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Online competence assessment dates

Assessment dates for the upcoming year will be listed on this page and updated if there are any changes.

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Overview

The Immigration Advice Authority (IAA) is responsible for assessing the competence of immigration advisers. All assessments will be conducted online. Once an application for registration has been submitted to the IAA, candidates will receive full instructions on how to register and access their exams.

Assessment day instructions:

  • registration opens at 9:30am on the day of your assessment
  • you must begin your assessment between 9:30am and 10:00am

Assessment dates

2530 JuneOctober 20262025 levelLevel 1
 26 November 2025level 1
2927 JulyNovember 20262025 level 22&3
18 andDecember 32025 *level 1
3029 JulyJanuary 2026 level 1
 26 February 2026level 2&3
26 AugustMarch 2026 level 1
 30 April 2026level 1
27 AugustMay 2026 level 21
28 andMay 32026  level 2&3

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Updates to this page

Published 11 June 2014
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  1. Additional level 2 and 3 assessment scheduled for 29 July 2026.

  2. Level 1 assessment date for February 2026 has been added.

  3. Assessment dates for 2026 have been published.

  4. Amended to reflect remaining assessment dates for 2025.

  5. Addition of assessment start times.

  6. Assessment dates updated for 2025.

  7. Updated to include assessment dates for 2025.

  8. Added 2024 assessment dates

  9. Assessment dates added up to 21 December 2023

  10. Dates for competence assessments added - now up to July 2023

  11. New dates have been confirmed for the OISC online competence assessments.

  12. Updated online competence assessments up until September 2022

  13. New competence assessment dates have been added.

  14. Doc updated to provide dates for the online assessments

  15. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic we have postponed the OISC competence assessments that were due to take place between 26 June 2020 and 27 November 2020.

  16. Change in dates for assessments

  17. Note re impact of Coronavirus on dates

  18. Changes to assessment dates as a result of Coronavirus pandemic

  19. New dates for the OISC Competence Assessments have been added.

  20. Details of confirmed dates and locations of OISC competence assessments amended.

  21. Updated venue/dates information

  22. RNCM added to list of venues.

  23. List updated

  24. Document updated

  25. Document updated

  26. Document updated

  27. Updated assessment dates

  28. First published.

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