Msafiri said:The CIC agent will give you a scripted answer at best or a vague ye, no, maybe - he/she won't be the one opening the application in Sidney so you can't say hey wait a minute you said it was ok. Think objective evidence versus subjective evidence and the time factor risk...I wouldn't let my luck ride on the whim of the Sidney agent and whether my document satisfies them because my friend, cousin, some person on a forum got through ok. Is there an issue with you getting a 3rd party test? How did you get PR? Did you test for PR - IELTS etc?
I agree, Msafiri. But in my experience, I called CIC before I submitted my application, because I have IELTS-Academic and post-secondary degree outside of Canada. The agent said only IELTS-General is acceptable and the transcript/diploma depends on the officer if he/she deemed if it is acceptable or not. So, I just took CELPIP-LS.
