TCF —San Francisco Centre

Request a Re-scoring of Your TCF Exam

Re-scoring of the written and/or oral expression components of the TCF is available under certain conditions. Please read all information carefully before submitting your request.

Important Information
  • Re-scoring requests are paid services: the fee is $70 per component, in accordance with our General Terms and Conditions of Sale.
  • The request must be submitted within 30 days of the date your results were issued.
  • Processing times are 4 to 6 weeks from the date the file is transmitted to France Éducation international.
  • Re-scoring may result in a score change — upward or downward.
  • If scores are changed, only the new certificate (issued after re-scoring) will be recognized by Quebec, Canadian, and French prefectural authorities, as well as higher education institutions.
  • If scores are changed, the original certificate will be considered invalid.
  • No refund of re-scoring fees will be granted, whether results remain unchanged or are modified up or down.
Re-scoring Request Procedure

Important: We only process re-scoring requests for candidates who sat their TCF exam at the Alliance Francaise San Francisco centre.

1

Read the important information above

Make sure you meet all eligibility conditions before proceeding.

2

Purchase the re-scoring product(s)

Select the component(s) you wish to have re-scored — oral expression and/or written expression.  If you would like both the speaking and the written parts to be rescored you will need to pay the fee and fill the form for each part of the exam. 

Speaking expression ONLY  Speaking expression ONLY 

Written expression ONLY  Written expression ONLY 
3

Download your EXAM RESULTS receipt

Save the receipt — it must be attached to your re-scoring request.

4

Download and complete the re-scoring form(s) - ONE FORM 

The form(s) and detailed instructions are included in an automated email with the title :  IMPORTANT  ACTION NEEDED - TCF RE-Scoring - Next steps for your request

Option 1 - fill the form directly in the email and attach your official TCF results 

Option 2 - download and print the Pdf form, fill and Sign the form by hand,  Rename the PDF file using the required  format and email it to our exam coordinator. 

5

Send your complete file by email

Attach the payment receipt, our TCF results and the completed form(s) in PDF format and send attached to ONE SINGLE email them to exams@afsf.com with 30 days from the date you received your exam results.

Once your complete file has been received and payment confirmed, your request will be forwarded to France Éducation international for processing. Processing times are 4 to 6 weeks from the date the file is submitted.

During this period, our centre has no access to any information regarding the status of your request. No response will be given to follow-up enquiries received before the 6-week deadline has passed.

Please follow all instructions carefully to avoid any delays to your request.


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Alliance Française
1345 Bush Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Tel: +1 (415) 775-7755
E-mail: afsf@afsf.com

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