BF2.5 Circumstances that may indicate a person otherwise meets the minimum standard of English

Circumstances that may indicate an applicant meets the minimum standard of English may include but are not limited to:

• the country in which the applicant currently resides;
• the country(ies) in which the applicant has previously resided;
• the duration of residence in each country;
• whether the applicant speaks any language other than English;
• whether members of the applicant's family speak English
• whether members of the applicant's family speak any language other than English;
• the nature of the applicant's current or previous employment (if any) and whether it required or was likely to have required skill in English language;
• the nature of the applicant's qualifications (if any) and whether the obtaining of those qualifications was likely to have required skill in English language.

Effective 29/11/2010