TEF Canada is one of the two French tests IRCC accepts for federal immigration (Express Entry), with exactly the same value as TCF Canada. It is run by the CCI Paris Île-de-France.
The essentials
| Use | Immigration to Canada (federal) |
| Sections | All four are required: listening, reading, writing, speaking |
| Length | About 3 hours |
| Speaking | 15 minutes in two parts |
| Results | About 2 to 3 weeks |
| Validity | 2 years |
| Immigration points | Yes, based on the NCLC level obtained (NCLC 7 is the key threshold) |
How we prepare you
Our intensive TEF Canada course is 40 hours in a small group (4 to 8 people), taking you from B1 to B2 / NCLC 7. It includes a full timed mock exam every week, marked criterion by criterion. We do not predict topics: we train the language skill behind each task type.
- Mock exams under test conditions
- NCLC converter to turn a score into a level
- TEF or TCF? if you are still deciding
Registration
Session dates, registration fees and test centres are set by the official body and change: check its website before you register. We are not an accredited test centre; we help you register and guide you to a partner centre.
To find out where you stand, book your free 40-minute placement test.
