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Registering for the International English Language Testing System test with us is easy.

You can take the IELTS tests at five of our venues - Tokyo , Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka and Fukuoka and you should be aged sixteen or above.

			Test fee 24,675JPY (valid to December 2009 IELTS session)
			Closing date for applications is five weeks before the test date. If a session is full, we may close registration early. If you apply by post, please give a second choice of date.
			You will receive full confirmation of the test date, venue and the time of your speaking test two weeks before the test

The application procedure for the IELTS will change effective with effect from 04 November 2008.
If you are applying for the test after 04 November 2008, please follow the procedure below to pay your test fee and submit the required documents.

STEP 1  Register
Please take time to check “Important Notice for Candidates in Japan” before you register. It will be considered that you have agreed to the most recent version when you register for IELTS.

Please go to the IELTS online registration page and register for the test.
(If you are not able to access the online registration page for more than 2 days, please contact the British Council.)

STEP 2  Payment
You will receive an e-mail with the heading Your British Council Exam Registration Details when you successfully complete your online registration. Please check the contents of the email carefully. The message includes the following details:

• Exam: IELTS
• Customer Reference
• Transaction Reference
• Date of exam
• Office
• Location
• Total Price: JPY 24,675
• Payment deadline:within 3 days

Transaction Reference

• This is very important. You are required to enter this when you pay through bank transfer.
• This is to identify which candidate has made a payment for which test date.  When making your payment, please enter this Transaction Reference number with your name.
• This Transaction Reference is used only for payment.  It is not a candidate number.

Note:
If you do not receive the 'Your British Council Exam Registration Details' after your registration, please log on to your personal account and then click 'Registration - View Registered Exams' on the left hand side menu. You can check the test dates and the transaction reference you have successfully registered.

If there are no test dates shown on the Registration-View Registerd Exams, your registration was not completed. Please try again from the beginning to complete your registration

('British Council registered' exams (click on the status link to view the status history))

Step 3 Make payment at the bank
Pay your test fee by bank transfer within three bank working days after you have completed online registration.
When making payment, please enter the 6 digit Transaction Reference which was included in the confirmation e-mail and then your name. (Example: 521966 Hanako Eikoku)

• Candidates need to obtain a Transaction Reference every time they register for the tests.  The numbers given are valid one time only.
• The bank information can be checked here. If you make a payment from overseas, please downward the bank information from here.
• If you use Internet banking and cannot enter the Transaction Reference number, please let us know the payment date, test date and full name by email.
  For Tokyo and Nagoya: exams@britishcouncil.or.jp
  For Kyoto, Osaka and Fukuoka: exams.osaka@britishcouncil.or.jp

※Note: Where payment has been made but registration procedures have not been followed correctly, we will not be able to process your application and will refund your payment minus an administration fee of 6,300JPY (including tax). This will apply to payments made to us after the 3 day deadline for online registration, or where the registration process was not completed correctly.

Step 4 Send the required documents to the British Counci
Required documents;

1. A copy of the passport(* Note 1) you used for registration (please write your test date and venue on the copy)
2. A copy of the bank transfer receipt
3. Two passport-sized photos (4.5 cm x 3.5 cm).Please write your name and the test date on the back
4. Two A4 self-addressed envelopes(** Note 2)

Send the required documents to the appropriate address below at least four weeks before your test date.

• For tests in Tokyo and Nagoya;
  British Council (IELTS)1-2 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0825
• For tests in Osaka, Kyoto and Fukuoka;
  British Council (IELTS) Dojima Avanza 4F, 1-6-20 Dojima, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0003

* Note 1 Identification

• In Japan your passport is the only identification document approved for IELTS.
• Any other forms of identification, including alien registration cards, Juki Net cards, student IDs, and insurance card, are not valid.  You cannot take the IELTS test without your passport.
• On the test date, please make sure to bring the same passport that you used at the time of your application.  If you bring a different one, a copy, or expired identification, you will be refused admission to the test venue.
• If you are applying for a visa, please check the dates carefully to ensure you will receive your passport back in time for your test.

** Note 2 Envelope

• Candidates are required to send the self-addressed envelopes. In order to ensure that you receive your invitation letter and results, please write your address and name yourself.  No stamp is necessary.

Step 5 Receive an invitation letter from the British Council
Your invitation letter will be sent to you two weeks before the test date.

Attention

• You will not receive any receipt or confirmation for the registration and payment before your invitation letter is mailed.
• Please note that it takes about 10 days from the date of payment until the online payment status changes to Paid.
• Please keep the original bank transfer receipt and send a copy to the British Council so that you can later check if you have correctly entered your Transaction Reference.  You can also use it as a proof of payment.

(Last updated on 06 October 2009)