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Pakistan | Panama | Paraguay | Peru | Philippines | Poland | Portugal | Qatar | Romania | Russia or Former USSRSaudi Arabia | Senegal | Serbia and Montenegro | Sierra Leone | Singapore | Slovakia | Slovenia | South Africa | Spain | Sri Lanka | Sudan | Sweden | Switzerland | Syria | Taiwan | Thailand  | Trinidad and Tobago | Tunisia | Turkey | Ukraine | United Arab Emirates | United Kingdom | Uruguay | Venezuela | Vietnam | Yemen | Former Yugoslavia


pakistan flagPakistan

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be certified as true copies of original document and sent by issuing university.

For students already in the San Jose area, student may make clean copies of all original mark sheets and degree certificate issued by the university, bring BOTH original and copies to Graduate Admissions and Program Evaluations. The reception staff will compare and certify copies for application use and return to the student the original documents. NOTE: "Results Cards" are not acceptable.

Education Translation Requirement:
Documents should be English. If not, translation must be done by issuing university and certified as true translation.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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panama flagPanama

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be sent directly from issuing institutions with English translation certified to be true.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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paraguay flagParaguay

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be sent directly from issuing institutions with English translations certified to be trune.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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peru flagPeru

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be sent directly from issuing institution with English translation certified as true.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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philippines flagPhilippines

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be sent directly from issuing institution in English.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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poland flagPoland

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be certified as true copies of original documents by issuing school or by government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice.

For students already in the San Jose area, student may make clean copies of all original documents, bring BOTH original and copies to Graduate Admissions and Program Evaluations. The reception staff will compare and certify the copies for application use and return to the student the original documents.


Education Translation Requirement:
Translation must be done by issuing school or government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice and certified as true translation.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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portugal flagPortugal

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be sent directly from issuing institution.

Education Translation Requirement:
Translation must be done by school or government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice and certified as true translation.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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qatar flagQatar

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:


Records must be certified as true copies of original documents by issuing school or government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice.

For students already in the San Jose area, student may make clean copies of all original documents, bring BOTH original and copies to Graduate Admissions and Program Evaluations. The reception staff will compare and certify the copies for application use and return to thestudent the original documents.


Education Translation Requirement:
Translation must be done by issuing school or government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice and certified as true translation.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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romania flagRomania

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be certified as true copies of original document by issuing school or by government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice.

For students already in the San Jose area, student may make clean copies of all original documents, bring BOTH original and copies to Graduate Admissions and Program Evaluations. The reception staff will compare and certify the copies for application use and return to the student the original documents.


Education Translation Requirement:
Translation must be done by issuing school or government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice and certified as true translation.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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russia flagRussian Federation (or States of Former USSR)

 

Including: estonia flagEstonia, latvia flagLatvia, lithuania flagLithuania, ukraine flagUkraine

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Post-Secondary Education Document Requirements:

Copies of documents can be submitted if they are certified as true copies by:

Certified English Translations must be word for word and can be done by:


Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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saudi arabia flagSaudia Arabia

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be sent directly from institution in English. If transcript is not in English, translation must be done by issuing institution and certified as true translation.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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senegal flagSenegal

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES (French speaking)

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be certified as true copies of original documents by government offices - embassy, consulate, of ministry of justice.

For students already in the San Jose area, student may make clean copies of all original records and degree/diploma certificate, bring BOTH original and copies to Graduate Admissions and Program Evaluations. The reception staff will compare and certify copies for application use and return to the student the original documents.

Education Translation Requirement:
Line by line or "mirror-image" translation may be done by student.
Student must sign and date and certify translation to be correct.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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serbia flagSerbia and Montenegro

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be sent directly from issuing institution or certified as true copies of original documents by government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice.

For students already in the San Jose area, student may make clean copies of all original documents, bring BOTH original and copies to Graduate Admissions and Program Evaluations. The reception staff will compare and certify copies for application use and return to the student the original documents.

Education Translation Requirement:
Translation must be done by issuing school or government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice and certified as true translations.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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sierra leone flagSierra Leone

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records should be English and must be sent directly by issuing institution.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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singapore flagSingapore

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records should be in English and must be sent directly by issuing institution.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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slovakia flagSlovakia

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Post-Secondary Education Document Requirements:

Copies of documents can be submitted if they are certified as true copies by:

Certified English Translations must be word for word and can be done by:

 Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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slovenia flagSlovenia

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be sent directly from issuing institution or certified as true copies of original documents by government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice.

For students already in the San Jose area, student may make clean copies of all original documents, bring BOTH original and copies to Graduate Admissions and Program Evaluations. The reception staff will compare and certify copies for application use and return to the student the original documents.

Education Translation Requirement:
Translation must be done by issuing school or government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice and certified as true translations.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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south africa flagSouth Africa

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document requirement:

Records should be in English and must be sent directly by issuing institution.

Certified copies, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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spain flagSpain

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be sent directly from issuing institutions

Education Translation Requirement:
Line by line or "mirror-image" translation may be done by student.
Student must sign and date and certify translation to be correct.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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sri lanka flagSri Lanka

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be certified at true copies of original documents by government offices -embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice.

For students already in the San Jose area, student may make clean copies of all original mark sheets and degree certificate issued by universities, bring BOTH original and copies toGraduate Admissions and Program Evaluations. The reception staff will compare and certify copies for application use and return to the student the original documents.

Education Translation Requirement:
Documents should be in English; if not, translations must be done by issuing university or government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice and certified as true translations.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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sudan flagSudan

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES (Arabic)

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be sent directly from issuing institution.

Education Translation Requirement:
Translation must be done by issuing school or government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice and certified as true translation.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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sweden flagSweden

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be sent directly from issuing institution.

Education Translation Requirement:
Translation must be done by issuing school or government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice and certified as true translation.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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switzerland flagSwitzerland

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES (German, French, Italian, Romansch)

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be sent directly from issuing institutions.

Education Translation Requirement:
Translation must be done by issuing school or government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice and certified as true translation.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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syria flagSyria

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be certified as true copies of original by government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice.

For students already in the San Jose area, student may make clean copies of all original records, bring BOTH original and copies to Graduate Admissions and Program Evaluations. The reception staff will compare and certify the copies for application use and return to the student the original documents.

Education Translation Requirement:
Translation must be done by issuing school or government offices- embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice and certified as true translation.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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taiwan flagTaiwan

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:


Records must be sent directly from issuing institution in English.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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thailand flagThailand

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be sent directly from issuing institution in English.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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trinidad flagTrinidad and Tobago

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: NO

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be sent directly from issuing institution.

Certified copies, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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tunisia flagTunisia

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be certified as true copies of original documents by government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice.

For students already in the San Jose area, student may make clean copies of all original documents and bring BOTH original and copies to Graduate Admissions and Program Evaluations. The reception staff will compare and certify the copies for application use and return to the student the original documents.

Education Translation Requirement:
Line by line or "mirror-image" translation may be done by student.
Student must sign and date and certify translation to be correct.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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turkey flagTurkey

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be sent directly by issuing institution or certified as true copies of original documents by Turkish Embassy.

Education Translation Requirement:
Translation must be done by issuing school or government office from the Turkish Embassy and certified as true translation.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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ukraine flagUkraine

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Post-Secondary Education Document Requirements:

Copies of documents can be submitted if they are certified as true copies by:

Certified English Translations must be word for word and can be done by:


Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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united arab emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be sent directly from issuing institution or certified by government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice as official documents.

For students already in the San Jose area, student may make clean copies of all original document, bring BOTH original and copies to Graduate Admissions and Program Evaluations. The reception staff will compare and certify the copies for application use and return to thestudent the original documents.

Education Translation Requirement:
Translation must be done by issuing school or government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice and certified as true translation.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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united kingdom flagUnited Kingdom

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: NO

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be sent directly from issuing institution.

Certified copies, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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uruguay flagUruguay

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be certified as true copies of original documents by issuing school or government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice.

For students already in the San Jose area, student may make clean copies of all original documents, bring BOTH original and copies to Graduate Admissions and Program Evaluations. The reception staff will compare and certify copies for application use and return to the student the original documents.

Education Translation Requirement:
Line by line or "mirror-image" translation may be done by student.
Student must sign and date and certify translation to be correct.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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venezuela flagVenezuela

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be certified as true copies of original documents by issuing school or government offices- embassy, consulate or ministry of justice.

For students already in the San Jose area, student may make clean copies of all original documents, bring BOTH original and copies to Graduate Admissions and Program Evaluations. The reception staff will compare and certify copies for application use and return to the student the original documents.

Education Translation Requirement:
Line by line or "mirror-image" translation may be done by student.
Student must sign and date and certify translation to be correct.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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vietnam flagVietnam

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Post-Secondary Education Document Requirements:

Records should be sent directly from issuing institution in English

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

Students who graduated before 1980 must get documents evaluated before submitting to Graduate Admissions by:

Educational Credential Evaluators
Phone: 414-289-3400

OR

Center for Applied Research, Evaluation & Education, Inc.
PO Box 18358
Anaheim, CA 92817
Phone: 714-237-9272
Fax: 714-237-9279
Email:
eval_caree@yahoo.com

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by unapproved private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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yemen flagYemen

 

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be certified as true copies of original documents by issuing school or government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice.


For students already in the San Jose area, student may make clean copies of all original documents, bring BOTH original and copies to Graduate Admissions and Program Evaluations. The reception staff will compare and certify copies for application use and return to the student the original documents.

Education Translation Requirement:
Translation must be done by issuing school or government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice and certified as true translations.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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Former Yugoslavia and Balkan Countries

 

Including: albania flagAlbania, bosnia flagBosnia and Herzogovina, croatia flagCroatia, macedonia flagMacedonia, serbia flagSerbia and Montenegro, slovenia flagSlovenia

English-Language Proficiency Exam Requirement: YES

Education Document Requirement:

Records must be sent directly from issuing institution or certified as true copies of original documents by government offices - embassy, consulate, or ministry of justice.

For students already in the San Jose area, student may make clean copies of all original documents, bring BOTH original and copies to Graduate Admissions and Program Evaluations. The reception staff will compare and certify copies for application use and return to the student the original documents.

Education Translation Requirement:
Translation must be done by issuing school or government offices- embassy, consulate or ministry of justice and certified as true translations.

Certified copies, translations, and evaluations done by private services or U.S. notary publics will not be accepted.

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