Salem Ghanim

Oh in Europe and took 11 weeks !! u r not that far from UK. I applied for remark 5 weeks ago and I live in Uk so I guess I have long time to wait. Thank u man !!!

samir1986

Salem Ghanim

I asked for remark and I am still waiting hopefully

Salem Ghanim

Samir, Any luck? it is been almost 7 weeks now and i heard nothing from them till now? when have u applied for a remark?

Salem Ghanim

Samir, have u known ur remark result, it has been almost 8 weeks and yet they haven't contacted me yet, I thought it will not take that time esp i live in Uk

Salem Ghanim

Finally received my remark, I was searching online for ages to know how long exactly it takes so I will give you the details of my experience, I applied for it in UK and it took exactly 8 weeks and 3 days. Hope this info help someone.

Happymitho

Any luck with the EOR ?

sjy1225

Hi guys,

I was hoping to ask what might be a rather silly question
I sat my IELTS in Dec 2014 and received band 9 in all but the writing - which was a band 7. I needed band 8's in all 4 areas to satisfy the points system. Given my overall score was 8.5, has anyone here approached immigration/ heard of anyone approaching immigration with an issue similar to mine? (to see if they will budge at all taking my overall score into consideration)
And any advice on re-marking of the exam given such a large discrepancy of my test results?
The thought of re-sitting this exam kills me!!!

Jen

old.sparkles

There will be no budging on the all 8's but may be worth asking for a remark - or just have a look at sample writing pieces and practice, and give the test another go

rnajefelipe

Do you think this will be worth for remarking:

LISTENING 7.5
READING 7
WRITING 6
SPEAKING 7

I need 7 in all components. And I really felt bad about this. Any suggestions. Thank you.

kami_71

It is very difficult for anyone to advice about remarking except the trained IELTS teacher who has assessed you writing.

I was also in the same boat few months back, desperately trying for 7 each. Just to encourage you, i would like to share my experience. I did twice appear in jan 2015 IELTS, and both times got L-8 R-8 W-6.5 S-7, and applied for remarking both tests.
First test remarking didn't bring any things positive, and totally lost hope. But the second test remarking has raised my writing from 6.5 to 7.

I conclude that there are some short comings in my writing and I work hard to minimize them. Therefore, take help from experience Cambridge Certified Trainer and follow his advice. Secondly, it is commonly believed that 0.5 raise could be possible in most of the cases.

Hence, whether to go for remarking should be taken on the basis of evaluation of your writing rather than the results of other areas like listening, reading and speaking.