Hello, we are going to be applying for for Citizenship and seeing mixed messages about the IELTS requirement. We got PR about 6 years ago and are being advised we may need to re-take the IELTs/then we are seeing we can re-use the IELTS Certificate if we used it for our PR application. Does anyone have the correct answer for this please? Thank you.
Confusion with IELTS for Citizenship
- Thread starter calgon33
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Yes you can re use the IELTS that you submitted during the PR process even though now it is expired.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-0002-application-canadian-citizenship-under-subsection-5-1-adults-18-years-older.html#Step4
Results from a third-party language test
NOTE: If you did the test in the past for immigration or citizenship purposes, we will accept the results even if it has expired.
- Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program General Test (CELPIP-G) or the CELPIP-General LS (listening and speaking).
- If you took the test after April 1, 2014, you must have a score of level 4 or higher in listening and speaking.
- If you took the test before April 1, 2014, you must have a score of 2H or higher (i.e., 3L, 3H, 4L, 4H, 5L, or 5H) in listening and speaking.
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS), General Training. You must have a score of:
- 4.0 or higher in speaking and
- 4.5 or higher in listening. (Note: If the test was done before November 28, 2008, we will accept a level 4 or higher)
