Ielts Academic or General for 189

[adityaa]

Hi

 

I got my 485 recently and planning to go for PR next year

 

my current points are 50 with age and education, i have 1 year aus exp in IT i.e 5 points and partner skills of my wife i.e another 5

 

Since i have 60 Points, myself and my wife need 6 in ielts anyways. We both have 6 in ACADEMIC can we use that for GSM ? or should we both take General

 

 

Thanks

[Gareth 666]

If you are the main applicant and your wife is from a country with English as it's recognised first language then she doesn't need to take IELTS at all to prove English language ability.

 

As for yourself, the same applies for proof of English ability but from memory of doing my 190 last year, there are some occupations that require minimum of 4 band 7's. I may be wrong on this last point though.

[Ozmaniac]

Either General or Academic IELTS results are acceptable for points test purposes.

 

Most people only take the Academic test if their skills assessment authority requires it as it's generally felt to be a bit harder than General but if you choose to do Academic even if not required for skills assessment, that's OK.

[Coolbreeze]

As above...DIAC accept either the general or academic. The general is seen by many as being easier for the reading part of the test.