GOOD NEWS!Changes to minimum English language test scores for subclasses 476 and 485
Commencing from 18 April 2015, Temporary Graduate Subclass 485 and Skilled – Recognised Graduate Subclass 476 applicants will be allowed a lower English language test score to enable these visas to be more responsive to Australia’s labour market conditions. This change will allow applicants to apply with an overall minimum English language score and a minimum score for each of the four English test components.
Minimum required overall test score and the minimum required scores for each of the test components:
| English test | Minimum
overall Score |
Total overall score | Minimum scores for English test components | |||
| Listening | Reading | Speaking | Writing | |||
| IELTS | 6 | – | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| OET | B | – | B | B | B | B |
| TOEFL iBT | – | 64 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 |
| PTE Academic | 50 | – | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) (taken on or after 1 January 2015) | 169 | – | 154 | 154 | 154 | 154 |
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