Registration

In this section:

Creating a new user account.

In my.IELTS Essentials a user account must be created to save your booking and
register you within the system.

1. Register as a new user and create a new account

2. Create a test booking and register to save the booking

Creating a new account

To create a registration and new account:

fill in registration form,

accept terms and conditions, and
confirm details

To Create a New User Account:

Step Action
1 To Register as a new user without first making a booking:
From the Home page Select the Register for an account link below
the login fields.
2 To fill in the registration form enter the mandatory fields:
Email Address
First Name
Last Name
Nationality
Title
Date of Birth
Gender
First Language
Either a telephone or mobile number
Occupation level
Occupation sector
Education level
At least the first line of the address
Post code/Zip
Country

3 Scroll down to find the Continue button.

Click this button.
4 The Terms and Conditions pop up window will display.

5 Scroll to the bottom to find the check box:

6 Click Continue to close the window

7 The Confirm Details screen will display. Check the details and scroll down.

8 Click the Confirm button.

9 A confirmation message will display:

Booking a Test

In this section:

Finding and booking a test

Searching for and booking a test

When completing a booking you must:

search for the test you want to book

log in (if you already have a user account) or register (to create a new
account)
enter your details
process the payment (pay now, or opt to pay later)

To Complete a booking
Step Action
1 First, search for a test session go to the Home Page:
Click in the Location field

2 A pop-up window will appear so that you can select where you would like to
sit the test.
Select the Country
and location
3 The locations will appear.
Select the one where you want to view the available tests times for.

4 The window will close and return you to the Home page with your location
selected.
You can now select if you have any special needs and a particular date you
want to search on, or just search by the location.
Click Find session to show you the available test session dates.

5 A message will show with details of the things you will need in order to
complete the booking.

Select OK to close the message and continue looking for a test time.
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All the available test session times for that location will show.
Select the one you want by clicking the radio button beside the times.
Select Continue.
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At this point if you wish to go ahead with the booking you can either:
Select Login to use your existing account details if you already have
them
OR
Continue to register for a new account
and then finalise the booking.
8 In this example I am a new user so I will just select Continue.

9 The next step of the booking wizard shows Step 3 Candidate Details
page.
If you are registering as a new user this page will have blank fields,
ready for you to fill in your details.
Fill in all the required fields and select Register.

Note: If you log in as an Existing User all your details will be shown. You
can edit them to make sure they are up to date and correct. Once you
are happy with all the details select Continue to go to the next step.
10 The page will refresh and tell you if you have left any required fields out. It
will also now give you the ability to add your identification information.

11 To select the type of identification:

select the identification from the drop down list
click Select button

12 To add the identification number:

enter ID number
enter Expiry Date
click Save
Scan the document into your PC.
13 To attach a scanned copy of the identification document:
Click Browse to find where you have a copy of the scan on your
computer
14 To locate the scanned document:
browse the files
select the scanned document
click Open button
this will close the browser window and return you to MIE

15 Click Upload Document button

16 The uploaded document will now display.

17 To enter rest of the application details:

click Continue button
select the reason why you are taking the test from the drop-down list
select the country that you are intending to go to from the drop-down
list
select Yes or No depending if you have taken the test
If you have any special requirements select Yes and enter the details,
otherwise select No.
click Continue button
18 To select the option of adding recognising organisation:
Click Add to open the pop-up window
19 select organisation from the drop-down list
enter the name of the contact person, if required
enter a case/file number, if appropriate
click Save button

20 The Recognising Organisation is now displayed and can be edited or

deleted.
To complete the application:
click Continue button

If you wish to cancel the booking at this stage click Cancel button. All
data will be removed

21 This will show the booking summary page where the details entered into the
booking can be reviewed and edited by selecting the links in the Booking
Wizard steps on the left side.
22 Before you can continue you will need to read the Terms & Conditions by
clicking on the
Click here to read and agree to the Terms and Conditions link.

23 The Terms and Conditions pop up window will display.

24 Scroll to the bottom to find the check box:

25 Click Continue to close the window and to take you back to the
Booking Summary page.
You can now click Continue to see the payment options.
Pay Online Now

To Complete a payment online now

Step Action
1 There are 3 payment options now available:
1. Pay offline (saves the booking and lets you pay at a Test Centre)
2. Pay online later (saves the booking for 24 hours)
3. Pay Now (goes straight to the payment process)

2 Select Pay Now to continue to the payment wizard and complete the
booking.
Note: Selecting the link to Return to Booking will exit you out of the payment
process and take you back to the Booking Summary page.
Note: Selecting Cancel will cancel the entire booking and you will have to start
over with a new test booking.

3 The Payment Method screen displays.

To enter the payment details:

Select the payment type you want from the Pay by drop-down list
Click the Continue button

Note: Payment type options will differ for each Testing Centre
4 You will get a notification that the payment wizard will open the banks secure
payment site
Select Make Payment to enable you to complete your payment.

5 The payment page shows enabling you to put in your credit card details.
fill in the details
click Process payment
you will be taken to the banks payment website to process the payment.
6 After the bank processing has been completed you will be returned back to the
payment wizard at a payment summary screen where you can see the details
of your payment.
From there you can select Return to home link to close out of the booking
and payment process.
Making a Payment

There are 2 types of Payment Methods Online and Offline:

Online Payment Off line Payment Methods

Methods
Paypal Cash
Credit /Debit Card Cheque
Direct Deposit
Bank Draft
Note: Different Test Centres will have different ways that you can pay, please check
with your Test Centre for their accepted payment methods.

You can pay for your test as you are making the booking via any of the Online
Payment methods, or you can choose to defer your payment by either paying
Offline, or paying Online Later.

Deferred payment options

In this section

Paying offline
Paying online later

You are now able to go through the booking wizard, to find and book a test, and
choose to defer your payment rather than continuing straight through to the online
payment process in the Payment Wizard by selecting the option to either:

Pay Offline
Pay online later

Each Test Centre will have a different timeframe and instructions for you to complete
that payment via the offline method/ online later,

Pay offline

When selecting to Pay Offline, you will have a longer time period (set by each test
Centre, but typically a week) to complete the payment before the booking gets
automatically released and becomes available again.

You will then have to go to, or call a Test Centre, Branch or Agent to make your
payment in whatever form is accepted there (e.g. Cash, Debit/Credit card, bank
deposit etc.).
Note: Their booking is not finalised until payment has been made.

To pay offline:
Step Action
1 To access the Payments Wizard Page:
Make a booking through the booking wizard as per the Make a
booking instructions.
At the end of the booking wizard, when you get to the Booking
Summary page, you can hit Continue to take you to the Payment
Wizard.

2 The first page of the Payment Wizard is the Payment Options page. Here
you can select to either:
Pay offline
Pay online later
Pay online now
Select the Pay Offline button.

3 This shows a dialog message with the offline payment instructions and
conditions.
4 You will then be taken to your My Account page where you can see that the
booking has been completed but shows a status of Awaiting Payment.

5 To complete the payment, at a later date:

either take the payment reference details to a Test Centre and pay in
person
 OR
you can still pay online by select the Details link
This will take you to the Booking Summary page.

6 Select Continue to take you to the payment wizard.

Note: You are only able to select Pay offline option once for that booking.
Any time after you have selected that option and wish to make a
payment it will revert to Pay Now, so you can continue straight away
with the payment process.
7 This time the only option is to Pay Now. Which will take you to the payment
wizard next step to choose payment method.
Pay online later

The steps to Pay Online Later are exactly the same as the Pay Offline, but you have
a shorter time frame to complete the payment before the booking expires.

To pay online later:

Step Action
1 To access the Payments Wizard Page:
Make a booking through the booking wizard on behalf of the candidate
as per the Make a booking instructions.
At the end of the booking wizard, when you get to the Booking
Summary page, you can hit Continue to take you to the Payment
Wizard.

2 The first page of the Payment Wizard is the Payment Options page. Here
you can select to either:
Pay offline
Pay online later
Pay online now
Select the Pay Online later button.

Follow the remaining steps as for Pay Offline.