Submitting a vocational or associate diploma for a WES evaluation — what translation and certification applies?

This question is specifically about “Submitting a vocational or associate diploma for a WES evaluation”, so it covers both the requirements attached to this document set and the order the steps must follow. The specifics here are document type: Diploma, and those decide which translation and certification level applies. The terms that frame this page are Submitting · vocational · associate · diploma. The point to fix before starting is the real deadline, so the steps can be scheduled backwards from it. The biggest risk in cases like this is doing the certification steps out of order, which forces a restart. Before starting, make sure document numbers, issue dates and issuing-office names match across the set, then keep a digital copy of every page, including seals and signatures, then plan the timeline so certification finishes before the real filing deadline. For documents going abroad, include international shipping time in the plan. Leave buffer time in case a translation has to be amended or a source document re-issued. Keep a copy of every source document plus the receipt or docket from each step. If the receiving body confirmed its requirements by email, keep that message with the file. Once the set is complete, check it line by line against the destination's own checklist before filing. 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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