Submitting Academic IELTS Results - what would be the consequences?

[Moe2010]

Hi,
I was mislead by an immigration consultant who told me that both the academic and general IELTS can work for the canadian immigration. However, i just realized today that the academic one can not be accepted.

I want to make sure that my application reaches the immigration office on July 1, 2012 to reserve myself a place in the queue this year. If i wait till i take the general test which will be at least a month from now, there is no way i will be able to get my application considered this year.

What do you think will happen if i submit the academic? Would they accept the application and ask me to submit original or they will reject the application from the beginning? Has anyone done that before? Do i need to include a justification letter saying that i will be doing the general and submit the results at a later stage? Please advise.

Thank you

 

[kiwi1]

Hi,
I was mislead by an immigration consultant who told me that both the academic and general IELTS can work for the canadian immigration. However, i just realized today that the academic one can not be accepted.

I want to make sure that my application reaches the immigration office on July 1, 2012 to reserve myself a place in the queue this year. If i wait till i take the general test which will be at least a month from now, there is no way i will be able to get my application considered this year.

What do you think will happen if i submit the academic? Would they accept the application and ask me to submit original or they will reject the application from the beginning? Has anyone done that before? Do i need to include a justification letter saying that i will be doing the general and submit the results at a later stage? Please advise.

Thank you

hi

I think its pretty obvious - it will be rejected outright. Resit for the GT test and hopefully there are still places left for your application for this year. Otherwise, u might just be wasting ur money, time and effort....

the document checklist re: Item 9- Proof of Language Proficiency is very specific.....

Original language proficiency test results:
* IELTS (General Training test ONLY)

 

[Moe2010]

I was kind of hoping that they would request me to send the general training Ielts results and put me in queue for processing. I am ok with sending the GT results which i can get within maximum 2 months. my only concern is just getting on queue this year, thats all!

 

[kiwi1]

I was kind of hoping that they would request me to send the general training Ielts results and put me in queue for processing. I am ok with sending the GT results which i can get within maximum 2 months. my only concern is just getting on queue this year, thats all!

if i were u i'd rather play it safe and ensure i am submitting the right docs that way i am confident rather than sending it now and always on the edge thinking whether the academic ielts is acceptable or not.