Express Entry/Language and education qualification

[iTzAndre90]

Hello,

I am an international student who grew up in the Republic of Ivory coast. I now live in in the United States and planned to immigrate to Canada under the express entry. I am both English and French speaker. I have a bachelor degree and certificates from a university in the United States and my high school diploma and from high school in French. Having said that, I was reading a bit about the requirements before applying and I came across ECA and language test equivalency. I understand that one must pass test to prove prove proficiency in both languages for your application to move forward. My question is as followed, is there is a way cross evaluate my degrees in order to show my proficiency or do I absolutely need to pass the tests (which I am fully capable of doing).

Thanks,

 

[DelPiero07]

You have to pass the tests, even native speakers must do so.

 

[iTzAndre90]

Thank you for replying so quickly

 

[uppperkut]

Passing with higher score, yields you higher points as well.

 

[iTzAndre90]

Does anyone anything about the IELTS test? If there a major difference between the academic and the general training module? Which one is more appropriate?

 

[DelPiero07]

You must take the General, you cannot use the Academic for immigration purposes.

They are both a joke.