Citizens of the countries on the list below use English pervasively as a lingua franca throughout the country and experience English as their medium of instruction at all educational levels.
List of Approved Countries
- Anguilla
- Antigua & Barbuda
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize (British Honduras)
- Bermuda
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands
- Canada (except Quebec)
- Cayman Islands
- Channel Islands
- Dominica
- Falkland Islands
- Fiji
- Grenada
- Ghana
- Guernsey
- Guyana
- Ireland
- Jamaica
- Jersey
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- Kenya
- Liberia
- Mauritius
- Montserrat
- Namibia
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- St. Kitts and Nevis (St. Christopher and Nevis)
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- South Africa
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks & Caicos Islands
- United Kingdom (England, Wales,
- Scotland, Northern Ireland)
- Uganda
- United States of America**
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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**Applicants from the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Gambia, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, US Virgin Islands, Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Tanzania will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis to determine if English proficiency tests are needed.