IDP (an Australian-owned company), like British Council is one of the IELTS provider. You can register your test date in either of the two.
Just want to clear things out. IELTS is NOT being removed from the list. Was just sharing about UKVI's announcement on the Statement of Changes to Immigration rules posted 10 July 2014. https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/statement-of-changes-in-immigration-rules--8
Finding a test provider was the most difficult thing we encountered with the whole process. We spent a couple of months on it including sitting the test. It held us up bigtime. The UKBA had chosen that time to mess about with the approved list of providers and didnt tell the prospective applicants.
Thanks Ann, i just read all the pages on that and English test i think it would not affect us much.I was only concerned for @shengsei1990 coz its fully booked now...have you heard about the KEY ENGLISH TEST? that's the test provider mentioned to us by the immigration lawyer in UK when we inquired, but the prob with it, they got limited exam scheds and results are released 2 months after yet. @JohhAsh, what i did was, i researched on visa assistance and inquired form them, if not , i won't be able to know too
Yes, they call it KET for short. I think it's safer to register in IELTS. Doesn't give you much worry for it to be removed from the approved list.
When we searched there was nothing on the UKBA site and nothing on the VFS site. We found out from the providers that the authorised list was changing. We basically unluckily were looking at just the time the changes were slowly being put into place. Got there in the end though.
Another thing to remember regarding English tests is that if you have a degree taught in English you do not have to take an English test, you just provide documents from the University that your degree was taught in English.
Ohhhh.. i will go to my review center if they have access about that what you mean that has been fullybooked... ohhh hope thats its not... I will asked them tomorrow.. ... I hope that u mean fullybooked is just in the other area. Im going to have my test here in davao. They have august 2 and august 20 schedule. And also sept 2 and 20. Will going to check the review center to verify that.. by the way how u know its already fullybooked??
Ohhh is that so timmer??.. i have English 1, 2, 3 and 4 in my transcript of record in the school id been in college. Lols.. im just thinking if that English i got is accredited or been okay in ukba??..
What is BSC or BA??.. Im also a nurse. I take Bachelor of Science in Nursing... dont you think my English is been accredited there??
I have this site checking the different venues of exam... http://www.ielts.org//test_centre_s...ubRegion=7f31f24f-493f-4325-9b99-71f4c17b141e So there is lots of venues to take the exam and its unbelievable if every area is already been fullybooked.. ohhh i cant predict. Its better if i will really confirm it there.. it makes me more worried, thinking that fullybooked thing.. grrrrr.... Well still lets hope...
A Bachelor of Science should be good enough, you could ask your University for a letter stating it was taught in English. Following is a passage from the UKBA guidance page; If you believe that you meet the English language requirement then please explain how. You can meet this requirement by a) passing a test with an approved provider and providing a certificate that clearly shows your name and the qualification obtained – this test and provider must be on our list of approved English language test providers; b) having a degree taught in English; or c) being a citizen or national of a majority English language speaking country (as specified in the Immigration Rules).
My wife has a degree taught in English, from the Philippines. But it isnt classed as a degree equivalent in the UK, by UKNARIC. So evidently doesnt count.
So in other words you need to go to UKNARIC first with your Philippine degree and get your degree deemed comparable with an English degree, no good as it takes too long. When the Mrs had her degrees compared by UKNARIC it wasn't a short process although you can pay to have an express service but it isn't cheap. So ideally the UKBA should state in their guidance notes that a degree taught in English in the Philippines first needs to be notarised by UKNARIC before it can be used as an English test waiver. One thing to note while we are on the subject of having your degree notarised by UKNARIC, it doesn't automatically come with a certificate saying it was taught in English, you have to pay extra for that. Our dealings with UKNARIC left us thinking it was a money making machine, but a money making machine that cannot be avoided if you want your Philippines degrees notarised for employment purposes in the UK as all the major UK companies use them for comparing degrees from around the world to UK standards. I think I'm correct in what I say above
Thats how I see it. Its a bit daft really. You can have a degree in English, taught in English from a Philippine University and still not have sufficient to satisfy UKNARIC and therefore the UKBA. Unless taught at one of the better Philippine universities.
You can check it online, i register on line and sent the payment to British council, it is free to send documents to them via DHL.From that site you will know if it is full or still have some slots check our British council Ielts register online
i had that experience also, i was thinking i can have my exam in Bacolod where i stay, but when i sent the deposit slip and wanted to register in it, it is already fully booked, then second option is Cebu, and by the time British council got back to me, it was again fully booked, so the 3rd option was ILOILO..you can really go far chasing schedules, esp that is it July--lots of students wanting ti study abroad are easily filling it up ..go find and seal your slot!
