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It has recently been announced by the Australian government that some dramatic changes to the immigration and education laws will affect the IELTS pass mark. IELTS, the International English Language Testing system from Cambridge University Press and administered in Australia by IDP is a must for many international people seeking immigration to Australia or entrance into a college or university.

The IELTS exam is extremely difficult for many speakers of English as a Second Language and it can take months of training and IELTS preparation lessons to be able to reach the pass mark of 5.5.

The police have arrested 10 persons and are looking for some others, to unravel the “IELTS result fraud” which duped gullible students from Gujarat, keen to go abroad despite scoring poorly in the IELTS examination which tests for English language skills.

The arrests were made in Kaira district in central Gujarat. The district Superintendent of Police Himanshu Shukla said the police had already recovered at least 110 “bogus certificates” of “updated revised marks” , and were confident of unearthing more.

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Following the biometric system-that requires eye scan and finger print for all foreign students entering UK-started-started a year ago, the student-visa system in the country have been constantly evolving to become more objective and transparent.

According to the tier-4 of the points based system which will be implemented from Tuesday, all education providers that recruit international students in the UK need to be registered with the UK Border Agency. More than 2,100 universities, independent schools and colleges have applied to become licensed sponsors. The institutions are responsible for ensuring that international students comply with the conditions of their visas while they are in the UK.