Australian community language

To be eligible for Australian community language points you must be fluent in one of the community languages listed below.

'Fluent' means you have professional level language skills (written or oral) as evidenced by a qualification (of equivalent standard to an Australian degree) gained from a university where instruction was in one of the listed languages or be accredited with the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI) at the professional level (translator/interpreter level).

NAATI can provide tests in a wide range of languages both within Australia and at many overseas locations. Further information is available on the NAATI web site.
See: NAATI Website

Afrikaans*	Albanian	Arabic/Lebanese	Armenian*	Bangla (Bengali)	Bosnian
Bulgarian	Burmese	Chinese - Cantonese	Chinese - Mandarin	Croatian	Czech
Danish*	Dutch	Estonian*	Fijian	Filipino (Tagalog)	Finnish
French	German	Greek	Hebrew*	Hindi	Hungarian
Indonesian	Italian	Japanese	Khmer	Korean	Lao
Latvian*	Lithuanian*	Macedonian	Malay	Maltese	Norwegian*
Persian	Polish	Portuguese	Punjabi	Romanian	Russian
Serbian	Sinhalese	Slovak	Slovene*	Spanish	Swedish*
Tamil	Thai	Turkish	Ukrainian	Urdu	Vietnamese
Yiddish*

^* Testing by National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI) is not available.

Points awarded

The table below sets out the points available under this part of the points test.

Bonus points options	Points
Fluency in one of Australia's community languages as evidenced by a qualification (of equivalent standard to an Australian degree) gained from a university where instruction was in one of the above listed languages or be accredited with the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI) at the professional level (translator/interpreter level).	5

Evidence to attach to your application

If you are seeking bonus points for fluency in one of Australia's community languages, you must attach certified copies of your degree, academic transcript and a letter from your university stating the language in which your course was conducted, or evidence of your NAATI accreditation.

 

Before lodging an application, please read all related eligibility requirements.
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