'Devastated' Couple fear English test rules will keep them apart

A couple fear they will be unable to be together for the birth of their child because of Labour's plan to increase the standard of English proficiency required for entry into the UK.

- Diane Taylor

The proposal is in an immigration white paper that introduces a language requirement across a broader range of immigration routes for main applicants and dependants, including an assessment of improvements over time.

Elen Soghomonyan, 23, and Dmitri Piliposyan, 25, married in January 2022. Soghomonyan is a British citizen, born and raised in the UK, who graduated from Royal Holloway University of London in law with criminology and hopes to train as a barrister. She is of Armenian heritage and the couple married there because Piliposyan did not have permission to come to the UK. Soghomonyan, who is 11 weeks pregnant, travels to Armenia every other month.