IELTS Score for New Zealand Immigration - Business Class

New Zealand requires inhabitants to have a sound standard of English to make sure they have the most excellent chance to settle effectively into work and life in New Zealand.

As a principal applicant you must provide a fresh International English Language Testing System (IELTS) certificate where you gained an overall band score of 6.5 or over in the IELTS General Training or Academic Module. The certificate should be less than two years old. (If you were approved a Long Term Business Visa before 20 November 2002 and you’re now submit an application for residence under Entrepreneur category, you require a least band score of 4 in each of the four components of the IELTS General or Academic Module)