{"id":211611,"date":"2017-11-25T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2017-11-25T07:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=211611"},"modified":"2017-11-24T15:31:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T13:31:02","slug":"6-of-the-most-popular-questions-asked-when-emigrating-to-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wealth\/211611\/6-of-the-most-popular-questions-asked-when-emigrating-to-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"6 of the most popular questions asked when emigrating to the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All applicants looking to permanently emigrate to the UK must write a &#8220;Knowledge of Language and Life in the UK&#8221; test to show that they have properly integrated into the new country.<\/p>\n<p>According to immigration consultants Breytenbachs, the purpose of the test is to see whether the applicant has a sufficient knowledge of life in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The test consists of 24 multi-choice questions on British traditions and customs. The applicant has 45 minutes to answer all the questions, and need a score of at least 75% to pass.<\/p>\n<p>Breytenbachs outlined some of the more\u00a0typical Life in the UK tests multi-choice questions you can expect:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"firstItem\">What is the role of the jury in a court trial?<\/li>\n<li>At what age can you vote in the General Election in the UK?<\/li>\n<li>What is the name of a novel by Jane Austen?<\/li>\n<li>Name the capital city of the UK?<\/li>\n<li>The name of the UK currency?<\/li>\n<li class=\"lastItem\">What type of government was formed after the General Election of 2016?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Persons who fail the test can take it again after a rest period of seven days.<\/p>\n<p>It is possible to take the test as many times as you need to pass, but you will have to pay the \u00a350 fee every time you do so.<\/p>\n<p>According to Breytenbachs, there are also a number of persons who are exempt from taking the test, including any persons under and over 65; persons applying on the adult dependent relative route; and anyone who is deemed mentally incapable.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/211222\/landmark-case-makes-it-easier-for-some-sa-families-to-emigrate-to-the-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Landmark case makes it easier for some SA families to emigrate to the UK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All applicants looking to permanently emigrate to the UK must write a &#8220;Knowledge of Language and Life in the UK&#8221; test to show that they have properly integrated into the new country.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":94025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9880],"tags":[12545,26],"class_list":["post-211611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wealth","tag-breytenbachs","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211611"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212987,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211611\/revisions\/212987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}