Credential evaluation for an H1B visa

CREDENTIAL EVALUATION FOR AN H1B VISA

A ‘Credential Evaluation’ for an H1B visa is the procedure that seeks to determine the equivalency of foreign degrees and/or experience with education in the U.S.

What Does a Credential Evaluation Contain?

A credential evaluation usually contains a description of the educational credentials, including degree awarded, the year it was awarded, the name of the institution attended, and your major field of study, together with the opinion of the evaluator as to whether the foreign degree or education is the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor’s degree.

Why Is Education Evaluation Required For H1B Visa?

Because the H1B visa requires that applicants have a U.S. bachelor’s degree or its equivalent, USCIS must have evidence that you either possess a U.S. bachelor’s degree or that your foreign degree is ‘equivalent’ to a particular U.S. degree.

How to Obtain Credential Evaluation for H1B Visa?

The equivalency to a United States bachelor’s or advanced degree can be determined by one or more of the following routes: An assessment from an official university employee who has the power to grant college-level credit for training and/or experience in the speciality at a recognised college or university which has a program for granting such credit based on an individual's training and/or work experience.

The recognised college-level equivalency examination results or special credit programs, such as the Program on Non-collegiate Sponsored Instruction (PONSI); or College Level Examination Program (CLEP).

An assessment of education by a trustworthy Credential Evaluation Services provider that specialises in assessing International Transcript Evaluation for H1B.

Proof of certification or registration from a nationally accredited professional association or society for the speciality that is well-known to grant qualification or registration to people in the occupational speciality that have attained a certain level of proficiency in the niche.

A determination by the USCIS that the degree required by the area of expertise occupation is equivalent and has been acquired through a combination of education, focused training, and/or work experience in areas related to the specialty and that the foreign national has achieved recognition of skills in the niche occupation as a result of such encounter and teaching.