LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT EVALUATE CREDENTIALS FOR PERMANENT RESIDENT (ECA) IN CANADA

Organizations that evaluate credentials

There are different organizations that evaluate  credentials in Canada and for different purposes.

An Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) is used to verify and confirm that your foreign degree, diploma, certificate (or other proof of your credential) is valid and equal to a Canadian one. 

Citizenship and immigration Canada uses educational Credentials Assessment (ECA) reports to:

* Authenticate an applicants foreign credentials

* To determine the equivalent Completed Canadian Credentials.

The purpose of the report is to award immigration selection points to applicants or make program eligibility decisions.

Citizenship and immigration Canada has designed both multipurpose Assessment organization and professional bodies to assess foreign credentials.

The designed organizations are:

* World Education Services (WES)

* International Credentials Assessment Services of Canada 

* Comparative Education Services (CES)

* International qualifications Assessment Services.

*International Credentials Evaluation Service.

These educational bodies are to authenticate and evaluate foreign educational credentials.

WES is mostly for degree evaluation, like; Computer, Management, etc
But if you studied Law, it's better to evaluate through IQAS, so that your degree will be equated as masters and not just a degree.
(5yrs degree and one year of law school).
That way, you're not loosing so much points.
Remember it's a point based system, where you get points based on the level of your education.

Most people also evaluate through ICES, mostly to avoid the stress of evaluating their WAEC or other reasons, they evaluate through ICES or IQAS, because these organizations do not evaluate WAEC.

People with professional courses that require license, like Medicine or courses that require license are to evaluate their credentials through...

The designated professional bodies are:

* Medical Council of Canada (MCC)

* Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC)

People with professional course must evaluate through a licenced body.
MCC for medicine and PEBC for pharmacy,
That way, when they get there, they will only write the professional exam, before they start practicing, without having to start all over.

These professional organizations are to authenticate and evaluate foreign educational credentials, to determine how they compare to a Canadian credentials. It is also considered a step towards the licensing process.

You must submit an ECA for all levels of completed foreign education, you want to be considered or be awarded points for. It is up to you to decide which credentials to have assessed by a designated organization.

Citizenship and immigration Canada only accepts the ECA for immigration purposes from one of the designated organization.

Your ECA must be less than 5years.

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