FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH FOR AUSTRALIA VISAS – AUSTRALIA MIGRATION ENGLISH REQUIREMENT

Some Australia visas would require you to prove that you have functional English.

To prove you have functional English, you must show evidence that:

• you are a citizen of and hold a valid passport issued by the United Kingdom*, the United States of America, Canada, New Zealand or the Republic of Ireland. *British National (Overseas) passports are not acceptable as evidence of functional English.

or

• ​you completed a degree, a higher degree, a diploma or a trade certificate in an institution in or outside Australia that required at least two years of full-time study and all instructions were in English
  or
• you undertook your education at:

or

• in the 12 months before you applied for the visa, you scored one of the following:

It is important that you check the level of English requirement for the Australia visa you are applying for.