自从Berenguel在法院成功的挑战了移民局关于ielts 的规定后,申请签证时再也不需要提供ielts了,可以补充材料.
但是今天移民局修改了法律,堵上了这个漏洞.从1.7.2011年开始,必须提供ielts,换句话说,没有ielts的同学一定要赶在1/7/2011 之前递交.
here are Regulation changes on 1 July which change the definition of Competent, Proficient etc English. This change effectively is a reversal of the position created by the Berenguel decision as it is will be defined in the regulation that the English test must have been conducted in the two years immediately preceding the date of the visa application.
(ii) the test was conducted in the 2 years immediately before the day on which the application was made; and
This will mean that for applications lodged from 1 July the required IELTS/OET results must be provided with the application if not the application must be refused.