Australia has resumed accepting TOEFL scores for visa applications after a temporary pause. ETS says TOEFL remains valid following revisions that take effect from July 25. Previously, Australia’s Home Affairs had paused TOEFL iBT and relied on alternatives such as IELTS, PTE, Cambridge English, and OET. The testing format was also adjusted, including a shorter duration, to improve efficiency.
The Trump administration says all commercial driver’s license tests for truckers and bus drivers must be taken in English, linking the move to road safety and removing potentially unqualified drivers. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the goal is to ensure drivers can read road signs and communicate with law enforcement, targeting multilingual testing and lax third-party enforcement.
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