If you had recently registered for TOEFL and you paid less than the official $195 charged by ETS for the TOEFL Test, you should know that your registration didn’t pass through the right channel.

Using the recent conversion rate of Dollar to Naira, you cannot pay below #150,000 for your TOEFL registration.
At $220, you are expected to pay at least #170,000 for your GRE registration.

In most cases you’ll pay more as the person doing it will add some service charge.

Though both TOEFL and GRE are exams conducted by Education Testing System(ETS), the main focus of this writing is TOEFL.


WHAT IS CHARGEBACK?

Chargeback is a process through which ETS places a restriction on your result for TOEFL OR GRE until you pay the right fee, $195 for TOEFL and $220 for GRE in addition to a $45 fine before you can use it.

So, instead of paying the actual fee of $195 for TOEFL , the student ends up paying around $240 if he wants to use the result.


WANT TO KNOW IF YOUR TOEFL/GRE REGISTRATION IS OFFICIAL OR NOT?

One way of knowing you are doing the original registration is that you get to pay up immediately and get the email confirmation immediately.

You don’t need to wait for 48 hours or wait endlessly as it is often the case with ‘voucher’ registration.


WHY DO MANY PEOPLE EXPERIENCE TOEFL/GRE REGISTRATION CHARGEBACK?

Many people don’t have enough money to pay for the registration.

It looks so cheap at first.

It’s often almost 50% lesser than the actual amount.

We all love cheap things.

Also, prior to 2021, chargebacks only happens occasionally.

This means, it doesn’t affect the majority of candidates who take the exam before 2021..

But since late 2021 it has become a frequent occurrence.

However, in recent time, it affects more than 90% of candidates.


WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR SCORE AFTER CHARGEBACKS?

You can lose your score before you even see it. That is, you may not get to see your score at all.

If the chargeback is placed after you already see your result, you won’t be able to use it as most school expect the result from ETS direct through an ETS code, not from the student.

You’re never at peace as they can flag the result at any time. I have seen them place a chargeback on a result 8 months after the result was initially released.

You will practically paying close to the double of the actual fee you ought to have paid if you want to use the result. Apart from paying the total fee in full, you will also pay around $45 as a fine.

The most scary of them all, what if ETS decides to start notifying the school you already sent the result to cancel your score after you already pay tuition fee.

What if the school withdraws your admission since you already violated one of the conditions for your admission?



HOW YOU CAN AVOID CHARGEBACK?

Make your online payment all by yourself.

If anyone is to assist you, make sure you get the payment confirmation email immediately.

IF YOU DON’T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR THE REGISTRATION, There are other cheaper options.

No school insists on only TOEFL as the only proficiency test of choice.

Some popular options that are cheaper than TOEFL in Nigeria include, IELTS, Duolingo, PTE….


NEED MORE ASSISTANCE FORTOEFL/GRE REGISTRATION OR COACHING?
Send a WhatsApp message or call 2348035756505.

So the code doesn't work again? Thought there was a voucher code for the less privileged.