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Three smaller groups are exempt too.", "sourceId": "ha-482-english" }, "notes": [ { "text": "In the Labour Agreement stream, the English rule is in your employer's labour agreement.", "sourceId": "ha-482-english" } ], "sourceIds": [ "ha-482-english", "ha-482-core", "ha-482-specialist" ] }, { "id": "186-visa", "kind": "visa", "name": "Employer Nomination Scheme visa (subclass 186)", "shortName": "186 visa", "body": "Department of Home Affairs", "page": "/score-requirements/186-visa", "level": "competent", "periods": [ { "takenFrom": "2025-08-07", "takenTo": null, "sourceId": "ha-competent", "thresholds": [ { "test": "pte-academic", "skills": { "listening": 47, "reading": 48, "writing": 51, "speaking": 54 } }, { "test": "ielts-academic", "skills": { "listening": 6, "reading": 6, "writing": 6, "speaking": 6 } }, { "test": "ielts-general", "skills": { "listening": 6, "reading": 6, "writing": 6, "speaking": 6 } }, { "test": "c1-advanced", "skills": { "listening": 163, "reading": 163, "writing": 170, "speaking": 179 } }, { "test": "celpip-general", "skills": { "listening": 7, "reading": 7, "writing": 7, "speaking": 7 } }, { "test": "languagecert-academic", "skills": { "listening": 57, "reading": 60, "writing": 64, "speaking": 70 } }, { "test": "met", "skills": { "listening": 56, "reading": 55, "writing": 57, "speaking": 48 } }, { "test": "oet", "skills": { "listening": 290, "reading": 310, "writing": 290, "speaking": 330 } }, { "test": "toefl-ibt", "skills": { "listening": 16, "reading": 16, "writing": 19, "speaking": 19 } } ] }, { "takenFrom": null, "takenTo": "2025-08-06", "usableUntil": "2028-08-06", "sourceId": "ha-competent", "thresholds": [ { "test": "pte-academic", "skills": { "listening": 50, "reading": 50, "writing": 50, "speaking": 50 } }, { "test": "ielts", "skills": { "listening": 6, "reading": 6, "writing": 6, "speaking": 6 } }, { "test": "c1-advanced", "skills": { "listening": 169, "reading": 169, "writing": 169, "speaking": 169 } }, { "test": "oet", "skills": { "listening": "B", "reading": "B", "writing": "B", "speaking": "B" } }, { "test": "toefl-ibt", "skills": { "listening": 12, "reading": 13, "writing": 21, "speaking": 21 } } ] } ], "validity": { "months": 36, "text": "Your results must be issued in the 3 years before you apply, and you must have them before you lodge.", "sourceId": "ha-186-de" }, "exemptions": { "text": "Citizens of the UK, the US, Canada, New Zealand and Ireland with a valid passport meet Competent English with no test.", "sourceId": "ha-competent" }, "notes": [ { "text": "Family members aged 18 or older need at least Functional English, or you pay a second instalment of the visa charge.", "sourceId": "ha-186-de" }, { "text": "The Temporary Residence Transition stream has had no exemption from the English rule since 16 November 2019.", "sourceId": "ha-186-trt" } ], "sourceIds": [ "ha-186-de", "ha-186-trt", "ha-186-la", "ha-competent" ] }, { "id": "pr", "kind": "visa", "name": "Skilled Independent (189), Skilled Nominated (190) and Skilled Work Regional (491) visas", "shortName": "189, 190 and 491 visas", "body": "Department of Home Affairs", "page": "/score-requirements/australian-visas", "level": "competent", "points": 0, "periods": [ { "takenFrom": "2025-08-07", "takenTo": null, "sourceId": "ha-competent", "thresholds": [ { "test": "pte-academic", "skills": { "listening": 47, "reading": 48, "writing": 51, "speaking": 54 } }, { "test": "ielts-academic", "skills": { "listening": 6, "reading": 6, "writing": 6, "speaking": 6 } }, { "test": "ielts-general", "skills": { "listening": 6, "reading": 6, "writing": 6, "speaking": 6 } }, { "test": "c1-advanced", "skills": { "listening": 163, "reading": 163, "writing": 170, "speaking": 179 } }, { "test": "celpip-general", "skills": { "listening": 7, "reading": 7, "writing": 7, "speaking": 7 } }, { "test": "languagecert-academic", "skills": { "listening": 57, "reading": 60, "writing": 64, "speaking": 70 } }, { "test": "met", "skills": { "listening": 56, "reading": 55, "writing": 57, "speaking": 48 } }, { "test": "oet", "skills": { "listening": 290, "reading": 310, "writing": 290, "speaking": 330 } }, { "test": "toefl-ibt", "skills": { "listening": 16, "reading": 16, "writing": 19, "speaking": 19 } } ] }, { "takenFrom": null, "takenTo": "2025-08-06", "usableUntil": "2028-08-06", "sourceId": "ha-competent", "thresholds": [ { "test": "pte-academic", "skills": { "listening": 50, "reading": 50, "writing": 50, "speaking": 50 } }, { "test": "ielts", "skills": { "listening": 6, "reading": 6, "writing": 6, "speaking": 6 } }, { "test": "c1-advanced", "skills": { "listening": 169, "reading": 169, "writing": 169, "speaking": 169 } }, { "test": "oet", "skills": { "listening": "B", "reading": "B", "writing": "B", "speaking": "B" } }, { "test": "toefl-ibt", "skills": { "listening": 12, "reading": 13, "writing": 21, "speaking": 21 } } ] } ], "validity": { "months": 36, "text": "You need Competent English when you are invited. The level page allows tests from the 3 years before you apply, depending on the visa.", "sourceId": "ha-189" }, "exemptions": { "text": "Citizens of the UK, the US, Canada, New Zealand and Ireland with a valid passport meet Competent English with no test.", "sourceId": "ha-competent" }, "notes": [ { "text": "Proficient English adds 10 points and Superior English adds 20. You need 65 points to be invited.", "sourceId": "ha-189-points" }, { "text": "A partner who applies with you and has Competent English adds 5 points.", "sourceId": "ha-189-points" } ], "sourceIds": [ "ha-189", "ha-190", "ha-491", "ha-189-points", "ha-competent" ] }, { "id": "494", "kind": "visa", "name": "Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa (subclass 494)", "shortName": "494 visa", "body": "Department of Home Affairs", "level": "competent", "periods": [ { "takenFrom": "2025-08-07", "takenTo": null, "sourceId": "ha-competent", "thresholds": [ { "test": "pte-academic", "skills": { "listening": 47, "reading": 48, "writing": 51, "speaking": 54 } }, { "test": "ielts-academic", "skills": { "listening": 6, "reading": 6, "writing": 6, "speaking": 6 } }, { "test": "ielts-general", "skills": { "listening": 6, "reading": 6, "writing": 6, "speaking": 6 } }, { "test": "c1-advanced", "skills": { "listening": 163, "reading": 163, "writing": 170, "speaking": 179 } }, { "test": "celpip-general", "skills": { "listening": 7, "reading": 7, "writing": 7, "speaking": 7 } }, { "test": "languagecert-academic", "skills": { "listening": 57, "reading": 60, "writing": 64, "speaking": 70 } }, { "test": "met", "skills": { "listening": 56, "reading": 55, "writing": 57, "speaking": 48 } }, { "test": "oet", "skills": { "listening": 290, "reading": 310, "writing": 290, "speaking": 330 } }, { "test": "toefl-ibt", "skills": { "listening": 16, "reading": 16, "writing": 19, "speaking": 19 } } ] }, { "takenFrom": null, "takenTo": "2025-08-06", "usableUntil": "2028-08-06", "sourceId": "ha-competent", "thresholds": [ { "test": "pte-academic", "skills": { "listening": 50, "reading": 50, "writing": 50, "speaking": 50 } }, { "test": "ielts", "skills": { "listening": 6, "reading": 6, "writing": 6, "speaking": 6 } }, { "test": "c1-advanced", "skills": { "listening": 169, "reading": 169, "writing": 169, "speaking": 169 } }, { "test": "oet", "skills": { "listening": "B", "reading": "B", "writing": "B", "speaking": "B" } }, { "test": "toefl-ibt", "skills": { "listening": 12, "reading": 13, "writing": 21, "speaking": 21 } } ] } ], "validity": { "months": null, "text": "Your results must be current. The 494 page does not say how old they can be.", "sourceId": "ha-494-ess" }, "exemptions": { "text": "Citizens of the UK, the US, Canada, New Zealand and Ireland with a valid passport meet Competent English with no test.", "sourceId": "ha-competent" }, "sourceIds": [ "ha-494-ess", "ha-competent" ] }, { "id": "student-visa", "kind": "visa", "name": "Student visa (subclass 500)", "shortName": "Student visa", "body": "Department of Home Affairs", "periods": [ { "takenFrom": "2025-08-07", "takenTo": null, "sourceId": "ha-500", "note": "Lower scores apply with at least 10 weeks of ELICOS (or a Foundation or eligible Pathway program), or 20 weeks of ELICOS.", "thresholds": [ { "test": "pte-academic", "overall": 47, "alt": "39 with 10 weeks of ELICOS, 31 with 20" }, { "test": "ielts-academic", "overall": 6, "alt": "5.5 with 10 weeks of ELICOS, 5 with 20" }, { "test": "ielts-general", "overall": 6, "alt": "5.5 with 10 weeks of ELICOS, 5 with 20" }, { "test": "c1-advanced", "overall": 161, 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"ielts-general", "skills": { "listening": 8, "reading": 8, "writing": 8, "speaking": 8 } }, { "test": "c1-advanced", "skills": { "listening": 186, "reading": 190, "writing": 210, "speaking": 208 } }, { "test": "celpip-general", "skills": { "listening": 10, "reading": 10, "writing": 12, "speaking": 10 } }, { "test": "languagecert-academic", "skills": { "listening": 80, "reading": 83, "writing": 89, "speaking": 89 } }, { "test": "met", "accepted": false }, { "test": "oet", "skills": { "listening": 390, "reading": 400, "writing": 420, "speaking": 400 } }, { "test": "toefl-ibt", "skills": { "listening": 26, "reading": 27, "writing": 30, "speaking": 28 } } ] }, { "takenFrom": null, "takenTo": "2025-08-06", "usableUntil": "2028-08-06", "sourceId": "ha-superior", "thresholds": [ { "test": "pte-academic", "skills": { "listening": 79, "reading": 79, "writing": 79, "speaking": 79 } }, { "test": "ielts", "skills": { "listening": 8, "reading": 8, "writing": 8, "speaking": 8 } }, { "test": 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{ "text": "The Accounting Professional Year Program can be used instead of a test.", "sourceId": "cpa-elp" } ], "sourceIds": [ "cpa-elp" ] }, { "id": "ca-anz", "kind": "skills-assessment", "name": "CA ANZ migration skills assessment", "shortName": "CA ANZ", "body": "Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand", "page": "/score-requirements/skills-assessment#accountants", "periods": [ { "takenFrom": "2025-08-07", "takenTo": null, "sourceId": "caanz-elr", "thresholds": [ { "test": "pte-academic", "overall": null, "skills": { "listening": 58, "reading": 59, "writing": 69, "speaking": 76 } }, { "test": "ielts-academic", "overall": null, "skills": { "listening": 7, "reading": 7, "writing": 7, "speaking": 7 } }, { "test": "ielts-general", "accepted": false }, { "test": "toefl-ibt", "overall": null, "skills": { "listening": 22, "reading": 22, "writing": 26, "speaking": 24 } }, { "test": "c1-advanced", "overall": null, "skills": { "listening": 175, "reading": 179, "writing": 193, 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"speaking": 185 } } ] } ], "validity": { "months": 36, "text": "Your test must be from the 3 years before you apply (TOEFL iBT: 2 years).", "sourceId": "caanz-elr" }, "sittings": { "text": "IELTS One Skill Retake and MET Single Section Retake are accepted.", "sourceId": "caanz-elr" }, "notes": [ { "text": "The Accounting Professional Year Program can be used instead of a test.", "sourceId": "caanz-elr" }, { "text": "CA ANZ says its English rule may not be the same as your visa's.", "sourceId": "caanz-elr" } ], "sourceIds": [ "caanz-elr" ] }, { "id": "ipa", "kind": "skills-assessment", "name": "IPA migration skills assessment", "shortName": "IPA", "body": "Institute of Public Accountants", "page": "/score-requirements/skills-assessment#accountants", "periods": [ { "takenFrom": "2025-08-07", "takenTo": null, "sourceId": "ipa-elr", "thresholds": [ { "test": "pte-academic", "overall": null, "skills": { "listening": 58, "reading": 59, "writing": 69, "speaking": 76 } }, { "test": "ielts-academic", "overall": null, "skills": { "listening": 7, "reading": 7, "writing": 7, "speaking": 7 } }, { "test": "ielts-general", "accepted": false }, { "test": "toefl-ibt", "overall": null, "skills": { "listening": 22, "reading": 22, "writing": 26, "speaking": 24 } }, { "test": "c1-advanced", "overall": null, "skills": { "listening": 175, "reading": 179, "writing": 193, "speaking": 194 } }, { "test": "celpip-general", "overall": null, "skills": { "listening": 9, "reading": 8, "writing": 10, "speaking": 8 } }, { "test": "met", "overall": null, "skills": { "listening": 61, "reading": 63, "writing": 74, "speaking": 59 } }, { "test": "languagecert-academic", "overall": null, "skills": { "listening": 67, "reading": 71, "writing": 78, "speaking": 82 } } ] }, { "takenFrom": null, "takenTo": "2025-08-06", "sourceId": "ipa-elr", "note": "IPA's table for tests before 7 August 2025 was not checked. See IPA's page.", "thresholds": "unknown" } ], "validity": { "months": 36, "text": "IPA accepts a test from the past 3 years, if the provider can confirm the result.", "sourceId": "ipa-elr" }, "sittings": { "text": "IELTS Academic One Skill Retake is accepted.", "sourceId": "ipa-elr" }, "exemptions": { "text": "No test if you hold a passport from the UK, the US, Canada, New Zealand or Ireland.", "sourceId": "ipa-elr" }, "sourceIds": [ "ipa-elr" ] }, { "id": "aitsl", "kind": "skills-assessment", "name": "AITSL skills assessment (school teachers)", "shortName": "AITSL", "body": "Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership", "page": "/score-requirements/skills-assessment#teachers", "periods": [ { "takenFrom": null, "takenTo": null, "sourceId": "aitsl-checklist", "thresholds": [ { "test": "ielts-academic", "overall": null, "skills": { "listening": 8, "reading": 7, "writing": 7, "speaking": 8 } }, { "test": "pte-academic", "accepted": false }, { "test": "ielts-general", "accepted": false }, { "test": "toefl-ibt", "accepted": false }, { "test": "c1-advanced", "accepted": false }, { "test": "islpr", "accepted": false } ] } ], "validity": { "months": 36, "text": "Your test must be from the 3 years before you apply.", "sourceId": "aitsl-checklist" }, "sittings": { "text": "All four scores must be on one IELTS Test Report Form. IELTS One Skill Retake is accepted.", "sourceId": "aitsl-checklist" }, "notes": [ { "text": "AITSL takes IELTS Academic only. It does not take PTE.", "sourceId": "aitsl-elp" }, { "text": "Instead of a test, you can show 4 years of study, including your teacher education, in an English-speaking country.", "sourceId": "aitsl-elp" } ], "sourceIds": [ "aitsl-checklist", "aitsl-elp" ] }, { "id": "anmac", "kind": "skills-assessment", "name": "Anmac skills assessment (nurses and midwives)", "shortName": "Anmac", "body": "Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council", "page": "/score-requirements/skills-assessment#nurses", "periods": [ { "takenFrom": null, "takenTo": null, "sourceId": "anmac-full", "note": "Anmac prints these scores with no test date. They are AHPRA's older scores, for tests up to 22 April 2026.", "thresholds": [ { "test": "pte-academic", "overall": 66, "skills": { "listening": 66, "reading": 66, "writing": 56, "speaking": 66 } }, { "test": "ielts-academic", "overall": 7, "skills": { "listening": 7, "reading": 7, "writing": 6.5, "speaking": 7 } }, { "test": "oet", "overall": null, "skills": { "listening": "B", "reading": "B", "writing": "C+", "speaking": "B" } }, { "test": "toefl-ibt", "overall": 94, "skills": { "listening": 24, "reading": 24, "writing": 24, "speaking": 23 } }, { "test": "c1-advanced", "overall": 185, "skills": { "listening": 185, "reading": 185, "writing": 176, "speaking": 185 } }, { "test": "c2-proficiency", "overall": 185, "skills": { "listening": 185, "reading": 185, "writing": 176, "speaking": 185 } } ] } ], "validity": { "months": 24, "text": "Your result must be less than 2 years old.", "sourceId": "anmac-full" }, "sittings": { "text": "One sitting, or two sittings of the same test within 12 months.", "sourceId": "anmac-full" }, "notes": [ { "text": "Anmac's page has not caught up with the NMBA scores in force since 23 April 2026. Ask Anmac before you rely on these scores.", "sourceId": "anmac-full" }, { "text": "A Modified Skills Assessment needs no English test.", "sourceId": "anmac-full" } ], "sourceIds": [ "anmac-full" ] }, { "id": "acs", "kind": "skills-assessment", "name": "ACS skills assessment (ICT occupations)", "shortName": "ACS", "body": "Australian Computer Society", "page": "/score-requirements/skills-assessment#acs", "periods": [], "noTest": { "text": "ACS does not ask for an English test for a skills assessment. Your visa still does.", "sourceId": "acs-msa" }, "validity": { "months": null, "text": "No English test is needed for this step.", "sourceId": "acs-msa" }, "sourceIds": [ "acs-msa" ] } ], "conflicts": [ { "id": "anmac-vs-ahpra", "summary": "Anmac's page prints PTE 66 overall with 66 in listening, reading and speaking and 56 in writing, which is AHPRA's table for tests up to 22 April 2026. AHPRA and the NMBA ask for 63 overall with 58, 59, 60 and 76 for tests from 23 April 2026.", "sourceIds": [ "anmac-full", "ahpra-tests", "nmba-transition-2026" ], "handling": "Anmac's figures as Anmac prints them, with a note." }, { "id": "vit-validity", "summary": "VIT's web page says results count for three years. Its English Language Competency Policy (from 28 October 2025) says no result may be older than two years.", "sourceIds": [ "vit-elc", "vit-policy" ], "handling": "Two years, the policy, with both named." }, { "id": "ea-cambridge", "summary": "Engineers Australia asks for 169 in each skill on Cambridge C1 Advanced; Home Affairs' Competent English is 163, 163, 170 and 179.", "sourceIds": [ "ea-booklet", "ha-competent" ], "handling": "Each body's own figure." }, { "id": "ea-toefl-old", "summary": "For tests up to 6 August 2025, Engineers Australia's TOEFL iBT speaking minimum is 18; Home Affairs' Competent English is 21.", "sourceIds": [ "ea-booklet", "ha-competent" ], "handling": "Each body's own figure." }, { "id": "482-cutoff", "summary": "The 482 visa's tables split at 13 September 2025, not 7 August 2025 as every other Home Affairs table does.", "sourceIds": [ "ha-482-english" ], "handling": "Test-date tables per goal." }, { "id": "toefl-new-scale", "summary": "TOEFL iBT moved to a 1 to 6 scale on 21 January 2026. CA ANZ prints both scales; Home Affairs prints the 0 to 120 scale only.", "sourceIds": [ "caanz-elr", "ha-competent" ], "handling": "TOEFL is shown in the tables as printed and is not an input." } ] }