Hi,
My dad's residence visa got declined twice due to unable to meet English requirement under skill migrant category, Despite of having a skill job in New Zealand his visa got declined as his IELTS score was 5.0 of required 6.5.
Again i respect the fact Immigration needs English proficiency but how could this be fair for people from non English speaking country and that too for those who couldn't get English language Education due to lack of availability of schools in which student can learn English.
I my self have given IELTS and scored 6.5 that too studying English as my first language.
The level of IELTS testing is notably so confusing and tricky that even if u know how everything u end up getting less score as they are made to confuse students nothing else. I agree that this trick is to find the level of intelligence of a person but again IELTS fails to understand that they are testing a persons English not their intelligence , and we all know we can always have an IQ test for it not IELTS.
I bet, not all English native person ( heaps up there) can pass the damn test and score 7 band.
(SM5.1 Aim and intent
Principal applicants under the Skilled Migrant Category are required to meet a minimum standard of English to enable successful settlement and skilled employment in New Zealand.
Non-principal applicants (partners and dependent children aged 16 and older who are included in Skilled Migrant Category applications) are required to meet a minimum standard of English or to pre-purchase ESOL training, to enable successful settlement in New Zealand.)
Does the successful settlement for past 10 yrs with the current job offer in skill category is not enough to prove that the person is a speaker of English ?
SM5.5 Minimum standard of English language for principal applicants
d. In any case, an immigration officer may require an applicant to provide an IELTS certificate in terms of paragraph (b). In such cases, the IELTS certificate will be used to determine whether the principal applicant* meets the minimum standard of English.
Isn't the above statement of Immigration sounds that Immigration had tried to hold all the aces on their hand in the game to ace out the applicant and leave them restless and end their love dream they once saw within our own beautiful New Zealand.
Awaiting for all your suggestions and Comments .
Thanks