What a credential assessment actually is

A short read

Before we start

Who assesses credentials, and what an assessment is accepted for, differs by country and by the body asking for it. This explains what the process is and what it can and cannot do. Check the requirements of whoever is asking before paying for anything.

Sources

Educational credential assessment: comparison of a foreign qualification against the local system, verifying institutional recognition, programme length and level, usually with direct confirmation from the issuing institution
That an assessment is an input to a regulator or an immigration process rather than a licence in itself, and that different purposes accept different assessing bodies and report types
That assessing bodies maintain alternative procedures where institutional records are unobtainable through conflict, closure or upheaval