[f7f3]

It's quite offensive. English is my native tongue, I got a perfect IELTS score, and one of my parents was an English professor. But my accent makes me less than "native".

[Antibabelic]

IELTS is a test for non-native English speakers. Why did you have to take it?

[physicsguy]

It's often required for immigration purposes. Countries/Universities will let you off where you're coming from a country that has english as it's main language or have studied a degree in the language, but they often won't if you're a native English speaker living elsewhere.

[f7f3]

Migration purposes. I'm from South Africa, so it was required.

I would have done it regardless, because it got me extra points.