Fixing a name mismatch between certificate and passport through an Educational Credential Assessment for Canada — how do you prepare?

The issue to settle here is “Fixing a name mismatch between certificate and passport through an Educational Credential Assessment for Canada”, so it flags what usually causes documents like this to be rejected before summarising the general practice. High-resolution photos of seals and signatures help when the destination asks for re-verification. If the receiving body confirmed its requirements by email, keep that message with the file. The next step is confirming the filing channel and the copy or file format required. Before starting, make sure document numbers, issue dates and issuing-office names match across the set, then ask in advance which category of certified translator the destination accepts, then plan the timeline so certification finishes before the real filing deadline. Plan the schedule with room for at least one review cycle at the receiving office. If multiple certified sets are needed, order them all in the first round to avoid re-queuing. The terms that frame this page are Fixing · name · mismatch · between. The most frequent cause of delay in this group is missing supporting documents on the first submission. The biggest risk in cases like this is doing the certification steps out of order, which forces a restart. Canadian permanent-residence streams that require an Educational Credential Assessment accept it only from organisations designated by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, such as WES, ICAS, CES at the University of Toronto, IQAS in Alberta and ICES. The designated list can change, so confirm it on the official notice before lodging. Non-English documents lodged with Australian government bodies or assessing authorities must be translated by a NAATI-certified translator, with the stamp, practitioner number and certification expiry shown on the translation. Check that the stamp is still valid on the lodgement date. 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. 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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