English Language Proficiency Exam

The English language proficiency assessment confirms that the applicant demonstrates the required competency in oral and written English based on the applicant’s achievement of passing scores on tests jointly approved by the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Applicants educated in specific countries in which English is both the native language in that country and the language of classroom and text book instruction (see below) are exempt from having to take an English proficiency exam.

For applicants to be exempt from the English proficiency requirement for the VisaScreen^® Assessment:

• Their entry-level professional education occurred in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada (except most of Quebec), New Zealand, Ireland or the United States.
• The language of instruction was English
• The textbooks language was English

Only CGFNS/ICHP VisaScreen^® applicants who meet ALL of these criteria are exempt from the English proficiency requirement.

All applicants not exempt from the English proficiency requirement because they cannot satisfy all of the criteria to be exempt from this requirement must take one of the following groups of English examinations.

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), Test of Written English (TWE), and the Test of Spoken English (TSE); or

• Test of English as a Foreign Language, internet-based version (TOEFL iBT), measuring all four skills of communication: reading, writing, listening, and speaking; or
• Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC), the TWE, and the TSE; or
• International English Language Testing System (IELTS): Academic Module for Registered Nurses, Physician Assistants, Speech Language Pathologists, Audiologists, Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Medical Technologist); or general module for Medical Laboratory Technicians (Medical Technicians) and Licensed Practical Nurses
• Physical Therapists and Occupational Therapists may take TOEFL iBT or TOEFL plus TSE and TWE only; they must have taken all three of these exams.

The passing scores for the English language proficiency examinations are located in the VisaScreen^® Application Handbook and the VisaScreen^® Requirements. Applicants apply directly to:

TOEFL, TWE, TSE and TOEFL iBT
TOEFL Services
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
PO Box 6151
Princeton, NJ 08541-6151 USA
Telephone: +1 (609) 771-7100 or +1 (877) 863-3546
Web site: http://www.ets.org

TOEIC Testing Program
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
Rosedale Road
Princeton, NJ 08540 USA
Telephone: +1 (800) 771-7170
Fax: +1 (609) 771-7111
Email: toeic@ets.org
Web site: http://www.ets.org/toeic

IELTS
IELTS International
Suite 112
825 Colorado Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA
Telephone: +1 (323) 255-2771
Fax: +1 (323) 255-1261
Email: ielts@ieltsintl.org
Web site: http://www.ielts.org/

The testing organization forwards your score to CGFNS for evaluation.