{"id":2087,"date":"2017-03-01T16:37:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T15:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/?p=2087"},"modified":"2017-03-08T17:52:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T16:52:42","slug":"immigration-nz-accepts-fce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/2017\/03\/immigration-nz-accepts-fce\/","title":{"rendered":"FCE now accepted by Immigration New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immigration.govt.nz\/new-zealand-visas\">Immigration New Zealand<\/a>\u00a0 are now accepting Cambridge FCE (First Certificate of English) for visa applications where students must demonstrate their English language level. Prior to this IELTS was the only\u00a0English test\u00a0accepted by\u00a0Immigration New Zealand. However since November,\u00a0applicants can also apply for visas\u00a0with an FCE score of 176 or higher.<\/p>\n<h3>Advantages of Cambridge FCE Certificates<\/h3>\n<p>This is great news for students who already have the First Certificate of English. Unlike some examinations, the Cambridge certificate courses have lifetime validity. In addition to being useful for visa applications, some UK universities accept Cambridge ESOL qualifications as proof of English language level.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lsi.edu\/en\/schools\/new-zealand\/learn-english-in-auckland\">LSI Auckland<\/a> offers preparation courses for students who want to sit\u00a0the First Certificate of English.\u00a0The\u00a0courses run for \u00a08, 10 or 12 weeks\u00a0and start in January, March, June or October.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2116\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ExamStudents.jpg\" alt=\"Students sitting Cambridge FCE exam\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ExamStudents.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ExamStudents-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immigration New Zealand\u00a0 are now accepting Cambridge FCE (First Certificate of English) for visa applications where students must demonstrate their&nbsp;[&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,49],"tags":[85,83,117],"class_list":["post-2087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lsi-courses","category-lsi-news","tag-cambridge-esol","tag-lsi-auckland","tag-visa","post-item clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2087"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2141,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087\/revisions\/2141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lsi.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}