Kirstyj

As I said it doesn’t matter if you have a British passport or not if you need extra points you have to take the English test, a British passport does not make any difference

You only need to do the English test if you need extra points, it does not matter if you have a British passport or not

And it must have cost you a fortune!! But PTE & Pearson are Deffo one of the same thing as ken says

Same here, you work hard so you can play hard, enjoy x

Hi I am just at work over looking the Indian Ocean at Cottesloe Beach, Perth, the sun is shining and life is great xx

Hey those winging poms can still buy tetley or pg tips and bistro gravy, they will moan wherever they are, glad you are settling in well xx

Aww that's great, good luck for the future xx

Yep valuer is still on the list

That's why we live in Perth, lovely all year weather, wages are good, average 4 bed with pool $500.000, just a 20 min drive from the city, low crime rate, we love it xx

My partner only needed 7 across the board, I asked him and he said PTE is easier but it all depends on the exam conditions, with PTE he could hear everything that everyone else was saying so that was very off putting and it is all done by computer, Ielts test is more like exam conditions (that you had at college), and you also speak to a human, overall he preferred the Ielts, hope this helps

Well said Maryrose, and we miss soccer to so we follow Perth Glory, you sit where you want all soccer fans together, have a few beers or wines while watching the match (no having to wait till half time), and as for footie Fremantle Dockers for us xx

That's fantastic news, exciting times ahead x

All the best my partner said it was much better as you are actually taking to a human being

yes that's why I suggested the ielts to, my partner is Scottish and had no problem with the ielts but failed on speaking with the Pearson

Have you tried the ielts test ?

We moved to Perth February of this year on a 189 visa (my partner is an electrician) yes it's been difficult sometimes but wherever you moved would be, my other half is just about about to gain his wa grade a electricians licence and I have a fabby job as a hotel receptionist on the beach, it's better that we were hoping for xxxxx

Listening 9.0, writing 8.0, reading 8.0, speaking 8.0 and the 1st time he took the test he got 6.5 on listening and 9.0 on speaking so it's really hard to work out !!!!!

My partner is born and bread British and he said the test centre setting was not appropriate and so he went for his ielts test for the 3rd time and finally passed xx

Good luck

My partner did the Pte twice, ielts 4 times and finally passed !! Just hang in there but the Pte is quick to get an appointment quick to get the results, but it's not the same examination setting as my partner found with the Pte there were to many distractions, but I suppose it depends on the test centre hope this helps

Hi djes, when my partner 1st took his ielts test he failed by 1/2 mark, we appealed this cost us £70 and took 2 months and the remark was the same !! He took the pte and failed too but it was much quicker to take the test again than to wait for a remark, hope this helps

It took my partner 4 attempts

No they didn't but I believe the visa people don't like people chasing up their application I know it's hard but we have to wait x

We. Used an agent so they did everything for us, but as far as I know you upload everything once you have received your invite, hope this helps

Hi my partner took both tests as well, ielts 3 times and pte twice, he found the pte test more modern but as it was summer all the windows were open and you could her everything going on outside and you could also hear everything the person next to you said which was very off putting, but that was down to the examination centre not the test, he finally passed both tests but the ielts test seems more recognisable, as we were not told of the pte test until he had taken the ielts test twice, also with the ielts test you can score 9 on the reading and the next time you take it you can get 6.5 and vicea versa but al least with the pte test you get your results within 2-3 days , good luck with anyone taking the tests