English Language Exempt Countries

Countries exempt from English language proficiency requirements.  Updated September 11, 2012

Antigua & Barbuda
Australia
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
British Solomon Island
British West Indies
Canada
Canal Zone (USA)
Cayman Islands
Channel Islands
Christmas Island
Cook Island
Dominica
England
Eire
Falkland Island
Fiji Island
Ghana
Gibraltar
Gilbert & Ellice Island
Grenada
Guam (USA)
Guyana
Ireland
Isle of Man
Jamaica
Kenya
Leeward Islands (1)
Lesotho
Malawi
Malta
Mauritius
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norfolk Island
Northern Ireland
Pitcairn Islands
Scotland
Sierra Leone
St. Kitts
St. Lucia
St. Vincent
South Africa
Swaziland
Trinidad & Tobago
Turks & Caicos Island
Uganda
United Kingdom
United States
Virgin Island (USA)
Virgin Island (UK)
Wake-Midway Island (USA)
Wales
Windward Islands (2)
Zambia
Zimbabwe

(1)   Leeward Island includes Antigua, Angulla, Barbuda, Guadeloupe, St. Kitts,  St. Martin, , and the British Virgin Islands.

(2)  Windward Islands include Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, The Grenadines, and Trinidad & Tobago.