Foreign Credential Evaluation Services
How do they assess convert and find equivalency of your diplomas, transcripts and certificates?
There is no an official government or public agency to evaluate your educational documents in the United States. It is your job to find a professional foreign credit evaluation service or evaluation agency for assessment of your educational documents to continue your education, to be employed, or to get immigration visa.
Types of credential evaluation reports
Credential evaluation reports may be in one of the following title and content:
- Education Document Evaluation Reports: This the simplest evaluation report. It indicates the US equivalence of your evaluate credential. This evaluation determines your level of education, how many years it took for you to complete it along with your area of specialization. Document evaluation reports do not contain the courses that you have taken and the grades that you received.
- Course by Course Evaluation Reports: These reports show the courses that you have taken and also the grades that you have received. They also indicate the credit equivalence earned in the United States educational system. You need this kind of evaluation report if you intend to continue your education at a university or college in the U.S., to apply for immigration visa, and for your employment.
- Education and Professional Work Experience Evaluation Reports: If you want your work experience verified in addition to your education, then you need this report. You need this type of report if you are seeking a job or immigration visa.
What do you need to know about the evaluation agency to have your educational document evaluated?
- Report format (hard copy or electronic copy)
- Type of report listed under the three categories above
- Membership of company or its evaluators: NACES, AEA, AACRAO, or any other association
- How long will it take to have your report?
- Fee that you will pay
- How long they have been in education evaluation business
- Will they provide additional sets of evaluation report at a discounted fee if you need it again in the future?
Membership of evaluation agencies
Practically, all foreign credential evaluation services are members of one of the following associations:
- National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES)
- American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)
- American Evaluation Association (AEA)
- Association of International Credential Evaluators (AICE)
There are also some other associations of international and regional focus.
First, you need to have "certified" translation of your educational documents before evaluation by foreign credential evaluation services
Just send us a scanned copy of your diploma, transcript, degree, or certificate by indicating the original source language and get "instant" quote (certified translation fee and turnaround time).
