485 Visa English requirements

You must either hold a certain passport or prove your English proficiency. To do this, you must show evidence that in the last 3 years, you obtained:

English test

Minimum

overall Score

Total overall score

Minimum scores for English test components

Listening

Reading

Speaking

Writing

IELTS (General or Academic)

6

5

5

5

5

OET

B

B

B

B

B

TOEFL iBT

64

4

4

14

14

PTE Academic

50

36

36

36

36

Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) (taken on or after 1 January 2015)

169

154

154

154

154

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can either show us that you hold a valid passport from the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, New Zealand or the Republic of Ireland, or prove your English proficiency. To do this, show us evidence that in the last 3 years, you achieved one of the above scores.

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