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            Business ProfileInternational Education Research Foundation

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            PO Box 3665

            Culver City, CA 90231-3665

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            (310) 258-9451

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            11 complaints closed in last 3 years

            4 complaints closed in last 12 months

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            BBB accredited businessA+

            Accredited Since: 10/21/2015

            Years in Business: 55

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            Overview

            As a non-profit, we specialize in assisting individuals who completed their studies abroad and who require US educational equivalency reports. We serve applicants from all over the world for a variety of purposes, including school and university admission, transfer credit, professional licensure, and visa certification.

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            Location of This Business
            PO Box 3665, Culver City, CA 90231-3665
            Years in Business:
            55
            Business Started:
            1/1/1969
            Business Incorporated:
            1/5/1970
            Accredited Since:
            10/21/2015
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            This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
            Type of Entity:
            Corporation
            Alternate Business Name
            • IERF
            Business Management
            • Ms. Susan Bedil, President
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            • Ms. Susan Bedil, President

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            • Ms. Susan Bedil, President
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            Customer Complaints

            11 Customer Complaints

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            Most Recent Customer Complaint

            05/01/2024

            Complaint Type:
            Product Issues
            Status:
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            I paid for an on-line certified degree service prior to this, and from the very beginning I asked for all my certificate documents to be returned and paid 40$ for mailing fees. However, during the process of receiving the service, I kept providing the documents and was told that they did not meet the requirements and that they had to be the originals, which is why I sent the originals of my academic certificates to this company, except that I sent them to my original school first and then commissioned the institution to send them out, but now the company is claiming that my original certificates are their property and are refusing to return them or communicate with me.Besides, if there is nothing to return, why does this company still take my 40 dollars for mailing fees? And they even asked me another 40 dollars for mailing the verification to CA bar and said that these two 40 dollars are different. According to the Ministry of Education of the *************************, every student will have only one original certificate of degree and one original academic certificate in their entire life. Even though I asked the institutions to send them to the company, they are still very important to me because I cant work or continue to pursue my study in ***** without these documents.
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            Mo H.

            04/19/2024

            Quick to take your money, slow to respond. I have had the unfortunate pleasure to have to have done business with this company. I was trying to have my college credits/ courses translated from ********* to US standards. Please note this would be the SECOND time I would go through this process with them. The first time it was smooth and timely, this time not so much. I submitted the EXACT forms and paperwork both times, however this time the papers were not accepted. They ask that I contact the school and I did but they were having issues locating my official transcripts. (1992 is when I attended). Fine. After about a month I contacted IERF and they said they would reach out to the school.. I asked IERF why this was taking so long in comparison to the last time? No real answer was given. I even sent them the results from THEM when I did it the first time and they didnt really have an answer. $380 and 2 1/2 months later I reach out to the school once again and they email me the OFFICIAL transcripts!! Yay! I send the emailed official transcripts to IERF, now we are back on track! Nope! Now I need the hard copy!? Or I can ask this school to email IERF directly. In short its alot of money being spent especially when I did the work that the fee is supposed to cover. Id give zero stars if I could.
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