Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Easiest English language test for Skilled Independent visa?
Many of my clients struggle to achieve the 60 point pass mark for the Skilled Independent visa.
If you hold a valid passport issued by the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, New Zealand or the Republic of Ireland and you are a citizen of that country you are considered to have Competent English. Under the General Points test for General Skilled Migration nil points are awarded for Competent English.
Applicants for the Skilled-Independent visa will score additional points under the General Points Test if they can show proof of Proficient English or Superior English and many of these native English speakers will benefit by sitting an English language test to obtain evidence of their proficient or superior English.
If at the time of invitation to apply for the visa, the applicant had ...
Proficient English they will score 10 points, or
Superior English they will score an additional 20 points.
There is a consensus among many Migration Agents that the Pearson Test of English (one of the 5 approved tests for English language accepted by DIBP) is an easier test for native English speakers to score well in.
The Pearson English language test (PTE) scores are calculated differently to IELTS score.
Pearson English language test scores benchmarked against the IELTS bandscale follow:-
Proficient
(for points tested Skilled visas)
IELTS/PTE
Listening 7.0/65
Reading 7.0/65
Writing 7.0/65
Speaking 7.0/65
Superior
(for points tested Skilled visas)
IELTS/PTE
Listening 8.0/79
Reading 8.0/79
Writing 8.0/79
Speaking 8.0/79
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