Migration Regulations 1994

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTS AND EVIDENCE EXEMPTIONS FOR SUBCLASS 500 (STUDENT) VISAS 2016/019

(Subclause 500.213(3))

I, PETER DUTTON, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, acting under subclause 500.213(3) of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations):

1.             SPECIFY for the purposes of paragraph 500.213(3)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations:

a.              the requirement to use one or more of the English language test providers listed in Schedule 1 to this Instrument; and

b.             the requirement to achieve the relevant English language test score listed in Schedule 2 to this Instrument in a test provided by the relevant English language test provider mentioned in item 1 of this Instrument; and

c.              countries, listed in Schedule 3 to this Instrument, where an applicant may take a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) paper-based test; and

d.             the maximum time periods in which an English test must be taken:

                                       i.              two years immediately before the date the application is made; or

                                     ii.              two years immediately before a decision is made on the application.

2.             SPECIFY for the purposes of paragraph 500.213(3)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, classes of applicants to which subclause 500.213(1) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations does not apply, as stated in subclause 500.213(2) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations :

a.              an applicant who is a citizen of, and holds a valid passport issued by:

                                       i.              the United Kingdom;

                                     ii.              the United States of America;

                                   iii.              Canada;

                                   iv.              New Zealand; or

                                     v.              the Republic of Ireland; or

b.             an applicant who is enrolled in a principal course of study  and that principal course of study is:

                                       i.              registered to be delivered in a language other than English;

                                     ii.              a registered ELICOS course, as defined in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations;

                                   iii.              a registered school course; or

                                   iv.              a registered post-graduate research course; or

c.              an applicants who is a:

                                       i.              Foreign Affairs student;

                                     ii.              Defence Student; or

                                   iii.              secondary exchange students; or

d.             in the two years before applying for a Subclass 500 (Student) visa,  an applicant has successfully completed:

                                       i.              the requirements for a Senior Secondary Certificate of Education, in a course that was conducted in Australia in English; or

                                     ii.              a substantial component of a course leading to a qualification from the Australian Qualifications Framework at the Certificate IV level or higher that was conducted in Australia in English while the applicant was holding a Student visa; or

e.              an applicant who has successfully completed a minimum of 5 years of study in English undertaken in one or more of the following countries:

                                       i.              Australia;

                                     ii.              Canada;

                                   iii.              New Zealand;

                                   iv.              South Africa;

                                     v.              the Republic of Ireland;

                                   vi.              the United Kingdom; and/or

                                 vii.              the United States of America.

This Instrument, English Language Tests and Exemptions for Student (Subclass 500)
Visas 2016/019, IMMI 16/019, commences immediately after the commencement of Schedule 4 of the Migration Legislation Amendment (2016 Measures No. 1) Regulation 2016.

Dated: 29 April 2016

Peter Dutton

THE HON PETER DUTTON MP

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

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