CalVdS
Full Member
- Jan 18, 2011
- 6
- Category........
- Visa Office......
- Paris
- NOC Code......
- 0643
- Job Offer........
- Pre-Assessed..
- App. Filed.......
- 23-11-2010
- Doc's Request.
- Sent with App
- AOR Received.
- No second AOR received
- IELTS Request
- Sent with App
- File Transfer...
- 07-07-2011
- Med's Request
- 29-08-2011
- Med's Done....
- 05-09-2011
- Interview........
- None
- Passport Req..
- 26-10-2011
- LANDED..........
- Nov 2011
I only submitted in Nov 2010 but had been preparing for over a year (while waiting for AEO) and I never have read anything else than the IELTS had to be GT, not Academic. So even pre-26 June 2010, IELTS (IF you submitted it), had to be GT.We submitted our application on 23rd August 2010, and we booked IELTS test in mid July, and fairly sure at that point that it stated the test must be General Training IELTS. So if Academic tests were ever allowed it would have been in the first 2 weeks of July only, I think?
Wayne.
I understand the frustration about this since it's true, Academic is harder than GT. However, the standard for awarding points has been set against GT, so I guess to avoid law suits later because people have been measured against a more difficult test than others, they are pretty strict.
A pitty it creates so much confusion. I also took the French TEF test and there is only one kind, although you also have mandatory and optional parts and here the confusion might be that you have to take the optional tests as well, for which you have to pay seperately.
Nobody ever said it was easy....
Congrats to everyone who received their PER.
Kris