Lodging a skilled visa that requires a skills assessment through a WES evaluation — how do you prepare?

What the enquirer needs to know is “Lodging a skilled visa that requires a skills assessment through a WES evaluation”, so it separates what is specific to this file from the standard certification chain. High-resolution photos of seals and signatures help when the destination asks for re-verification. Note who signed each certification and on what date for later reference. Once the set is complete, check it line by line against the destination's own checklist before filing. Before starting, count the number of certified sets needed before work starts, because extra sets restart the certification steps, then verify the source document is still within any validity window the recipient applies, then check that names are spelled identically to the passport or ID card on every page. Public holidays and embassy closures move certification queues more than most people expect. Leave buffer time in case a translation has to be amended or a source document re-issued. The terms that frame this page are Lodging · skilled · visa · requires. Check first whether the issuing office of the source document is one the destination recognises. What changes the timeline most here is whether the source documents are complete on day one. WES (World Education Services) is a widely used evaluation organisation for the United States and Canada. Its core requirement is that the issuing institution sends the transcript and proof of completion directly to WES through the channel WES lists for that country, and that non-English documents are accompanied by a complete translation together with the original. The name on the qualification must match the passport used in the application. If you changed a given name or surname, married or divorced, or the romanisation on the certificate differs from the passport, prepare the linking evidence — the official name-change certificate, marriage registration or divorce registration — translated and certified together with the academic set, so the file is not returned for a name mismatch. A Thai-issued academic document used by a foreign body normally follows the same order: obtain the official document from the issuing institution, translate it in full including every seal and signature, then have the translation certified by the Legalisation Division, Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and where the receiving body requires it, by that country's embassy or consulate afterwards. Thailand is not a party to the Apostille Convention, so no apostille is issued on Thai documents. Cost and lead time depend on page count, target language, how many certified sets are needed and the steps the receiving evaluation body sets, so every file is quoted before work starts. Send scans of every page of your academic documents together with the requirement page from the evaluation body, via LINE @NAATI, call +66 80-557-8887 or email ilc@thainotary.co.th.

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