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Legislative changes, explanatory statement, and government response to 457 recommendation
Changes – updated 26 Mar 2015: http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2015L00351
Explanatory: http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2015L00351/Explanatory%20Statement/Text
457 recommendation – government response – updated 18 Mar 2015: http://www.immi.gov.au/pub-res/Pages/reviews-and-inquiries/government-response.aspx
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Friday, 03 April 2015Looks like the changes to the English Test requirements only effect and do not apply to 457 Visa holders.
no changes have been made to the points allocation system that would give recognition to Visa applicants who may have an overall score of 7 or 8 but fall short in one or two components. Those applicants who have an overall score of 8 and a minimum of 7 in each component should receive 15 points and those who have an overall score of 7 and a minimum of 6 in each component should receive 5 points.
This would reduce the impact of the English Testing system assessing a candidates English level to bring them below the required threshold.
Extract in Changes in the new regulations ionlyt refer to subclass 476 and 485 Visas
The changes to English language test score requirements contribute to maintaining English language standards in the visa programme by mandating a baseline score for each of the test components, while benefiting Subclass 476 and Subclass 485 visa applicants who are ‘only just’ missing out on meeting existing English language requirements. This change is welcomed by industry stakeholders who raised concerns about not being able to provide an overall/total English language test score, where scores in some components may be slightly below the current threshold while others are above. The changes to move English language test score requirements for Skilled – Recognised Graduate (subclass 476) and Temporary Graduate (subclass 485) visa applicants from the Migration Regulations to instead be specified in a legislative instrument provide flexibility to make further changes more easily if these requirements need to be adjusted to better reflect labour market needs.
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Is this the proposal that reduced the required IELTS English test to an overall score of 5.0?