{
 "name": "Australian visa English language requirements",
 "description": "Minimum score in each of the four components for every English level the Migration Regulations recognise (Functional, Vocational, Competent, Proficient, Superior) across all eight accepted tests, on the scoring regime that applies to tests taken on or after 7 August 2025.",
 "publisher": {
  "name": "VisaChief",
  "url": "https://visachief.com/"
 },
 "source": {
  "name": "Department of Home Affairs - English language requirement",
  "url": "https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/help-support/meeting-our-requirements/english-language"
 },
 "retrieved": "2026-08-26",
 "updated": "2026-08-26",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0",
 "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "citation": "VisaChief (2026). Australian visa English language requirements. Retrieved 2026-08-26 from https://visachief.com/data/au-english-requirements.json",
 "url": "https://visachief.com/data/au-english-requirements.json",
 "record_count": 30,
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   "level": "Vocational English",
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   "points": "Not points-tested.",
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   "test_key": "celpip",
   "listening": "5",
   "reading": "5",
   "writing": "5",
   "speaking": "5",
   "regime": "tests taken on or after 7 August 2025"
  },
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   "level": "Vocational English",
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   "test_key": "ielts_a",
   "listening": "5",
   "reading": "5",
   "writing": "5",
   "speaking": "5",
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   "level": "Vocational English",
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   "points": "Not points-tested.",
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   "listening": "49",
   "reading": "47",
   "writing": "45",
   "speaking": "38",
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   "level": "Vocational English",
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   "test_key": "oet",
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   "writing": "200",
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   "level": "Vocational English",
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   "reading": "44",
   "writing": "45",
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  {
   "level": "Vocational English",
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   "points": "Not points-tested.",
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   "test_key": "pte",
   "listening": "33",
   "reading": "36",
   "writing": "29",
   "speaking": "24",
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   "level": "Vocational English",
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   "listening": "8",
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   "speaking": "14",
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   "level": "Competent English",
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   "level": "Competent English",
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   "level": "Competent English",
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   "level": "Competent English",
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   "level": "Competent English",
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   "speaking": "330",
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   "level": "Competent English",
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   "writing": "51",
   "speaking": "54",
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   "writing": "19",
   "speaking": "19",
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   "level": "Proficient English",
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   "listening": "9",
   "reading": "8",
   "writing": "10",
   "speaking": "8",
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   "level": "Proficient English",
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   "points": "10 points on the skilled points test.",
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   "reading": "7",
   "writing": "7",
   "speaking": "7",
   "regime": "tests taken on or after 7 August 2025"
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  {
   "level": "Proficient English",
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   "speaking": "59",
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   "reading": "360",
   "writing": "380",
   "speaking": "360",
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   "level": "Proficient English",
   "level_key": "proficient",
   "points": "10 points on the skilled points test.",
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   "reading": "71",
   "writing": "78",
   "speaking": "82",
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   "level": "Proficient English",
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   "test_key": "pte",
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   "reading": "59",
   "writing": "69",
   "speaking": "76",
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   "level": "Proficient English",
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   "test_key": "toefl",
   "listening": "22",
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   "writing": "26",
   "speaking": "24",
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  },
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   "level": "Superior English",
   "level_key": "superior",
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   "test_key": "c1advanced",
   "listening": "186",
   "reading": "190",
   "writing": "210",
   "speaking": "208",
   "regime": "tests taken on or after 7 August 2025"
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  {
   "level": "Superior English",
   "level_key": "superior",
   "points": "20 points on the skilled points test.",
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   "test_key": "celpip",
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   "reading": "10",
   "writing": "12",
   "speaking": "10",
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   "level": "Superior English",
   "level_key": "superior",
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   "test_key": "ielts_a",
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   "reading": "8",
   "writing": "8",
   "speaking": "8",
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   "level": "Superior English",
   "level_key": "superior",
   "points": "20 points on the skilled points test.",
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   "test_key": "oet",
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   "reading": "400",
   "writing": "420",
   "speaking": "400",
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   "level": "Superior English",
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   "reading": "83",
   "writing": "89",
   "speaking": "89",
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   "level": "Superior English",
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   "reading": "70",
   "writing": "85",
   "speaking": "88",
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   "level": "Superior English",
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   "test_key": "toefl",
   "listening": "26",
   "reading": "27",
   "writing": "30",
   "speaking": "28",
   "regime": "tests taken on or after 7 August 2025"
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}