Take the French test you need for Express Entry, Canadian citizenship or Québec immigration. Sessions every weekday, results in about 10 days.
Choose why you are taking the exam. We show the test, the modules and the price.
Requirements change. Always confirm with IRCC or the Ministère de l'Immigration (MIFI) before you book.
Same price for TEF Canada and TEFaQ. No admin fee.
Speaking is face to face with a certified examiner. The other three are on computer.
40 multiple-choice questions. Each audio plays once.
ComputerTwo tasks: ask for information, then convince the examiner.
Face to face40 multiple-choice questions on everyday and work texts.
ComputerTwo tasks: finish a news story, then defend a point of view.
ComputerPlan the full day. Exams run between 9:00 and 17:30.
Come to 201 Grande Allée Est with your passport and confirmation letter.
Listening, reading and writing, in a quiet exam room.
Face to face with a certified examiner. The conversation is recorded.
Your official certificate from CCI Paris Île-de-France.
Pick the date that fits your application, not the other way round.
Your certificate arrives by email, ready for your file.
You pay the modules. Nothing is added at checkout.
We open weekend sessions on request, for individuals or groups. Write to us with your preferred date and the modules you need.
Weekdays: book online · Saturday: on request
Prep courses run at both BLI campuses, and online. Our teachers know the test.
Short prep course · 6 or 10 hours. Learn the format, the timing and how each task is scored. Evenings, in person or online.
See the short course → You need a higher levelRaise your French first.TEFaQ preparation · 4 to 12 weeks. French classes plus exam strategy, until you reach your target score.
See the program → One module is holding you backFix your weak module.Private lessons. Work only on speaking, writing or the module you find hardest, at your pace.
Ask for a private plan →These are the exam conditions set by CCI Paris Île-de-France.
Your seat is confirmed when your payment is received.
Check your date and modules before you pay.
You can take the same module again 20 days after your last exam, in any version of the TEF.
For IRCC, book all your modules in the same session: four for immigration, listening and speaking for citizenship.
TEF Canada is the French test for federal immigration with IRCC, such as Express Entry, and for Canadian citizenship. TEFaQ is the version adapted for Québec immigration with the MIFI. Both are made by CCI Paris Île-de-France and cost the same at BLI.
Listening and speaking. Citizenship applicants aged 18 to 54 must show level 4 or higher in these two skills. At BLI, the two modules cost $250.
All four: listening, speaking, reading and writing, taken on the same day. The total is $430.
With TEFaQ, yes: you book only the module you need. With TEF Canada, IRCC needs all the required modules from one session, so you take them together again. In both cases, wait at least 20 days after your last attempt at that module.
Two years from the date on your certificate.
In about 10 days, by email.
At BLI Québec, 201 Grande Allée Est, Québec City.
Yes, on request. Contact us with your preferred date and the modules you need, and we will send you the details.
No. Exam registrations cannot be changed or refunded, so check everything before you pay.
Choose your test, your modules and your date. Payment confirms your seat.