KSH

Hi, im new here and just have a question.

I recently took the academic IELTS test and needed to get 8's in all components to get the 20 points towards the 189 visa. However only needed 7 across the board for ANMAC skills assesment (Im a nurse)

My scores were:

Reading - 8
Listening - 8
Writing -7
Speaking - 8.5

So I have enough for ANMAC but not the visa, my question is can I just take the General IELTS now to try and get the 8 or do I have to do the academic again. Im assuming the General is a bit easier than the academic version.

Thanks in advance for your help.

old.sparkles

DIBP accept the general test for points.

Richard_Gregan

Absolutely, this is quite common for nurses: do the Academic for skills, hoping to get 8s, but if you get 7s this is still fine for skills, and you can redo the test at General level later for the visa application - should you require the additional points.

Regards,

Richard