Regrading proposed changes by CIC on reallocated point table of Immigration Canada under FSW Category.I know you you have understood clearly what are the changes CIC going to approve by the late December and one of the most important selection factor is IELTS in this section CIC PROPOSED to increase point from 16 to 24 and they have proposed to fold a minimum BAND SCORE which is CLB 7 (CANADIAN LANGUAGE BENCHMARK).I hope if you go through this mail you could have clear picture of this section
IELTS and CELPIP Equivalency Charts
Once you have taken a language test from an approved organization, you can see how many points you will earn:
If you took an International English Language Testing System ( IELTS ) test;
If you took the Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program ( CELPIP ); or
International English Language Testing System ( IELTS ):
Test Score Equivalency Chart Canadian English Language Proficiency
Level Points
(per ability) Test Results for each Ability
Speaking Listening Reading
(General Training) Writing
(General Training)
High
( CLB/SLC 8-12 ) First Official Language: 4 7.0 – 9.0 7.0 – 9.0 7.0 – 9.0 7.0 – 9.0
Second Official Language: 2
Moderate
( CLB/SLC 6-7 ) 2 5.0 – 6.9 5.0 – 6.9 5.0 – 6.9 5.0 – 6.9
Basic
(CLB/SLC 4-5) 1
(to a maximum of 2) 4.0 – 4.9 4.0 – 4.9 4.0 – 4.9 4.0 – 4.9
No
(CLB/SLC 0-3) 0 Less than 4.0 Less than 4.0 Less than 4.0 Less than 4.0
Level Points
(per ability) Test Results for each Ability
Speaking Listening Reading Writing
High
(CLB/SLC 8-12) First Official Language: 4 4H
5
6 4H
5
6 4H
5
6 4H
5
6
Second Official Language: 2
Moderate
(CLB/SLC 6-7) 2 3H
4L 3H
4L 3H
4L 3H
4L
Basic
(CLB/SLC 4-5) 1
(to a maximum of 2) 2H
3L 2H
3L 2H
3L 2H
3L
No
(CLB/SLC 0-3) 0 0
1
2L 0
1
2L 0
1
2L 0
1
2L
PLEASE FOLLOW THE SIMPLE COMPARISON OF IELTS AND CLB (CANADIAN LANGUAGE BENCHMARK);
Skill Type 0 or Skill Level A, must meet the requirements for level 7 on the Canadian Language Benchmarks :
IELTS scores: 7.0 = Canadian Language Benchmarks 8,
IELTS scores: 6.0 = Canadian Language Benchmarks 7,
IF YOU STILL HAVE CONFUSION ON PROPOSED MANDATORY POINTS OF CLB( CANADIAN LANGUAGE BENCHMARK WITH IELTS DO NOT HESITATE TO SHARE WITH US.