Vocations · Job Skills

Your degree counts.
The paperwork proves it.

A degree earned abroad needs a credential evaluation before most U.S. colleges, licensing boards and many employers will weigh it. Pick the kind the purpose needs, list each document and its translation, and track what has been sent.

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Included with the Caveat Academy pass and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Job search kit, $29 for 34 items.

Your credentials

The worked example is made up: a Mexican accounting degree headed for a CPA board, with the degree certificate still to translate, and an Indian engineering degree for a job. Saved on this device only.

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What you get

Vocations · Job Skills$5

What you finish with
A record per foreign credential: degree as written, country, institution, year, language, what the evaluation is for, the kind of evaluation and the service, and every document with whether the original is in hand, whether a certified translation is needed or done and when it was sent. Counts documents, translations still needed and documents sent; flags the evaluation type the purpose usually needs, translations outstanding, documents that must come from the school and choosing an accepted evaluator.
Who it is for
Immigrants and returning U.S. citizens with degrees from abroad, and the adult education teachers, career counselors and families helping them.
Format
Browser organizer with a saved record per credential. Prints a document list to keep with the application, every credential in a table or a blank sheet; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
$5 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with the Caveat Academy pass and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Job search kit ($29) and the Vocations Suite pass ($99), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Job Skills space in Caveat Vocations.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Write the degree exactly as it appears.
  2. Ask the receiving school, employer or board which evaluation and evaluator it accepts.
  3. List every document and whether it needs translation.
  4. Get certified translations and school-sent transcripts.
  5. Log each document as it goes out.

Add a credential

Two kinds of evaluation

Two kinds of evaluationDocument-by-documentNames the U.S.equivalent of the degreeUsually enough for manyemployers andimmigrationFaster and costs lessCourse-by-courseLists every course withU.S. credits and gradesGives a grade pointaverageUsually needed bycolleges and licensingboardsTwo kinds of evaluationDocument-by-documentNames the U.S. equivalent of the degreeUsually enough for many employers andimmigrationFaster and costs lessCourse-by-courseLists every course with U.S. credits andgradesGives a grade point averageUsually needed by colleges and licensingboards
The United States has no single national authority that recognizes foreign degrees; each school, employer and board decides which evaluations it accepts.

Certified translations

A certified translation is complete, word for word and signed by the translator with a statement that it is accurate and that they are competent to translate. Evaluators usually want both the original-language document and the translation.

Help with the cost

Evaluations cost money, often more for course-by-course. Some adult education programs, workforce boards and refugee resettlement agencies help with fees; ask before you pay.

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education. Recognition of Foreign Qualifications and the U.S. Network for Education Information (ed.gov).
  2. National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (naces.org) and Association of International Credential Evaluators (aice-eval.org).
  3. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Translation requirements, 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3) (uscis.gov).
  4. National Association of State Boards of Accountancy. International evaluation for CPA candidates (nasba.org).

The worked examples are made up. Each school, employer and licensing board decides which evaluations it accepts; check with them before paying. Nothing you type is sent to Caveat. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.