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Ontario's IElts requirement ....is it true ...

Tinku2

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Apr 30, 2011
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Can someone tell me if this is true

" Ontario requires the minimum
results of:
writing: 6.5
listening: 6.5
reading: 6.5
speaking: 7.0 "

This is where someone has quoted the same

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/-t60315.0.html
 

Leon

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Here: http://www.ontarioimmigration.ca/stdprodconsume/groups/csc/@oipp/documents/document/oi_app_guide_phd.pdf you can see that international Masters or Phd graduate class requires overall of 7.0 or higher on IELTS. You can find other forms and guides at http://www.ontarioimmigration.ca/en/pnp/OI_PNPFORMS.html but I found no mention of IELTS under the regular worker stream or international student with job offer stream.

As for Canadian experience class where you are posting your topic under, it doesn't matter if you are in Ontario or somewhere else because Canadian experience class is federal and has the same rules in all provinces. The requirements for them are Benchmark 7 for skill type 0 or skill level A workers and Benchmark 5 for skill level B workers. Benchmarks translates into IELTS scores like this:

NOC CLB Levels Test results for each ability
Speaking Listening Reading Writing
0,A 8 6.5 7.5 6.5 6.5
0, A 7 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0
0, A, B 6 5.5 5.5 5.0 5.5
B 5 5.0 5.0 4.0 5.0
B 4 4.0 4.5 3.5 4.0

To get Benchmark 7 for example, either all of your scores should be CLB 7 = 6.0 or higher or it is ok if you have one from CLB 6 if you have another one in CLB 8.
You can read about this in the application guide for CEC at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/guides/5609E.PDF
 

Leon

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There is only one immigration class in Ontario that is requiring IELTS and that is the Masters/Phd class. A bad IELTS would not prevent you from applying under Ontario PNP under another class. You can also repeat the IELTS to get a better score.