What is the English Language Requirement to Apply for Australia PR Visa

The English language is an essential factor under the General skilled migration program. An applicant who is applying for Australia permanent residency visa has to clear the eligibility criteria set by Australian immigration authority. Therefore anyone who is looking to apply of Australia Pr visa must meet all the eligibility requirements along with good language ability score.

To apply for Australian immigration visa the minimum IELTS bands is 6 in each module that is reading, writing, listening and speaking where an applicant with not receive additional points. Scoring 6 bands will not give you any points but make you're eligible to apply for PR.  

Australian immigration authority works on point based system. That is to score good immigration points to apply for PR. A minimum of 65 points is the eligibility criteria to apply for PR. Therefore an applicant has to score a minimum of 65 points to apply however scoring more than 65 points increases the chances to get the faster invitation from Australian immigration authority. The points are based on age, work experience, English language eligibility, qualification, and other factors. The higher the Australian immigration score better will be the chance to get an invitation from DIBP.

Although 6 bands in each module of IELTS is the minimum eligibility score to apply for Australia PR visa. But if you score 7 bands in each module of IELTS you will increase your immigration score with 10 additional points. Also if you score 8 bands in each module of IELTS you will get 20 points towards your immigration score. So the English language proficiency test not only make you eligible to apply for Australia PR but also helps you to increase your total immigration score. 

There are many language programs that you might take for English language tests like IELTS and PTE. 

Apart from IELTS, PTE language test is also acceptable by Australian immigration authority. 

However, if you think that IELTS is difficult then you may take PTE which is equally acceptable by the Australian Immigration department.

After all, it is all about scoring high immigration point score. The higher are your points, the better are your chances of ITA. 

For further information related to minimum point score and Australia PR chances, fill the free assessment form and one of the visa experts of Aptech Global would contact you to discuss Australia PR query. You may also mail at info@aptechvisa.com 

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