Educational Credentials

Applicants for employment visas must hold a minimum of a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent in a specialty occupation.  

USCIS requires a copy of the applicant's diploma for the highest degree earned. Transcripts are not accepted in place of the diploma.

Please include a credential evaluation if the diploma is not from a university in the US.

Bechtel International Center cannot recommend an individual credential evaluation agency. The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) maintains a member list.

Please include a translation of the diploma if the diploma is not in English or Latin.

The applicant may provide the translation, and at the end of the translation, the applicant must state: "I am fluent in English and XXX(language) and competent to provide this translation," with signature and date.

If the degree was earned in the US but the diploma does not specify the field of study, please provide transcripts.

(Note that E-3, TN applicants may present their educational credentials without evaluation when they are applying in their home country, but should have evaluations available when they are changing status, extending within the US, etc.)

If you have questions about educational credentials, please send an email to internationalscholars@stanford.edu.