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If you want to study in the UK or apply for professional registration, you might need to take an IELTS Academic for UKVI test. It is a Secure English Language test (SELT) approved by the UK home office for visa applications to the United Kingdom.
The Academic for UKVI test is the same as the Academic test in terms of content, format, scoring and the level of difficulty. However, the UKVI test is only available at test centres who meet the administrative requirements outlined by the UK Home Office, currently only Taipei provides the UKVI test in Taiwan. Your Test Report Form (TRF) will also look slightly different if you take a UKVI IELTS test.
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UKVI is the abbreviation of UK Visas and Immigration (UK Visas and Immigration). In 2015, the British government launched a new policy for the Visa-based Safe English Test (SELT). Anyone who plans to study, stay or immigrate to the UK needs to provide UKVI. Certified English test scores.
IELTS for UKVI is an IELTS test program opened to meet the security monitoring standard level of the British Immigration Service.
IELTS and IELTS for UKVI are the exact same test in terms of format, content, scoring and level of difficulty. The only difference is an IELTS for UKVI test is approved by the UK Home Office for work, study and migration purposes.
If you take an IELTS for UKVI test, your test report form will be a little different to show you have taken an IELTS for UKVI test at an approved test centre.
The price of the Academic for UKVI test is NTD$ 8,100. Check the IELTS for UKVI booking system for accurate prices.
At present, the UKVI UK visa IELTS test is only set up in Taipei, and the location of the paper-delivered test and computer test is different:
- UKVI paper-delivered test room: Taipei Computer Society (Address: No. 2, Section 3, Bade Road, Songshan District, Taipei City)
- UKVI computer test room: IDP International Education Center - Taipei Office (Address: 6F, No. 289, Section 4, Zhongxiao East Road, Daan District, Taipei City)
You can check UKVI test venue locations and register for the test at any time through the IDP official IELTS English test centre website
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