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Guidance

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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Immigration Advice Authority
Published:Published
11 June 2014
Last updated:updated
18 23 SeptemberJune 2026 — See all updates

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2026 assessment dates

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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

25 June 2026level 1 
29 July 2026level 2 and 3*
30 July 2026level 1 
26 August 2026level 1 
27 August 2026level 2 and 3 

*An additional Level 2 and 3 assessment has been scheduled for 29 July 2026. Please note that applications submitted at this stage may be allocated to this date.

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Updates to this page

Published 11 June 2014
Last updated 1823 SeptemberJune 2026 — Show all updates

  1. Assessment date information updated

  2. Additional level 2 and 3 assessment scheduled for 29 July 2026.

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

  4. Assessment dates for 2026 have been published.

  5. Amended to reflect remaining assessment dates for 2025.

  6. Addition of assessment start times.

  7. Assessment dates updated for 2025.

  8. Updated to include assessment dates for 2025.

  9. Added 2024 assessment dates

  10. Assessment dates added up to 21 December 2023

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

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

  13. Updated online competence assessments up until September 2022

  14. New competence assessment dates have been added.

  15. Doc updated to provide dates for the online assessments

  16. 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.

  17. Change in dates for assessments

  18. Note re impact of Coronavirus on dates

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

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

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

  22. Updated venue/dates information

  23. RNCM added to list of venues.

  24. List updated

  25. Document updated

  26. Document updated

  27. Document updated

  28. Updated assessment dates

  29. First published.

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Update history

2026-09-18 11:11
Assessment date information updated

2026-06-23 16:56
Additional level 2 and 3 assessment scheduled for 29 July 2026.

2025-11-18 11:56
Level 1 assessment date for February 2026 has been added.

2025-10-01 10:39
Assessment dates for 2026 have been published.

2025-05-20 14:20
Amended to reflect remaining assessment dates for 2025.

2025-05-20 14:17
Addition of assessment start times.

2025-01-16 14:13
Assessment dates updated for 2025.

2024-10-30 09:21
Updated to include assessment dates for 2025.

2023-03-10 12:52
Assessment dates added up to 21 December 2023

2022-11-07 15:23
Dates for competence assessments added – now up to July 2023

2022-06-06 16:20
New dates have been confirmed for the OISC online competence assessments.