North Carolina, Raleigh- In the United States there is an evaluation of foreign education credentials that allows those who have a university degree in another country to revalidate it in the United States.
Addition college degreeDiplomas, high school transcripts, undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, master's degrees, specializations, doctorates, and other academic documents can also be recognized.
This approval allows you to continue studying in the United States or even for some immigration processes. Likewise, many jobs They require it along with a professional license, depending on the career and the state where it will be practiced.
It's important to emphasize that you don't need to be physically present in the United States to complete this process, as it's a 100% digital process. Although there's no government agency that evaluates academic credentials, there are associations that specialize in carrying out this process.
The Colombian Consulate in Washington recently offered a virtual workshop taught by Sandra García Pinilla, Certified Translator.
García explained that the first step is to look for an entity affiliated with the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES®) , to ensure that your papers are in good hands.
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What documents do I need to revalidate my university degree in the United States?
For undergraduate, graduate, and master's programs, a diploma, a transcript, and grades for the entire program are required. It is not necessary to have these documents notarized or certified. apostilled, but it is important that they are translated by certified people.
Once you have the documents translated, you must choose the company to carry out your credential evaluation through the NACES pageIt's important to compare prices, benefits, and response times between institutions that offer degree recognition. You can also ask all relevant questions through their forms so you have no doubt about your choice.
You can choose the type of homologation you want, just the degree, or “course by course”, that is, subject by subject. In some universities it is important to validate the subjects and not just the diploma. Finally you must pay and the process will begin.
For example, at WES, you provide your documents, upload them to the company's website, and you'll be given a case number. This information is very important because you'll provide it to the university that issued your degree. They must send the company the original documents certifying your degree and your courses.
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At your university you can contact the Academic Secretary or a Faculty Secretary to provide you with advice. You should even go to them and give them your case code.
According to García Pinilla, there are universities that have done the procedure many times and therefore have direct communication with the companies, some even agree to send the documents digitally, this is already 100% internal between the company and the university.
Sometimes it happens that universities refuse to send the original documents, so one option is that you or a person can physically go to get the papers that are delivered in a sealed envelope and thus, you can send it directly to the company without opening the envelope because this may imply falsification of documents.
After sending, all that remains is to wait for the delivery of your credentials evaluation. And if your desire is to pursue your career, you should know that in many states you are required to obtain a license to perform professionally. For this, you need to consult the legislation of each state and sometimes it is necessary to take subjects or pass an exam and have your professional license. to practice in that state.
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