Hebrew Translation of Diplomas, Transcripts and Qualifications for Israel and Georgia

Recognition of Georgian degrees in Israel: the Ministry of Education and the licensing bodies

A Georgian degree used in Israel for employment, for salary grading in the public sector, or for a regulated profession goes through the Ministry of Education's Department for the Evaluation of Foreign Academic Degrees (האגף להערכת תארים אקדמיים מחו"ל), which issues an אישור שקילות (equivalence certificate) on the basis of the apostilled diploma and transcript with a notarial translation into Hebrew, and verifies the degree with the issuing university; regulated professions - medicine through the Ministry of Health's licensing examinations, nursing, pharmacy, engineering through the Registrar of Engineers, law through the Bar - have their own procedures with additional documents and examinations. New immigrants from Georgia under the Law of Return, and Georgian spouses of Israelis, are the largest group seeking recognition, and the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration assists them. We translate the Georgian packet into Hebrew, arrange the Israeli notarial certification through our partner, and our medical translators, who are physicians, translate clinical subjects using the terminology of Israeli medical faculties for the Ministry of Health route.

Israeli universities: admission and the student visa

Georgian applicants to Israeli universities - the Hebrew University, Tel Aviv University, the Technion, Ben-Gurion University, Bar-Ilan, Haifa, the Weizmann Institute for research, and the colleges, many with English-language international programs - apply through the universities' international offices, uploading the school leaving certificate with national exam results or the diploma and transcript, translated into Hebrew or English and certified, proof of English or Hebrew (the psychometric exam, SAT, IELTS or a Hebrew ulpan level), recommendation letters and a statement of purpose. Universities accept certified translations with our stamp for the application and require apostilled originals with notarial translation at enrollment; the A/2 student visa at the Israeli Embassy in Tbilisi requires the admission letter, proof of funds and health insurance. We translate the full Georgian packet in one business day, in English where the program accepts it.

Caregivers and workers: training certificates for the Population and Immigration Authority

Georgian caregivers recruited to Israel under the bilateral agreement need their caregiving training certificates, medical or nursing diplomas where they have them, and work records translated into Hebrew or English for the Population and Immigration Authority and the employing families and agencies; the recruitment procedure through the Georgian State Employment Agency specifies the documents and the form of translation. Georgian nurses seeking Israeli licensing go through the Ministry of Health with the nursing diploma, curriculum and practice records. We translate these sets in batches for the recruitment rounds with consistent terminology, and Georgian caregivers returning from Israel need their Israeli training certificates, employment records and the Ministry of Health's caregiver course certificates translated into Georgian for Georgian employers and pension purposes.

Israeli degrees for recognition and employment in Georgia

An Israeli degree used in Georgia - for a work permit, for a teaching, medical, engineering or IT position, for admission to a Georgian master's or doctoral program, or for recognition at the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement - must be apostilled by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and translated into Georgian and notarized in Tbilisi. We translate the תעודת גמר or תעודת בוגר, the גיליון ציונים and, when recognition is sought, course descriptions. Israeli degree titles - B.A., B.Sc., M.A., M.Sc., Ph.D., M.D. and the professional titles - are explained with the Hebrew forms in a translator's note; medical graduates should expect the recognition body to ask for the Ministry of Health license and specialist certification. Israelis of Georgian origin returning to Georgia to work, and Israeli spouses of Georgians, are the largest group here.

School certificates, ulpan and Hebrew language documents

Israeli families in Tbilisi and Batumi enroll children in international schools or Georgian public schools with תעודות and אישורי לימודים translated; Georgian families moving to Israel need Georgian school records translated for the school and the Ministry of Education, which places the child in the right grade and arranges Hebrew support. Students need אישורי לימודים and student status letters in the other language for visas, permits and banks. Hebrew language documents run in both directions: ulpan certificates and Hebrew proficiency levels are translated into Georgian for Georgian employers and universities, and Georgian or English proficiency certificates into Hebrew for Israeli universities. Georgian-Jewish community schools and Jewish Agency programs in Georgia generate certificates for Israeli institutions.

Statements of purpose, recommendations, CVs and timing

Georgian applicants to Israeli programs ask us to translate or edit statements of purpose and CVs in English or Hebrew, and to translate recommendation letters from Georgian professors while preserving the signature block; doctoral candidates need research proposals, thesis abstracts and publication lists translated, and researchers collaborating with Israeli institutions use our editors for articles. Native Hebrew and English editors with academic backgrounds handle these texts.

On timing: Israeli university international programs have spring deadlines for the autumn semester, the Ministry of Education's equivalence evaluation takes several months including verification with the Georgian university, Israeli notarial certification takes a few days, and the apostille on a Georgian diploma can take up to five business days. Start the apostille early, since the apostilled diploma is reusable, and ask for a digital certified translation first so you can upload it while the paper originals are in process.

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