Types of IELTS

There are five types of the IELTS based on the country, purpose and profession.

IELTS Academic The Academic version is intended for those who wish to study under graduation and post graduation abroad and for professionals such as Medical Doctors, people who work in a pharmaceutical and all the Nurses who wish to study or practice in an English-speaking country. IELTS General The General Training version is intended for those planning to undertake non-academic training that is, who migrate to an English speaking country to gain work experience or for immigration purposes. All candidates must complete four Modules - Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. IELTS

UKVI IELTS

We have separate IELTS test for the people who choose UK for both academic and work purposes. If you are applying for TIER 1 and TIER 2 visas for UK, then you have to take this test.

As per UK, you have to take up UKVI IELTS Academic and General. They are designed to meet certain administrative requirements which are specified by the UK home office. The test is same as normal IELTS.

The main difference is in the journey of the candidate on the test day. The test report forms will be different to show that it is an UK visa session.

UKVI IELTS Academic UKVI IELTS Academic is a test for those who want to study UG or PG levels and for those who are seeking professional registration in UK. UKVI IELTS General UKVI IELTS General is a test for those who want to migrate to UK and those who wish to train or study below degree level.

UKVI IELTS Life Skills

IELTS Life Skills is a new test which is recently approved by UKVI as a Secure English Language Test (SELT). This test is for those people who should prove their speaking and listening skills at Level A1, A2 or B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

IELTS Life skills A1 is a test for those candidates who should prove their speaking and listening skills as a part of their application to UK visas and immigration for ‘family of a settled person’ visa.

IELTS Life skills A2 is a test for those candidates who should prove their speaking and listening skills as a part of their application to UK visas and immigration for ‘extension to family or partner visa’.

IELTS Life skills B1 is a test for those candidates who wish to immigrate for indefinite leave to remain there or to become a citizen.

All candidates must complete four Modules - Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking. IELTS scores are given from "Band 1" ("non-user") to "Band 9" ("expert user"). Band scores are used for each language sub-skill: Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking. The validity period of this Score card is 2 years. The duration of the test is 2 hours and 50 minutes.

The validity period of this Score card is 2 years. The duration of the test is 2 hours and 50 minutes.

Purpose of the test

The main purpose of IELTS test is