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Dedicated
Joined: 18 May 2007 Posts: 972 Location: UK
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Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 3:08 pm Post subject: TIER 4 visa warning ! TOEFL is no longer acceptable |
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The UK Border Agency/Home Office have announced that ETS exams (including TOEFL AND TOEIC) are no longer acceptable for TIER 4 Visa purposes.
Applicants now must take the IELTS or Pearson Test of English as proof of English competency.
This is as a result of criminal activity being exposed on a recent Panorama programme. All universities are contacting applicants and informing them that they must sit IELTS. |
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slapntickle
Joined: 07 Sep 2010 Posts: 270
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Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 3:54 pm Post subject: Re: TIER 4 visa warning ! TOEFL is no longer acceptable |
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Dedicated wrote: |
The UK Border Agency/Home Office have announced that ETS exams (including TOEFL AND TOEIC) are no longer acceptable for TIER 4 Visa purposes.
Applicants now must take the IELTS or Pearson Test of English as proof of English competency.
This is as a result of criminal activity being exposed on a recent Panorama programme. All universities are contacting applicants and informing them that they must sit IELTS. |
But can the authorities ensure that the IELTS results are legit? Many students from China and India are submitting fake scores and getting in! |
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Dedicated
Joined: 18 May 2007 Posts: 972 Location: UK
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Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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I think the UK Border Agency has become far more stringent over checking the provenance and validity of the documents submitted for a Tier 4 visa.
The British Embassy in Beijing reports that about 52% of applications are rejected after an interview. Equally, most Russell Group universities in the UK insist on either attendance at a minimum of a 5 week pre-sessional course or set their own English Language exam.
This is probably one of the reasons that applications from overseas students have dropped. |
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