Should I go for PTE academic or PTE general to apply for Australia PR?

Yes, PTE is valid to apply for Australian Permanent Residency.

Pearson Test of English (PTE) is acceptable as a proof of language proficiency test for Australia visa categories by DIBP (Department of Immigration and Border Protection), organizations and institutions. It was recognized in 2014 as a proof of English proficiency in Australia.

Any applicant coming to Australia as an immigrant must prove their English language skills and thus, it is mandatory for non-speaking natives to sit for the language requirements test.

PTE has four sections of Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking. It has two categories-PTE Academic and PTE General.

For immigration purposes, you must go for PTE Academic.

As you know that a point based system is followed by Australia to migrate the potential applicants and English language proficiency is one of the key factors along with age, educational qualification, work experience, relevant skills, language proficiency and other factors for skilled migration visas. The minimum required points to be eligible to apply for Australia PR is 65 points.

You may calculate score using Australia Point Calculator

To get a good Immigration point score, you must score decent PTE points which will help you in receiving Invitation from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) Faster.

To be eligible to apply for Australia Permanent Residency, you must score at least PTE 50 score in each module of Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking. Though, you won’t get any points towards your overall immigration point score.

However, if you score 65 PTE score in each module of reading, writing, listening and speaking, you will get 10 additional points and if you score 79 PTE score in each module, you will get 20 additional point score to be added towards your overall immigration point score.

Apart from PTE, there are other English language requirement tests which are equally famous for Australia immigration.

Read more- Other English Language Eligibility test apart from PTE

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DHA No Longer Accepts TOEFL-PBT for Australia Student Visas

The Department of Home Affairs have announced that TOEFL-PBT will no longer be accepted for the Australian Student Visa as proof of English language proficiency.

Paper-based test for Test of English as a Foreign Language is now not being accepted for the Australia Student Subclass 500 visa applications, as quoted by the SBS.

TOEFL-PBT was last revised in October 2017 and it does not have a measurement for speaking skills in English and to immigrate to Australia there is requirement for assessing the English speaking ability of an applicant.

DHA has time and again said that assessing the speaking skills in the English Language is mandatory. This is done to ensure that applicants possess the ability for effective communication.

The TOEFL-PBT was changed last year. Therefore, the test is removed from the acceptable tests for the English language for Australia Student Visas.

However, TOEFL internet based test is still valid but it is not a favoured test in Australia for immigration purposes.

Apart for TOETL PBT there are other language options which are acceptable by Australia immigration authority.

Read here- Alternative to TOETL PBT English Language which is acceptable by Australian Immigration Authority

 

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