Hi guys,
Wow. You only need to get 7's and 6.5's to get full points for English. That's sounds very promising, under current Australian points test system you need to score 7 or above
in each of the 4 sections of the IELTS test in order for you to claim extra poins , which means if you get 9,9,9,6.5 you would fail .Moreover, starting from July 2011 you would need to score 8.0

in each of the 4 sections of the IELTS test, which is crazy. I know for a fact that even some native English speakers won't be able to achieve that score and they expect someone from non-eglish speaking country to do it.
I think there will be a flood of applications from prospective immigrants once new points system is in palce.
Anyway, I am hoping to submit my application for Canadian PR in the next 12 months.
BTW, how do you convert your IELTS score into the actual points ?
Could someone provide a brief explation in a form of coversion table of some sort.
Thank you very much.