Requesting ELP test reports
Inspire Global Assessments will only accept language test scores verified directly by the testing agency. To have your report sent directly to Inspire Global Assessments, please select Inspire Global Assessments as the recognizing organization. The language testing agency will send you a copy of your test scores as well as a copy directly to Inspire Global Assessments.
Inspire Global Assessments will accept and review scores from multiple reports of the same test (maximum of 2 test reports). Please notify Inspire Global Assessments if multiple tests are being submitted.
Requesting additional ELP test reports
If you have already taken the IELTS (academic) or CELBAN test, you may submit previous test scores so long as they have not expired:
- CELBAN – Complete the request form. There is a fee, and this process takes about two business days to complete your request. CELBAN will send a copy of your results directly to Inspire
- IELTS – Provide Inspire with your IELTS TRF # either by email or by uploading a copy of your IELTS test report to your Inspire account. Inspire will be able to verify your official results with IELTS once given your TRF #.
- OET – Please click here OET Home Page to book your OET test and to learn more about their services. You will be required to provide Inspire Global Assessments direct access to your secure test results in your OET account. Results for OET Test on Computer are available within 6 days of the test date. OET Test on Paper results are available 17 days after the test date.
- Providing Permission to Inspire to view your OET Paper Test Results:
- Log in to your OET account.
- Locate your OET Test booking and click the drop-down arrow
- Click Manage Verifier Access
- Search and select Inspire Global Assessments
- Click Save
- Providing Permission to Inspire to view your OET Computer Test Results:
- Log in to your OET account.
- Click the My Results tab
- Click Manage Verifier Access
- Search and select Inspire Global Assessments to share your results with and click Start sharing with this organisation.
- Providing Permission to Inspire to view your OET Paper Test Results:
Applicants educated in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom or United States
You may not be required to complete a competency assessment if:
- You graduated from an approved registered nurse (RN) nursing program in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, or the United States that led to your initial RN registration; AND
- Within the last five years you graduated from that nursing program OR practiced 1,125 hours as a nurse
Please note: English language proficiency may be demonstrated alternatively. Please contact the Credential Team for more information prior to taking an English language proficiency test.
Other Alternative Evidence
You may provide proof of your ELP by submitting Any combination (at least 2) of the following documents.
**Please note, at any time, the Inspire Global Assessments Credential Services Team may ask you to complete an ELP test if your alternative documents do not meet the ELP requirements.
Alternative Evidence Documents:
- Successful completion of a certificate, degree, or diploma program in English at a Canadian post-secondary institution;
- Successful completion of English-language primary and secondary school in Canada;
- Employer English Proficiency Reference (EEPR):
- Confirmation of recent nursing practice experience in a predominantly English setting, consistently within the past two-year period;
- Confirmation of recent work experience in a Canadian healthcare setting providing services in English consistently within the past two-year period;
If you plan to submit transcripts from your Canadian college/university as one of your alternative evidence documents, you will need to order an official copy from college/university to be sent directly to Inspire. We are unable to accept applicant’s copies.
Mail: Inspire Global Assessments
900-200 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC V6C 1S4
Email: ienp.reports@inspireassessments.org
Employer English Proficiency Reference (EEPR) Form Information:
If you would like to submit an EEPR as one of your documents to prove your ELP, please download this form for you and your direct supervisor to fill out. When completed, your supervisor will need to email the form directly to Inspire Global Assessments at ienp.eepr@inspireassessments.org. The email subject line must state “EEPR for {Your Name} and Inspire ID.”
The work experience must include direct interaction with patients, be within the last 2 years, completed and signed by your direct supervisor, and emailed to Inspire Global Assessments from your supervisor’s work email.
We will not be able to review your EEPR if your form does not directly come from your supervisor’s email and if the above highlighted information isn’t included in the subject line.
Once the Credential Services Team receives your completed form, they will review and assess whether the information provided by your employer fulfills Inspire Global Assessments’ English language proficiency requirements.
If you are currently employed as an HCA in British Columbia and continuing with the RN and LPN assessments through the IEN Pathway, please contact our Credential Team at ienp.eepr@inspireassessments.org. The email subject line must state “EEPR for HCA {Your Name} and Inspire ID.” The Credential Team will provide you with the requirement.