Japa Desk

How to keep your own version of this?

One line per cost, with the amount, the date you read it, and where you read it.Leave unknowns blank and write “not published” rather than guessing.Add a worst case row: one retake, and travel twice.Revisit before you commit. Everything here moves, including the exchange rate you are budgeting in. 26 August 2026

How to read a centre’s price properly?

Find the venue’s own page in the provider’s directory, not a third-party listing.Read the price against the exact test name — UKVI Academic, UKVI General Training, Life Skills A1, Life Skills B1 — and not against a heading that just says the test brand.Check whether the figure includes VAT and any card charge, because the number on the confirmation is the one that leaves your account.Screenshot the page with the.

What to keep after you pay?

Keep the booking confirmation showing the venue name, the exact test name, the date and the amount. If you later have to argue that you sat the right test, that document is the argument. A receipt from an intermediary that names only a person or a “registration fee” is not the same thing and will not help you. And if a price you are quoted is well below the published one, the question is not whether you are lucky.

What is printed on a teaching certificate, and which parts someone else can check?

Some pages on this site carry affiliate links. This one does not. I am not an adviser and I do not rank course providers. Before I pay for a teaching course I want to know what will be printed on the paper at the end of it, because that paper is the part a stranger will read.