Paperwork & USCIS
Translation, certification, and credential evaluation (WES, ECE)
US employers, universities, and USCIS often need your foreign qualifications expressed in US terms. This guide explains credential evaluation, what it is, when you need it, and how the main agencies such as WES and ECE assess a foreign degree for US equivalency.
What you’ll learn
- What credential evaluation is and when USCIS or employers require it
- Document-by-document vs course-by-course evaluations
- How WES, ECE, and similar agencies assess foreign degrees
- Gathering transcripts and sending them the way agencies require
- Typical costs and turnaround times to plan around
- How a degree-equivalency report supports H-1B and EB-2 cases
- Certified-translation standards and when legalisation is needed
It walks through the practical process: choosing between a document-by-document and a course-by-course evaluation, gathering and sending transcripts the way agencies require, typical costs and turnaround times, and how degree-equivalency findings support an H-1B or EB-2 filing. It also covers certified-translation standards and document legalisation.
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