I'll be honest, I'm putting just over £100 on this (fees etc.) but the sad thing is I am treating it as a gamble. I reckon that I have a 50/50 chance of making it though the maze.
The guidance to the CoV application forms makes it very clear that the statement on my license regarding language proficiency is NOT acceptable to them as a statement of language proficiency to any ICAO standard.
I am not planning on further complicating things by applying for any form of extra security ID unless it will stop me flying alltogether. I will choose my airfields and flying clubs with this in mind.