Australia Express Entry Points Calculator

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Test Score Requirements for Competent English

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) At least 6 for each of the 4 components
Test of English as a Foreign Language internet-based Test (TOEFL iBT) At least 12 for listening, 13 for reading, 21 for writing and 18 for speaking
Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) At least 50 for each of the 4 components
Occupational English Test (OET) At least B for each of the 4 components
Cambridge C1 Advanced test At least 169 in each of the 4 components

Test Score Requirements for Proficient English

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) At least 7 for each of the 4 test components​
Test of English as a Foreign Language internet-based Test (TOEFL iBT) At least 24 for listening, 24 for reading, 27 for writing and 23 for speaking
Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) At least 65 for each of the 4 test components​
Occupational English Test (OET) At least B for each of the 4 test components
Cambridge C1 Advanced test At least 185 in each of the 4 test components​

Test Score Requirements for Superior English

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) At least 8 for each of the 4 test components
Test of English as a Foreign Language internet-based Test (TOEFL iBT) At least 28 for listening, 29 for reading, 30 for writing and 26 for speaking
Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) At least 79 for each of the 4 test components
Occupational English Test (OET) At least A for each of the 4 test components
Cambridge C1 Advanced test ​At least 200 in each of the 4 test components
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  • You can only claim points for employment if the employment was in your nominated skilled occupation or a closely related skilled occupation; and you were employed for the relevant periods set out in the table, in the 10 years before you are invited to apply.
  • Please Select Your Educational Qualification.
  • You can only be awarded points for a doctoral degree if you have completed a qualification at the relevant level, that is, a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.). You cannot claim these points for the award of other qualifications that give you the right to use to the title of Doctor (that is, general practitioner, dentist, vet).
  • Please Select If You Have a Master’s Degree by Research or a Doctorate degree from an Austrlian Educational Institute That Includes at least 2 Academic Years Study in the following Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or Specified Information and Communication Technology (ICT) fields:

    Natural and physical sciences

  • biological sciences
  • chemical sciences
  • earth sciences
  • mathematical sciences
  • natural and physical sciences
  • other natural and physical sciences
  • physics and astronomy
  • Information technology

  • computer science
  • information systems
  • information technology
  • other information technology

    Engineering and related technologies

  • aerospace engineering and technology
  • civil engineering

    electrical and electronic engineering and technology

  • engineering and related technologies
  • geomatics engineering
  • manufacturing engineering and technology
  • maritime engineering and technology
  • mechanical and industrial engineering and technology
  • other engineering and related technologies
  • process and resources engineering
  • The Australian Study Requirement is as follows:

    To meet the Australian study requirement you must have completed either:

  • a single eligible qualification that requires at least 2 academic years study
  • or

  • more than 1 qualification that results in a total of at least 2 academic years study resulting in an eligible qualification.
  • You must have completed your study in Australia, in a total of no less than 16 calendar months, while you held a visa authorizing you to study.

    At the time of invitation to apply, you had completed a Professional Year.

    To be eligible for the award of these points your Professional Year must have been in Accounting, ICT/Computing or Engineering, and:

  • in your nominated occupation or a closely related occupation
  • completed over a period of at least 12 months
  • completed in Australia in the four years before you are invited to apply for a visa.
  • To be credentialled in a community language and eligible for the award of points you must have been accredited at the paraprofessional level or above, certified at the certified provisional level or above, or have a community language credential for interpreting or translating by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters.
    The Australian Study Requirement is as follows:

    To meet the Australian study requirement you must have completed either:

  • a single eligible qualification that requires at least 2 academic years study
  • or

  • more than 1 qualification that results in a total of at least 2 academic years study resulting in an eligible qualification.
  • have been obtained while you lived in, and studied at a campus in, a designated regional area
  • not include study undertaken by distance education
  • You must have completed your study in Australia, in a total of no less than 16 calendar months, while you held a visa authorizing you to study.

    Please Select Your Answer.

    For you to be eligible for the award of these points your partner must be an applicant for the same visa subclass and must not be an Australian permanent resident or an Australian citizen. Additionally, you will need to provide evidence that when you were invited to apply for this visa that they:

  • were under 45 years old
  • had competent English
  • had nominated a skilled occupation that is on the same skilled occupation list as your nominated skilled occupation
  • had a suitable skills assessment from the relevant assessing authority for their nominated skilled occupation, and the assessment wasn’t for a Subclass 485 visa.
  • Please Select Your Answer.

    For you to be eligible for the award of these points your partner must be an applicant for the same visa subclass and must not be an Australian permanent resident or an Australian citizen.

    Please Select Your Answer.