New English requirements for Graduate Work and Graduate Post Study (485 476 & visa) – Less IELTS (6 overall nothing lower than 5!)
The Department of Home Affairs English requirements for students and graduates applying for 485 and 476 visas. The IELTS score required when applying for this visa is a score equivalent to an overall 6.0 with no band less than 5.0.
This can be in general or academic. The breakdown of other English tests is listed below:
- An overall score of at least 6, with nothing below 5 in each of the four test components (speaking, reading, listening and writing) in an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test
- A score of at least ‘B’ in each of the four test components (speaking, reading, listening and writing) of an Occupational English Test (OET)
- A total score of at least 64, with nothing below 4 for listening, 4 for reading, 14 for writing and 14 for speaking, in a Test of English as a Foreign Language internet-based test (TOEFL iBT)
- An overall score of at least 50 with nothing below 36 in each of the four test components (listening, reading, writing and speaking) in a Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE)
- An overall score of at least 169 with nothing below 154 in each of the four test components (listening, reading, writing and speaking) in a Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) test taken
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