485 visa

21 April 2015

All applicants applying for Temporary Graduate (subclass 485) visas on or after 18 April 2015 must provide evidence of having achieved the following scores in a test taken in the three years immediately prior to lodging their visa application:

English test	Minimum overall Score	Total overall score	Minimum scores for English test components
English test	Minimum overall Score	Total overall score	Listening	Reading	Speaking	Writing
IELTS	6	–	5	5	5	5
OET	B	–	B	B	B	B
TOEFL iBT	–	64	4	4	14	14
PTE Academic	50	–	36	36	36	36
CAE*	169	–	154	154	154	154

IELTS: International English Language Test System
OET: Occupational English Test
TOEFL iBT: Test of English as a Foreign Language internet-based test
PTE Academic: Pearson Test of English Academic
CAE: Cambridge English: Advanced (*test taken on or after 1 January 2015)

Applicants holding a valid passport issued by the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, New Zealand or the Republic of Ireland will meet the English requirement without writing the exams above.