Monologue on Students Extending their Leave to Remain in the UK - IELTS Listening Sample Answer

IELTS Listening examines a candidate’s ability to comprehend four different types of audios. Two of the audios are conversations, and two are monologues. This IELTS topic - A monologue on students extending their leave to remain in the UK is IELTS listening section two. Candidates need to answer the following IELTS listening question types:

• Fill in the blanks
• Sentence completion

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Audio Transcript:

You will hear a monologue. First, you have some time to look at questions 11 to 20.

Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 20.

Hello everyone. I'm here to talk to you about extending your leave to remain in the UK. Let me just check that you are from outside the European economic area. If you are from the EEA, this information does not apply to you. Okay, let's begin.

The very first thing to do, is to take note of the date that your entry clearance is valid until, or the date that your leave to remain in the UK will run out. This is the date, when your current permission to be in the UK will expire. By this date, you should either leave the UK or extend your permission to be here. As a part of the initiative to attract more international students to the UK, many international students are now given permission to be in the UK for the full period of study. Students on courses of 12 months or more that end during the summer will usually be given permission to be in the UK until the 31st of October. Students on courses that do not follow the usual autumn to summer pattern will usually be given a period that includes two months at the end of the course, for packing up and making arrangements to leave. However, some students are not given permission to be here for the whole of their course at the very beginning. If this has happened to you, you will have to apply for an extension of your permission to be here.

Start preparing for the application about two months before your permission runs out. However, you should not normally make the application until one month, before your permission runs out. To apply to stay longer in the UK, you must take or send certain documents to the home office. The home office is the name we give to what people in most other countries call the Interior Ministry. They must be the originals and not photocopies.

Which documents do you need to send? Your completed application form, form FLRS, your passport and passports for each dependent, if they are applying to extend their stay in the UK with you. If your passport shows that you are required to register with the police, you must also send your police registration certificate and certificates for each dependent, if they're applying to extend their stay in the UK with you. You also need to send a letter from your college or university stating that you are still enrolled on a full-time course of study or that you will be beginning another one. Bank statements covering the past three months or other evidence that you have enough money to continue to pay your fees and maintain yourself and any dependents. A recent passport size photograph of yourself and similar photos of any of your dependents aged 16 or over, if they are applying to extend their stay in the UK with you. FLRS stands for further leave to remain student. To get this form, you can download it from the home office website or ask at your college or university. When you are preparing to fill out the form, it is a good idea to read the guidance notes. You could also ask a student advisor or welfare officer at your Institution for help.

Now, where should you send your application? You can only send your application by post. Send your documents to FLRS immigration and nationality directorate, Sunshine House, 28, Wellington road, London, W1A2BY. Send your document by recorded delivery and keep the receipt as well as photo copies of everything you send. You can expect to wait at least four weeks and sometimes considerably longer, before a decision on the application is made. I have some good news about the application deadline. According to new regulations, even if you do not have all these documents available, you must still make sure that you apply before your current permission to be in the UK expires. Enclose us many of the documents as you have and include a letter explaining what is missing, why it is missing and when you will be able to send it to the home office.

You will then be considered to have made your application, in time. If your permission to be in the UK has already expired, contact either a student advisor or welfare officer at your college or university. All the immigration advisory service are on their 24-hour emergency line. O one one, seven three, seven eight, nine one, nine one or via their website www.iasuk.org. Please note that, if you do make a late application, and the application is refused, you cannot appeal against that decision. If your application was made in time, and if your application is refused, you will receive a letter from the home office telling you, why. The letter will also tell you whether or not you have the right to appeal against the decision. If you made your original application in good time, before your current leave to remain had expired, then you should automatically be given the right to appeal. If you have the right to appeal, you will only have a few days in which to exercise this right. You should therefore ask for professional advice about the appeal process, as soon as possible, from a lawyer, a student advisor or welfare officer at your college or university or the immigration advisory service.

Section 2

Question 11-20

Q.11-13

Complete the following sentences using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS for each gap.

11. Students on courses lasting over a year are usually given until ____________ to leave the country.

Answer: 31st October

Explanation: Students who are pursuing a course of 12 months or more that ends during the summer are usually given time till 31st October.

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12. You should send your application ____________ before your permission expires.

Answer: one month

Explanation: The student should send their application for extending visa one month before their permit expires.

13. Your application must only include ____________ documents.

Answer: original

Explanation: The application needs to include only original documents and no photocopies.

Q.14-16

Decide which three things ALL applicants MUST send when extending their leave to remain. Write the appropriate letters in boxes 14,15 and 16 in any order.

1. Your passport
2. Your children’s passports
3. Your Police Registration Certificate
4. A letter from your college or university saying that you are on a full-time course of study, or that you will be beginning one
5. Bank statements covering the past three months
6. A recent passport-sized photograph of yourself
7. Recent passport-sized photos of your children

Question 14:

Answer: A

Explanation: Among the three things that the applicant needs to send include the passport. Without a passport, they cannot extend their stay.

Question 15:

Answer: D

Explanation: They also need to provide a letter from their college or university stating that they are undergoing a full-time course of study from their university, or will be beginning one.

Question 16:

Answer: F

Explanation: The students also need to provide a recent passport-sized photograph for extending the stay in the UK.

Q.17-20

Answer the following questions using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

17. Where can you download the FLRS application form? ____________

Answer: Home official website

Explanation: The FLRS application form can be downloaded from the home official website.

18. Which postal service should you use when sending your application? ____________

Answer: recorded delivery

Explanation: When sending the application, the postal service that should be used is recorded delivery.

19. Which organization has a 24-hour emergency line? ____________

Answer: Immigration Advisory Service

Explanation: The Immigration Advisory Service organization has a 24-hour emergency line.

20. How long do people have to appeal a decision? ____________

Answer: (a) few days

Explanation: If the student wants to appeal a decision, they have will have a few days.