IELTS
Hello, Everyone!
This is my first post on BE and I've enjoyed reading all the posts on here. It's good to know I'm not the only one with doubts and worries! We're planning to move to Oz next Jan/Feb, Brisbane, hopefully, and my question is do people born and bred in England with a British passport need to take an IELTS to get 25 points for their application? I am a registered nurse and we're applying for a 175 visa. Thanks in advance for your help. |
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Unfortunately its a reality for most of us. I have to do it even though I can prove that I've lived in Ireland for 26 years and have worked in IT for about 12. Its not about proving your english, its just a silly way to make up points (at a cost to you).
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Thanks for that. I'd better get booking it, then!
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Originally Posted by dandan1
(Post 5805724)
Hello, Everyone!
This is my first post on BE and I've enjoyed reading all the posts on here. It's good to know I'm not the only one with doubts and worries! We're planning to move to Oz next Jan/Feb, Brisbane, hopefully, and my question is do people born and bred in England with a British passport need to take an IELTS to get 25 points for their application? I am a registered nurse and we're applying for a 175 visa. Thanks in advance for your help. The test is split into either General or Academic path ways. It depends on your career / trade as to which type of test you need to take. The level of competency in each of 4 areas (Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking) are assessed. you need to score a certain level to qualify for the 25 points. For some people its an average figure across all for areas, for others its a set value per area. |
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Originally Posted by dandan1
(Post 5805724)
Hello, Everyone!
This is my first post on BE and I've enjoyed reading all the posts on here. It's good to know I'm not the only one with doubts and worries! We're planning to move to Oz next Jan/Feb, Brisbane, hopefully, and my question is do people born and bred in England with a British passport need to take an IELTS to get 25 points for their application? I am a registered nurse and we're applying for a 175 visa. Thanks in advance for your help. If you do decide to do the ILETS you will need to practice because its not as simple as first appears. Do a search on google and you will get link to their website where you can do on line practice. Whatever your choice I wish you all the best. Nicola |
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Thankyou for your reply, you've made me think twice now. I have Googled it and had a go at some of the on line tests but some of the answers were a bit ambiguous. Any idea what the pass mark is for 25 points? If you're offered a job prior to applying for your visa can you still go the independent route or does this then become sponsored?? Thanks for your help. BTW, will have quite a few nursing questions for you as soon as I get the results of my skills assessment,(sent for 9 weeks ago), if you don't mind, but will ask them on the nursing forum. Thanks again.
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Any idea what the pass mark is for 25 points?
You need to score 7 in all four parts of the test in order to gain 25 points. MOre info http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener...ty-english.htm |
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Cheers! That doesn't sound too bad :unsure:
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Originally Posted by dandan1
(Post 5807050)
Thankyou for your reply, you've made me think twice now. I have Googled it and had a go at some of the on line tests but some of the answers were a bit ambiguous. Any idea what the pass mark is for 25 points? If you're offered a job prior to applying for your visa can you still go the independent route or does this then become sponsored?? Thanks for your help. BTW, will have quite a few nursing questions for you as soon as I get the results of my skills assessment,(sent for 9 weeks ago), if you don't mind, but will ask them on the nursing forum. Thanks again.
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That's what I thought, too, and I really didn't want to do that. How long before you intended to go were you offered your job?
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Originally Posted by dandan1
(Post 5810475)
That's what I thought, too, and I really didn't want to do that. How long before you intended to go were you offered your job?
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Congratulations on the job!!!!!
Good Luck!!!! I've done the IELTS last saturday and only the bit that was slightly more difficult were the reading passages... Don't know the results yet but hopefully I've done ok!! Debby |
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Hi... does anyone know if I can use TOEFL scores instead of IELTS?
I have just recently sat for TOEFL ( new format) ... and I've scored 115/120. Reading, Speaking and Listening sections were 29/30 each and the Writing section I scored 28/30. From what I understand these are good scores and TOEFL is equivalent to IELTS... but I dont see any immi / gov / IEAust sites mention TOEFL. Besides this, I also have 12yrs of schooling and a 4yr Engineering degree, all of them with English as the medium of instruction. Any thoughts, anyone? I am not an English native speaker, but I can provide any documentation necessary to prove that I have a high level of proficiency in that language - just not too keen on answering IELTS to save time and money. ANY advice/ help would be appreciated!!! |
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Originally Posted by dandn
(Post 5828560)
Congratulations on the job!!!!!
Good Luck!!!! I've done the IELTS last saturday and only the bit that was slightly more difficult were the reading passages... Don't know the results yet but hopefully I've done ok!! Debby |
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Originally Posted by dandn
(Post 5828560)
Congratulations on the job!!!!!
Good Luck!!!! I've done the IELTS last saturday and only the bit that was slightly more difficult were the reading passages... Don't know the results yet but hopefully I've done ok!! Debby Gosh...are you still waiting for your ACS result since july?? |
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