TOEIC had been one of the approved English Language Test until 2014. And applicants used to appear in TOEIC for many different types of applications such as:

Accordingly, like any other Test provider, TOEIC also conducted the language test at designated and approved test centres inside and outside the United Kingdom. In February 2014, BBC’s Panorama documentary revealed the malpractices in the approved English Language Test provider, i.e. students in connivance with a few test centres were getting the requisite English Language Certification rather than adequately preparing and appearing the test. Accordingly, the matter was investigated by the Home Office. Subsequently, the Home Office used these findings to deport more than 45,000 international ETS/TOEIC test victims and affected students. Therefore, instead of using the evidence of fraud against the identified applicants, the Home Office used the evidence of its limited findings to deport ETS/TOEIC test victims and affected students en mass without much rhyme or reason and case-specific details, i.e. whether a student or migrant has obtained the certification from TOEIC appropriately or inappropriately.