The Life in the UK test is the knowledge test for settlement and British citizenship. It asks 24 questions in 45 minutes, every one of them based on the official handbook, and you pass at 18.
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The test is one step. See the whole journey on belonguk.appTwo from each chapter of the handbook, in the handbook’s own order. The correct answer is marked, with the reason for it and the section it comes from.
Tests the list of fundamental principles. Individual liberty is one of the five named; the other three are neither required nor offered in the UK.
Handbook, 1.2 The values and principles of the UK
The four capital cities. London is the capital of England and the seat of the UK Parliament at Westminster.
Handbook, 2 What is the UK?
Tests the end of the land bridge. People had come and gone across it for thousands of years before the sea cut Britain off.
Handbook, 3.7 Early Britain
The handbook's population table. The UK had about 20 million people in 1851 and around 40 million by 1901.
Handbook, 4.1 The UK today
How narrow the franchise once was. Parliament existed, but only men aged over 21 who owned property of a certain value could vote.
Handbook, 5.1 The development of British democracy
Tests participation in community life, the principle that covers involvement in the place you live. Freedom from unfair discrimination is one of the freedoms the UK offers, not a fundamental principle.
Handbook, 1.2 The values and principles of the UK
The handbook states that the rest of Ireland is an independent country and not part of the UK.
Handbook, 2 What is the UK?
The first farmers came from south east Europe, and they were the people who built Stonehenge.
Handbook, 3.7 Early Britain
A census has been taken every ten years since 1801, so the count is repeated once a decade.
Handbook, 4.1 The UK today
The Chartists campaigned for reform of Parliament and a wider franchise. The other three groups had nothing to do with extending the vote in that century.
Handbook, 5.1 The development of British democracy
464 questions, drilled chapter by chapter in the handbook’s own order, five a day with the ones you miss coming back, a mistakes deck, and a full mock that is the real thing: 24 questions in 45 minutes, pass or fail at 18.
Written by Belong UK from the official handbook, not by the Home Office, and checked by someone other than the person who wrote each one. The real sitting uses its own questions.
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18 out of 24. GOV.UK says you must score 75 percent or more to pass, and the test is 24 questions in 45 minutes. There is no second threshold: 18 correct anywhere on the paper is a pass.
£50 per sitting. You book online on GOV.UK at least 3 days in advance, at one of over 30 test centres in the UK, with an email address, a debit or credit card and an accepted form of ID.
You can book it again as many times as you need, paying each time. GOV.UK publishes no waiting period before you can rebook.
No. A pass never expires, and one pass covers both the Indefinite Leave to Remain and the British citizenship application.
Anyone under 18 or 65 or over, anyone who has passed it before and anyone with a long-term physical or mental condition, shown with an exemption form or a letter from a doctor.
No. It is a separate requirement. Settlement and citizenship also ask for English at B1 in speaking and listening, shown by an approved test, a degree taught in English or a qualifying nationality. Settlement applications made from 26 March 2027 need B2 instead.
Settlement and British citizenship also ask for 5 years of lawful residence on the main routes, Indefinite Leave to Remain, English at B1, your route’s financial requirement and good character, each with its own rules on days abroad and timing.
See all ILR and citizenship requirements
Rules as of 1 October 2026 (snapshot 2026.1), from the Home Office.
