> It probably was not luck. Just because you are from SA is does not
> necessarily follow that the medium of instruction for your education
> was English. It was up to you to provide the evidence.
Unfair - Coolie is correct and it does not matter how much evidence was
provided that she studied in English etc, she will still have to do
IELTS. DIMIA policy is now to only recognise a "native English speaker"
(when considering 15 and 20 point level English - Vocational and
Competent) if it is a person whose first spoken language is English and
is the holder of a passport from the United Kingdom, Canada, New
Zealand, the United States of America and the Republic of Ireland. So
unless Coolie can get a UK passport, the IELTS has to be done. For
functional English ( the old 10 point level) they can waive the IELTS
where an applicant (usually secondary) holds a degree, diploma or trade
qualification from an academic institution as a result of 2 years full
time study where all instruction has been conducted in English - and
where an applicant has worked in an English speaking country for at
least 2 years.
Tony
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