Before the test
🔶 RegisteringStep 1 – Find your nearest test centre.
If you would prefer to take your test from the comfort of your home or another private location, you can now do so with IELTS Online, our online IELTS Academic test. Check you have everything you need to take IELTS Online.

Step 2 – Register for your IELTS test
You can register and pay online or download an application form to print, complete and submit to your chosen test centre.
You will need to provide a copy of your valid identity document. You will also need to present the same identity document on the day of your test.

Step 3 – Your IELTS test is booked
If you booked IELTS on paper or on computer, your test centre will send you an email confirming the date and time of your test once your application is processed. Your Speaking test may be scheduled for a different day, and your test centre will confirm that too. If you booked IELTS Online, you will receive an email confirming your test booking, and your Speaking test will usually be before your other test.

🔶 Cancellations
You can cancel your IELTS test registration at any time before taking your test by notifying your test centre. Refund policy is dependent upon when you cancel and whether exceptional circumstances apply.

🔶 Reschedule
You may change your test date at any time before the test.
You must select a new test date, where available, within three months of your original test date. If your preferred test date is more than three months after your original test date, your transfer will be treated as a cancellation.
You can only transfer the same booking once.

Exceptional Circumstances and Special Consideration
Check this page for exceptional circumstances, including:
  • a traumatic experience
  • domestic crisis
  • unavoidable legal or military obligation
  • serious medical conditions which prevent you from attending or performing normally on the test day
  • bereavement or other forms of significant hardship
  • civil unrest or extreme weather.

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