English proficiency tests are not required if the applicant's native country is one of the following:
| Antigua & Barbuda |
Grand Cayman Islands |
St Christopher-Nevis |
| Australia |
Grenada |
St Kitt |
| Bahamas |
Guyana |
St Lucia |
| Barbados |
Ireland & Northern Ireland |
St Vincent & Grenadines |
| Belize |
Jamaica |
Swaziland |
| Bermuda |
Kenya |
Tanzania |
| Botswana |
Lesotho |
Trinidad & Tobago |
| Canada |
Liberia |
Uganda |
| Dominica |
Malawi |
Virgin Islands |
| England |
New Zealand |
Wales |
| Fiji |
Nigeria |
Zambia |
| Gambia, The |
Scotland |
Zimbabwe |
| Ghana |
Sierra Leone |
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