How much is the OET exam fee in 2026?

The fees below come from section 9.1 of the OET Test Regulations and the manage your booking page. You cannot use a reschedule to change test mode, profession or (for computer and home tests) country, and paper tests bought at a discount cannot be rescheduled: in those cases you must cancel and book again. A rescheduled booking cannot be reversed, and the Speaking sub-test can be rescheduled only once.

On paper you can reschedule up to 11:59pm local time on the day before the test, with no late option. On computer and at home you reschedule all four sub-tests together, normally up to 48 hours before your first sub-test. Moving only the Speaking sub-test costs AUD 30 within the same test administration, or AUD 100 otherwise. If you miss your Speaking sub-test, contact OET Support within 24 hours of its start time; it costs AUD 100, and without it your Speaking score is zero.

OET deducts a cancellation fee and refunds the rest: AUD 120 if you cancel before the booking closing date and AUD 200 after it (Test Regulations). On computer and at home you can cancel up to 48 hours before your test start time, but not once you have completed any sub-test. On paper you can cancel up to one week before test day; you must cancel the whole booking, and cancellations cannot be reversed.

If you do not attend and cannot show extenuating circumstances, there is no refund. For a traumatic event, serious illness or bereavement you can ask for special consideration before the test or within two calendar days after it; OET may offer a deferral or a full or partial refund.

A re-mark costs AUD 120 per sub-test and must be requested within 14 days of results being released; the outcome can take three to six weeks. OET reports a score from 0 to 500 for each sub-test and no overall grade.

In the UK, OET says it is accepted by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, the General Medical Council and for the Health and Care Worker visa (OET UK). In Ireland it names the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) and the Dental Council of Ireland among the organisations that accept it (OET Ireland). In Australia it is recognised by healthcare boards and councils and by the Department of Home Affairs (OET Australia).

OET also lists Immigration New Zealand for ANZSCO skill level 4 and 5 roles, ECFMG and more than 40 state nursing boards in the USA, and Canada's colleges of physicians and surgeons that have an English requirement (New Zealand, USA, Canada).

Nurses comparing options should read OET vs IELTS for nurses, the scores in IELTS for nurses in the UK and IELTS for nurses in Australia, and the grade equivalents in OET to IELTS. If IELTS suits you better, take a free IELTS mock test first.