Engineers Australia to accept TOEFL - January 2016

Engineers Australia have announced on their website that from 1 January 2016 it will be accepting the TOEFL IbT as an alternative English Language Test to address the English language competency element of the Migration Skills Assessment.

Applicants submitting their application on or after the 1 January 2016 will be able to provide either an IELTS test result form with a score of 6 or more in each of the 4 modules, or a TOEFL IbT result with the following minimum scores for each module:

• Listening 12
• Reading  13
• Writing     21
• Speaking 18

Applicants will need to upload the test results, as well as write their registration number.

TOEFL IbT results will be accepted up to 2 years after the test date.

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Engineers Australia to accept English Language Test: TOEFL iBT

From the 1st January 2016, Engineers Australia will be accepting the TOEFL iBT as an alternative English Language Test to address the English language competency element of the Migration Skills Assessment. Applicants submitting their application on or after the 1st January 2016 will be able to provide either an IELTS test result form with a score of 6 or more in each of the 4 modules, or a TOEFL iBT result with the following minimal scores for each module: Listening: 12 Reading: 13 Writing: 21 Speaking: 18 Applicants will need to upload the test results, as well as write their registration number. TOEFL iBT results will be accepted up to 2 years after the test date. (Source: Engineers Australia)

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Functional English - changes

Functional English proficiency can be demonstrated if the applicant can provide evidence of:

• having completed all years of primary education and at least 3 years of secondary education at educational institutions in which all instruction was conducted in English; or
• having completed at least 5 years of secondary education at institutions in which all instruction was conducted in English; or
• having achieved an IELTS average band score of at least 4.5, based on the four test components of speaking, reading, writing and listening in a test conducted:

             - not more than 12 months before lodging the relevant application to migrate; or

             - at the time of the processing of the relevant application to migrate; or

• having successfully completed, in Australia, at least 1 year of full-time study or equivalent part-time study towards a degree, higher degree, diploma, or associate diploma, at an institution or institutions where all the instruction was conducted in English.
• having achieved a Test of English as a Foreign Language internet-Based Test (TOEFL iBT) total band score of at least 32, based on the four test components of speaking, reading, writing and listening in a test conducted:

          - not more than 12 months before lodging the relevant application to migrate; or

          - at the time of the processing of the relevant application to migrate; or

• having achieved a Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) overall band score of at least 30, based on the four test components of speaking, reading, writing and listening in a test conducted:

          - not more than 12 months before lodging the relevant application to migrate; or
          - at the time of the processing of the relevant application to migrate; or

• having achieved a Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) overall score of at least 147 based on the four test components of speaking, reading, writing and listening in a test conducted

          - not more than 12 months before lodging the relevant application to migrate; or

          - at the time of the processing of the relevant application to migrate; or

• holding valid passport issued by the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, New Zealand or the Republic of Ireland, to a citizen of that country.

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Alternative English Language tests commence

Alternative English Language tests commenced on 23 November 2014, for the following visa programmes:

• Temporary Graduate
• Skilled
• Former Resident
• Work and Holiday 

The Test of English as a Foreign Language internet based test (TOEFL iBT) and the Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) have been added to the IELTS and OET tests for these visa programmes. 

The Cambridge English (Advanced (CAE) test will be also accepted from 1 January 2015.

Student visa applicants can continue to provide scores from the IELTS, OET, TOEFL iBT, PTE Academic or Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) tests. 

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Functional English - legal definition updated for Australian migration purposes

The methods for demonstrating "functional" English for para 5(2)(b)​ of the Migration Act 1958 have been updated.

The following tests and scores for demonstrating functional English will now be accepted:

• An average score of at least 4.5 in an IELTS test.
• A total band score of at least 32 in a TOEFL iBT test 
• An overall band score of 30 in a Pearsons (PTE) test 

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TOEFL to be accepted by professional accounting associations

The Institute of Chartered Accountants, the Institute of Public Accountants and CPA Australia have announced they will all accept TOEFL test scores to demonstrate English language proficiency for skills assessments and professional accreditation from 1 November 2014.

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