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Phone: +1-510-371-8608
Fax: +1-510-743-0708
* If you wish to come to the United States (U.S.) as a professional, for example on H-1B visa or J-1 visa, you will need your educational credentials evaluated and submitted with your visa application.
* If you want to attend university in the United States, you need to ask the university where you plan to apply if the Admission Office requires your educational credentials to be evaluated. If they require an outside evaluation you need to determine whether a document-by-document or a course-by-course evaluation is required. You also need to know whether the evaluation is to be submitted with your application, or if Universal Evaluations should mail the evaluation directly to the Office of Admission.
* If you apply for a 'Green Card' on the basis of your professional status you would need to include an educational credentials evaluation in the application package.
* If you plan to seek licensure or certification to practice in a particular state in the United States (e.g., teacher, engineer, physical therapist), you will probably need your educational credentials evaluated. When you apply for a job a prospective employer often wants to know whether you have the U.S. equivalent level of education required for the job or research position.
In the U.S., credential evaluation is done by universities and by private organizations such as Universal Evaluations. Many universities and colleges employ admission officers who evaluate foreign educational credentials. Others require foreign credentials be evaluated by a service such as Universal Evaluations. Employers and USCIS generally require that credentials be evaluated by a service such as Universal Evaluations.
Yes. Our educational credential evaluations meet USCIS regulations. Our evaluations are accepted regularly by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Each school makes its own policies regarding the evaluation of foreign applicants' educational credentials. These policies are different from university to university. You should contact the college or university where you intend to apply to determine:
a. whether it accepts evaluations from credential evaluation companies or performs its own in-house evaluations, and
b. whether it will accept an evaluation from Universal Evaluations
You should contact the college or university where you intend to apply to determine:
a. whether it accepts evaluations from credential evaluation companies or performs its own in-house evaluations, and
b. whether it will accept an evaluation from Universal Evaluations.
No, not at this time.
We prefer an official translation. If you do your own translation we may request an official one.
We offer these kinds of evaluations: Document-by-Document (Academics Only or Academics and Experience), Expert Opinion, Industry Standard Letter, Extraordinary ability Letter, Course-by-Course, Position Analysis, Immigration Attorney Opinion.
We offer same day, Next Day, One Week. For more information please call us.
Copies are acceptable however we prefer certified copies. We do reserve the right to request the original transcripts sent directly to Universal Evaluations by the university or school attended and we may request original translations.
An evaluation contains a description of the credential that you present including its name, the year it was awarded, the name of the institution attended and your major field of study. It gives the U.S. equivalent for each credential. We call this a document-by-document evaluation.
If you need to show courses and credit, you can obtain a course-by-course evaluation. A document-by-document report meets the needs of those who require an evaluation of the level of education completed outside the U.S. in U.S. terms. These are used for teacher certification, transfer credit, admission into a U.S. University, etc.
Each credential is evaluated individually. Using research provided by NAFSA/AACRAO; as well as in-house research, the evaluations are based on the newest information available. Universal Evaluations maintains current reference materials and conducts its own research in international and comparative education. Some first degrees issued in a foreign country are not equivalent to a U.S. bachelor's degree.
Yes, using the above research tools we will evaluate all graduate degrees and diplomas. The diploma or degree submitted for evaluation will be evaluated in terms of U.S. educational study through Master and Ph.D. degrees if it is deemed equivalent
Yes. We evaluate diplomas of some technical and professional colleges to equivalency to the U.S. associate degrees.
Yes. We are a member of NAFSA
Refer here. Please call us for more information.
All disputes must be sent to us in writing. Please explain the problem and the reason you feel that an error has been made. Upon receiving the written request we will have evaluators review your concerns and your evaluation.
However, if you did not submit all the pertinent academic records to be evaluated and your complaint is based on this missing material, a re-evaluation fee is required, along with the documents to be added to the evaluation. This fee is equivalent to the original fee for the original evaluation.
Universal Evaluations evaluates international educational documents and the relevant work experience in the relevant field. We have successfully evaluated work experience in such fields as Business, Engineering, Engineering Technology and Computer Science.
In an evaluation, Universal Evaluations may mention teaching certificates, special diplomas issued by another country, and/or training certificates, which enhance employment, but we do not assign academic credits or degrees to these documents.
In the U.S., credential evaluation is done by universities and by private organizations such as Universal Evaluations. Many universities and colleges employ admission officers who evaluate foreign educational credentials. Others require foreign credentials be evaluated by a service such as Universal Evaluations. Employers and USCIS generally require that credentials be evaluated by a service such as Universal Evaluations.
There are very specific rules for obtaining a H-1B visa if you do not have the academic degree required in the job description. Universal Evaluations advises you speak with the employer or human resource officer of the company or organization you are applying with/to for advice. We can refer you to Experienced Immigration Lawyer.
When Universal suspects that documents submitted for an evaluation were forged or altered in any way, no report shall be prepared. All recipients indicated and appropriate agencies or organizations shall be notified by Universal. No fees will be refunded and documents shall be retained by Universal.
Phone: +1-510-371-8608
Fax: +1-510-743-0708