Ielts SS dilemma, advice needed

[Malbec]

Hi

 

I'm planning to apply for SS to get a 176 visa offshore.

 

I recently received my ielts result sheet and have scores of 8 or above in every band, except for writing. I got a 6.5 there. I'm going to appeal that band score and hope to gain a .5 increase, although I know it takes 6 weeks and there's a chance I get a rejection.

 

The question is: will the SS or the 176 application be delayed/rejected if I send the SS application with a copy of the current results and my score gets increased later on?

 

Any agents or experienced members care to advice?

 

Cheers

[Guest 68Jose]

Why don't you ask the state you want sponsorship from about this?

[Guest Jo and Dave]

Hi there, if you get OK scores in all sections except 1 then it AUTOMATICALLY gets re-marked BEFORE it is issued to you, My wife had a very similar situation and I checked their website and spoke to them, they told me it was or had already been re-marked to ensure it was correct so a change in score is HIGHLY unlikely. IELTS is a complete sham if you ask me ESPECIALLY the reading part, even if you dont use an effing capital letter or the punctuation is even slightly differrent you get marked down, I have taken test papers repeatedly and get a very, very different result often, i am sure there is a better way than this to assess an english person's english ability. I have spoken to countless migration agents, seen many, many posts on this and other forums, it is not a mere coincedence that so many people are failing this test, surely then either as a nation the english in general are pretty dumb OR the test is FLAWED, I guess you just have to keep taking the damn test until it is passed, also why can't you just re-sit the failed element ??? That is just as dumb as the test itself ???http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/images/smilies/goofy.gif