Foreign Credential Reports

Applicants for Georgia Certification

Applicants for Georgia certification who have attended colleges or universities outside the 50 U.S. states or the District of Columbia must provide the GaPSC with a foreign credential report which includes English translations and information showing detailed, course-by-course evaluations and appropriate U.S. degree equivalency. Translations alone, or incomplete provisional evaluations based on unofficial copies of documentation will not be accepted.

Please note: With the exception of Puerto Rico, coursework or degrees completed in U.S. territories, possessions, or commonwealths such as the U.S. Virgin Islands must be documented on a foreign credential report in order to ensure that the applicant receives full and accurate credit.

If the courses/degrees earned outside the U.S. are unrelated to the Georgia certificate being requested and a subsequent degree has been received from a GaPSC-accepted accredited U.S. college or university, submission of the foreign credential report is optional, but encouraged.

The foreign credential report MUST be an independent review prepared by an agency approved by the GaPSC. These agencies are private enterprises that charge a fee for their services and that expense is the responsibility of the applicant. The following agencies are GaPSC-approved. Reports from any other agency will NOT be accepted.

  1. Josef Silny & Associates International Education Consultants
    7101 SW 102nd Avenue
    Miami, FL 33173
    email: info@jsilny.org
    Web: https://www.jsilny.org/
    Phone: (305) 273-1616
  2. International Education Evaluations Inc.
    7900 Matthews-Mint Hill Rd
    Suite 300 Charlotte, NC 28227
    email: help@myiee.org
    Web: https://myiee.org/university/georgia-professional-standards-commission
    Phone: (704) 772-0109
    Fax: (704) 545-2484
  3. The Evaluation Company
    (Formerly SpanTran)
    2400 Augusta Drive, Suite 451
    Houston, TX 77057
    email: docs@evalcompany.com
    Web: www.evalcompany.com
    TEC Evaluation Request Form
    Phone: (713) 266-8805
    Fax: (713) 789-6022
  4. Educational Perspectives
    PO Box A3462
    Chicago, IL 60690-3462
    email: info@edperspective.org
    Web: http://www.edperspective.org/index.php
    Phone: (312) 421-9300
    Fax: (312) 421-9353
  5. Institute of Foreign Credential Services
    12 Cedar Street
    Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
    email: info@ifcsevals.com
    Web: https://ifcsevals.com/
    Phone: (914) 693-2840
The completed foreign credential report should be uploaded as part of the online application package submitted through your MyPSC account.

Foreign Credential Report Provider Approval

Should you represent a foreign credential report provider seeking to become GaPSC-approved, please review the following requirements that must be met to ensure our partners are held to the highest standard while maintaining policies that closely mirror our own:
  • National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) membership.
  • Position which maintains 3-year bachelor’s degrees completed abroad under the Bologna Agreement to be equal to 3 years of U.S. post-baccalaureate study, and therefore not equivalent to 4-year U.S. bachelor’s degrees.
  • Evaluations based on original documentation in lieu of photocopies unless original documents are deemed unobtainable due to extraneous circumstances in the country of origin.
  • Translations of original documentation performed in-house, or by certified translators only.
  • Grade point average equivalency calculations included in evaluations.
If the company you represent meets the above, you may request a review through our Contact Form by selecting the option that affirms you are a representative of a state/private agency, or otherwise not seeking certification and a MyPSC/Certification ID does not apply.