12/15/2023
Coming to San Francisco from your home country can be tough, although you're smiling, positive and working so hard to better your life here in the USA.
But before you start working or going to school, you may need to do credential evaluation for your foreign educational background. If you ask around, your immigrant family and friends may have had done an education credential evaluation for various purposes like employment, immigration, school applications and so on.
Founded by an immigrant just like you, we at AET are here to help.
In 2024, if you are in the Bay Area and looking for credential evaluation services, this article include 3 education credential evaluation agencies for SF so that you could have an idea of what agencies are out there for you.
1. American Education & Translation Services, Corp. (AET)
Historical AET San Francisco office page screenshot
( AET Web Page | American Education & Translation Services (AET))
| Services Offered: | Foreign Degree Evaluation (Document-by-Document Evaluation) International Transcript Evaluation (Course-by-Course Evaluation) |
| Office Hours: | Monday to Friday, 9AM to 5PM |
| Contact Information: | ca@aet21.com| +1 949-954-7996 |
| Pricing & Turnaround Time: | Foreign Degree Evaluation: $100/7 Business Days Course-by-Course Evaluation: $180/8 Business Days |
| Used for: | Employment, Immigration, Education |
About AET: |
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For more information, contact AET directly or click AET Education Credential Evaluation website
2. A2Z Evaluations
| Services Offered: | General Evaluation Course-by-Course Evaluation |
| Office Hours: | Monday to Thursday: 9AM to 5:30PM |
| Contact Information: | 530-400-9266 |
Pricing & Turnaround Time: |
General Evaluation: $225 Course-by-Course Evaluation: $365 Turnaround: 1 week rush service with $45 extra |
| Used for: | Employment, immigration, education |
About A2Z Evaluations: |
An independent evaluation service, providing evaluations of international educational credentials to determine the U.S. equivalency for purposes such as high school placement, undergraduate admission, graduate admission, employment, immigration, and professional licensure in the US. |
For more information, click A2Z Evaluations website
3. International Evaluations
Historical International Education Evaluators website screenshot
| Services Offered: | Document-by-Document Evaluation Course-by-Course Evaluation |
| Office Hours: | Monday to Friday: 9am – 5pm |
| Contact Information: | info@internationalevaluations.com | 510-217-9381 |
| Pricing & Turnaround Time: | Document-by-Document Evaluation: $100 Course-by-Course Evaluation: $275 Turnaround: 5 days |
| Used for: | Employment, immigration, education |
| About International Evaluations: | The top solution provider for all your immigration documentation needs. A company that provides Credential evaluations required for use in immigration, education & professional licensing. |
For more information, click International Evaluations website
Conclusion
Overall, 3 best education credential evaluation agencies that serve the San Francisco are reviewed.
One thing is worth being noticed that AET has the most affordable pricing in education evaluation services. For that price, our turnaround time is no slower than the other two competitors. So if your case is budget time sensitive, reaching out to us can be a good option.
In addition, AET only requires you to send scanned copies or photocopies of your original credentials which makes the entire process smooth and easy for you, without being worried about losing your documents when they are mailed.
Our customer service is guaranteed to respond to you within 30 minutes.
Contact us for a FREE estimate if you are interested!
See lists of other Education Credential Evaluation agencies:
https://www.fldoe.org/teaching/certification/foreign-trained-grads/approved-credential-evaluation-agencie.stml
https://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/leaflets/foreign-transcript-evaluation-(cl-635)
Further Information about Education Credential Evaluation
Education Credential Evaluation, or Foreign Credential Evaluation/Foreign Education Evaluation, is a service provided by professional evaluation agencies to evaluate educational backgrounds, grades, etc. obtained outside the US.
It mainly includes 2 types of evaluations:
- Foreign Degree Evaluation (Diploma Evaluation/Document by Document)
This report includes U.S. degree equivalency only. It's a basic evaluation that often satisfies requirements for employment and immigration. - Transcript Evaluation (Course by Course)
This most complete report includes U.S. degree equivalency, credits, grades, and GPA. It's recommended for college admission, determining transfer credits or applying for an advanced degree, licensing, USCIS RFE, and more.
with the purpose of making your foreign degree equivalent to US degree or educational equivalency evaluation.
For more information, click “What is Foreign Credential Evaluation?”
Or contact us for a free estimate.
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