a) an applicant who is a citizen of, and who holds a valid passport issued by:
i. the United Kingdom;
ii. the United States of America;
iii. Canada;
iv. New Zealand; or
v. the Republic of Ireland; or

b) an applicant who is enrolled in a principal course of study that is:
i. registered to be delivered in a language other than English;
ii. a registered ELICOS course, as defined in regulation 1.03 of the Regulations;
iii. a registered school course; or
iv. a registered post-graduate research course; or

c) an applicant who is a:
(i) Foreign Affairs student;
(ii) Defence Student; or
(iii) Secondary exchange student; or

d) an applicant, who, in the 2 years before applying for a Subclass 500 (Student) visa, has successfully completed:
i. the requirements for a Senior Secondary Certificate of Education, in a course that was conducted in Australia and in English; or
ii. a substantial component of a course leading to a qualification from the Australian Qualifications Framework at the Certificate IV level or higher that was conducted in Australia and in English, while the applicant was holding a student visa; or

e) an applicant who has successfully completed a minimum of 5 years of study in English undertaken in one or more of the following countries;
i. Australia;
ii. Canada;
iii. New Zealand;
iv. South Africa;
v. the Republic of Ireland;
vi. the United Kingdom;
vii. the United States of America

Yes – for all the students forming part of exemption list above.
No – for all other students

All the students who do not fall under exemption category should undertake some form of testing. This can be either tests conducted by English language testing organizations for Assessment risk level 3 or above students. In this case, refer to the table of acceptable English language test and the required scores.

Or

LLN assessment test conducted by the RTO for students coming from Assessment risk level 2 countries. Acceptable scores will be determined based on the AQF level of the qualification.