U probably have missed the point. The problem here is that the language criterion for tier 1 IELTS is 8.0 (by aspiration) is ridiculously high for the people which come from non English speaking countries. This offer unfair advantage to people come from English speaking countries.
FYI:
1. Australia Skilled Immigration Points Calculator
Minimum Requirement:
“You must be at least at "competent" English to be eligible to apply for occupations other than trade occupations. You should have a high enough level of English that would enable you to score
at least a "6" on all four components of the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) examination. However, if your nominated occupation is a trade occupation, a score of "5" (vocational) will suffice.
Source:
http://www.workpermit.com/australia/poi ... ulator.htm
2. New Zealand Visa Requirements: Skilled Migrant
Proof of English language ability must be shown where English is not the primary language of the applicant, including:
Applicants must be able to reach an overall band score
of at least 6.5 in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) General or Academic Module
Source:
http://www.spammer.com/newzealand/sk ... grant.aspx
3. To become NHS doctor: IELTS 7.0. NHS nurse IELST 7.0.
4. Many People who by definition should be included in tier 1 have reached a reasonable level of English proficiency to work in the UK but can not meet this criteria. Extreme example:: Japanese Nobel Prize winner, other examples: NHS doctors, Science professor from countries like Korea, China, Japan with reasonable amount of publications in int. journals.
5. In many hipgly skilled Jobs, There is no evidence toi suggest that people having IELTS of 8.0 will perform better in the Job with people having (Say IELTS 7.0). Just see for instance highly skilled people working in Financial banking, IT, engineering, science.
6. Many people in this forum do not aware how the score IELTS 8.0 means because they never sit for IELTS. They juts use: Letter from university.
A teacher and native English speaking person in this forum claimed that he could discern people who have achieved this standard. In fact he himselves never sit for IELTS, he is not an IELTS examiner either. How come this person could appreciate how IELTS 8.0 mean. This is an example how people might not aware what 8.0 mean ?
global gypsy wrote:
I don't see why language criterion is different from other criteria such as work experience and education.
