Olibeneli

Can anyone advise:

In the visa application youneed to prove your level of English - written, spoken, etc.

I am born and bread in England.......is my birth cerificate enough ?

Do they need me to write a story ?

Also see they need copies of the applicants passport pages that are not blank...........certified as well.

Has the photo also got to be the exact size........where do you get that done ?

Thanks to you all.

MrsDagboy

Just make sure you use the spell checker in the written part, or they might think you aren't as good at english as you actually are .

PS. sorry cant really help with the question, but I cant resist being a smarta*se at times

downunderpom

Can't resist......

You could tell them that you're English, born and bred, and they'd be happy with that.....

Or you could tell them you're born and bread, and they'd probably think you were buttered toast!

Sorry Oli - too good an opportunity to miss. No offence!

Olibeneli

Wish I had your time to waste pointing out peoples typos...

downunderpom

Well, before you get TOO snotty - you WERE asking about demonstrating YOUR english ability.

ptlabs

If you weren't English, you would been told to book the first available IELTS test available.

In any case, your post was rather tempting

Peter

MrsDagboy

Ahhhhh someone with absolutely no sense of humour & cant see the irony.

Your loss .

Olibeneli

I have and can see the irony...........but the crap day I had and at 20 to 1 in the morning UK time I wasn't up for receiving information that didn't help me.

I am well over it now having had 4 hours sleep........

So anyway, how do you prove English ability if you are born and BREAD (deliberate).............

cheers

tiredwithtwins

hi olibeneli,
If you look here
http://www.immi.gov.au/faq/migration_general/01.htm#8
this is the link to the faq on the DIMIA website regarding english language ability.
the website also has a special section for nurses now! Has your wife had a look at that?

sue

Olibeneli

Cheers.....I'll take a look.

PS......how old are your twins....ours are 7 in March and their elder brother is just gone 8.............we had all 3 in nappies for a year..............let me tell you sometime the fun day I changed 9 nappies between 6 am and 8am before I went to work.......wife having already left for work as a nurse............argh.

Olibeneli

The website said this:
Before you apply, you are encouraged to obtain proof of your English language ability by one of the following methods:

1. provide evidence that you are a native English speaker; or
2. undertake an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test.

So in that case, what evidence is acceptable to show I am a native English speaker ?

thanks

tiredwithtwins

The main application form (47sk) asks if you have at least vocational english - as you have to provide transcripts/copies of training etc you are proving your command of english as a native speaker.
Anyone else do anything differently?

sue

scutterUK

hi there,

i don't think it'll be much help, however i didn't supply anything apart from the usual copy of birth certificate and passport. My agent said it would be enough.

Just on another note, you have to excuse these guys, give them half a reason to take the piss and they will jump at it. usually i'm just as bad, but not as fast in this case! (sorry)

Good luck with your app.

scutterUK

... and i didn't have any certificates to send either! Now i'm worried! lol

tiredwithtwins

must be your charm, wit and dashing good looks they are going on then?

lol!!!

sue