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How the IELTS immigration scam works
IELTS’s application form dictates that all registrants must inform IELTS why they are taking the
test. Figure 47 is evidence of this intrusive, unnecessary policy.
IELTS’s Intrusive Deceitful Mandatory Data Collection Regime Figure 47(^) Source: IELTS (2017c)^
After the exams are graded, IELTS’s senior supervising examiners reduce ‘raw’ marks to ensure
that only a very small percentage of test-takers may receive bonus points for immigration to
Canada and Australia. Per Canada’s and Australia’s immigration laws, candidates must receive all
minimum band scores for all four language skills taken on the same test. Most skilled visa
applicants and permanent residency visa applicants require band scores of 7.0 minimum for all
four English language skills, i.e. – reading, writing, listening and speaking.
IELTS’s senior supervising examiners routinely round down raw achievement scores for writing
and speaking as these skills are assessed subjectively. Candidate’s exam content and examiners’
working notes are never made public.