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 - 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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