平均分需得到 6 分及6.5分,但英國則只需要有4分就可以,足足低了2分,而最高的要求(Tier 1- General)都只是7分,所以移民英國的英文要求真的很低,對香港人來說是有利的。詳細資料如下:

Visa descriptionMinimum CEFR level requiredSkillsIELTS test and minimum score required overall and in each skill1
Tier 1 (General) visaC1Reading, Writing Speaking, and ListeningIELTS – 7.0 overall, and in each of the four skills
Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) visaB1Reading, Writing Speaking, and ListeningIELTS – 4.0 overall, and in each of the four skills
Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visaB1Reading, Writing Speaking, and ListeningIELTS – 4.0 overall, and in each of the four skills
Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) visaB1Reading, Writing Speaking, and ListeningIELTS – 4.0 overall, and in each of the four skills
Tier 2 (General) visaB1Reading, Writing Speaking, and ListeningIELTS – 4.0 overall, and in each of the four skills
Tier 2 (Sportsperson) visaA1Reading, Writing Speaking, and ListeningIELTS – 4.0 overall, and in each of the four skills1
Tier 2 (Minister of Religion) visaB2Reading, Writing Speaking, and ListeningIELTS – 5.5 overall, and in each of the four skills
Tier 4 (General) student visa – below degree levelB1Reading, Writing Speaking, and ListeningIELTS – 4.0 overall, and in each of the four skills
Tier 4 (General) student visa – degree level and above and including some pre-sessional coursesB2Reading, Writing Speaking, and ListeningIELTS – 5.5 overall, and in each of the four skills
‘Family of a settled person’ visaA1Speaking and ListeningIELTS Life Skills at A1 – Pass
IELTS – 4.0 in Speaking and Listening 
Indefinite leave to remain (to settle) or citizenship B1Speaking and ListeningIELTS Life Skills at B1 – Pass
IELTS – 4.0 in Speaking and Listening

但大家要留意,上面的英文水平要求並不是對BNO持有人的要求,只是小編根據英國Visa application而作出的預計,但筆者覺得以上要求照道理都會應用在BNO持有人身上,不過建議讀者需要留意官方公佈的準確資料。