Fee Schedule and Policies
Fees as of October 1, 2008. Fees may change without notice.

NOTICE: Order Processing Fee established as a separate item in 2007 will be included with select CGFNS International services beginning January 1, 2008 (see below for applicability).

Length of time applications may remain open, time limit for receipt of payment and refunds

Applicants applying for the CGFNS Certification Program, Credentials Evaluation Service and VisaScreen^® will be given up to one year (12 months) to meet the requirements of each program. Orders for these three services that have not resulted in the rostering of an applicant to take the Qualifying Exam^SM for the Certification Program, that have not resulted in the issuing of a Credentials Evaluation Service report, that have not resulted in the issuing of a VisaScreen^® Certificate within 12 months of the application date or that have not been paid in full will be expired.

Once an order that has been paid in full is expired, an applicant has up to one year (12 months) to apply to re-process an expired order and pay the re-process fee associated with this service. An applicant with an expired order that has not been paid in full must submit a new order with the full fee to continue the service. Re-process orders will remain open for another 12 months starting from the date the re-process order is placed. A re-process order can only be placed for an expired order that has been paid in full.

Finally, CGFNS has a “no refund” policy for all programs, products and services. Individual consideration will be given on a case-by-case basis if a refund is necessary due to a CGFNS error.

Additional payment information

Order fees can be paid by credit card online at “CGFNS Connect — Apply/Check Status” (or from the menu bar above). CGFNS accepts Visa, MasterCard and Discover/Novus. American Express is not accepted.

A completed CGFNS Credit Card Payment Form, an international money order or a certified bank check, made payable to “CGFNS”, may also be mailed to CGFNS.

All payments must be in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank. Personal checks are not acceptable and do not send cash. Fees must be paid in full before orders are processed and applicant files reviewed. Note that payments submitted to CGFNS/ICHP will first be applied to any unpaid balance on the applicant’s account from previously ordered products or services, before being applied to the newest order.

The fees cover the expenses associated with processing applications/orders, scanning documents, reviewing applicant credentials and files, postage, and, as applicable, obtaining academic records, validating registrations/licenses, preparing reports/certificates and administering and scoring the qualifying exams.