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    Default Education Equivalency and Work Experience Evaluation

    Good Morning,

    I have been asked to provide documentation to speak to my education for the purpose of obtaining an education/work experience equivalency evaluation for a prospective job in the US within my company. I am a Canadian who attends a university in the US to complete a bachelor's degree. I am 2 years into the bachelors degree and have worked in the related field for 6.5 years.

    In the early part of my education I attended a Canadian institution. The US university accepted credits from that institution as part of their degree requirements. Formally, the US university gave me a letter stating course-by-course what credits with grades and year obtained that transferred as their transcript doesn't dictate it fully. When submitting my documents for evaluation, may I provide the transcript from the US school and their transfer credit evaluation of the Canadian school (it is on school letterhead, etc). I cannot obtain a transcript in time from my Canadian school, therefore, I need to somehow speak to those credits. Some credits haven't transferred over but are listed on the transfer credit evaluation with grades and I'd like to present those too as coursework completed. Will this suffice? Or send only the transcript from my US school? I have 2 years of coursework under my belt, do the evaluators take that at face value or do another evaluation with my 6 years of work experience?

    Thanks!

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    Default Re: Education Equivalency / Work Experience Evaluation

    Who has requested the information? The prospective employer?

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    Default Re: Education Equivalency / Work Experience Evaluation

    Actually, the law firm representing the company I work for is requesting it. What I have been told is that the L1-B intra-company transfer for "specialized knowledge" is difficult to obtain and thus, they are trying to prove the equivalence of the degree via work and education. My employer, the new plant may be requested it, but they haven't asked me. I wrote the law firm specifying that I did not have a degree, they responded with this route of determining my equivalence. The prospective employer knew I didn't have a degree but they didn't know how far in I'm into the studies.

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    Default Re: Education Equivalency / Work Experience Evaluation

    Forgot to add - - you may be wondering why I would write to ask the same questions if I already have representation. Reason being is that the firm is not located near me and I have written a few times but they rarely answer my questions but add new information which leads to more confusion. I can only assume that I should forward everything but a lot of my documentation is unofficial and most are simply grade reports from college websites.

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    Default Re: Education Equivalency / Work Experience Evaluation

    It makes sense to give them whatever they ask for and, when in doubt, to give them the additional information and let them decide how to best use or present it to the USCIS. If they're working for your employer, and your employer wants to hire you, they should be trying to put your application in the best possible light.

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    Default Re: Education Equivalency / Work Experience Evaluation

    Thanks for the tip and responding so quickly - will send whatever possible and let them pilfer through it!

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