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Australia · Citizenship test

Australian citizenship test support and the Assisted Test

Home Affairs offers two kinds of Australian citizenship test support. On the day, a Test Facilitator can read the questions aloud, give you headphones or select your answers for you. If you need more, the Assisted Test gives you 90 minutes instead of 45, but you have to ask for it in your application. Either way, you sit the test on your own and answer the same 20 questions.

  • 90 minutesFor the Assisted Test, instead of 45
  • 400 hoursAMEP classes that can qualify you
  • In your applicationWhen to ask for the Assisted Test
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Updated October 2026 · Written from official sources, listed at the bottom of this page

What Australian citizenship test support can the Test Facilitator give?

You can’t bring anyone to help you, but the Test Facilitator can:

  • show you how to use the computer or tablet
  • use the computer or tablet for you
  • give you headphones so you can listen to the questions
  • read the questions aloud
  • select your answers if you say them out loud

Who can sit the Assisted Test?

Home Affairs may offer it if you asked for it in your application, and you either:

  • have low literacy skills and have finished at least 400 hours of English classes in the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP), or
  • have a permanent or temporary physical or cognitive impairment that stops you sitting the Standard Test, even with the Test Facilitator’s help

You don’t need your AMEP provider to confirm your hours. Home Affairs checks your AMEP record after you apply.

How long do 400 AMEP hours take?

Study loadHours a weekTime to reach 400 hours
Full time15 to 206 to 9 months
Part timeUp to 15More than a year

Home Affairs gives these as a rough guide. Part-time study takes longer the fewer hours you do.

Asking for an Assisted Test because of an impairment

Your registered health practitioner fills in the Assisted Test and Additional Accommodations Request Form. Attach it to your application, or add it in ImmiAccount as soon as you can after applying online. On form 1300t, answer yes at question 16 and give details.

Home Affairs lists dyslexia, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, anxiety, depression, epilepsy, cerebral palsy and stroke among its examples, as a guide only. Evidence from unregulated or alternative practitioners isn’t accepted.

Extra accommodations

If you qualify for the Assisted Test because of an impairment, Home Affairs may also approve accommodations such as a quiet room, a printed test with a different background or text colour, extra test attempts, or a rest break between attempts. You need to ask in your application, send evidence from your health practitioner, and have Home Affairs approve it. Some test centres may not be able to offer every accommodation.

Sources: Home Affairs and 2 more. Checked October 2026.

Rules and fees can change, so check the official site before your test.

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