University Diploma translated/Apostille in Ukraine

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My fiancee got her Masters a several years ago. Should she get her diploma from University translated and send it for Apostille while in Ukraine or do that US?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

My fiancee got her Masters a several years ago. Should she get her diploma from University translated and send it for Apostille while in Ukraine or do that US?

Translated is fine. She does not need it notarized or an apostile. When she gets here, send a copy of the original diploma AND transcript and the translations to ECE (google ECE) and they will do an accredited evaluation of her education. Alla's master's degrees and teaching certificate were accepted at face value for US equivilency.

She should get copies of her educational transcripts, medical records (As many as possible, not just vaccines), any other school records, etc and bring them with her. Not for immigration purposes, but just for general purposes, do not leave any documents behind in Ukraine, it will be a lot harder to get them once she is here.

[dswann 1]

Gary,

Anna has a BA in psychology. I see that Alla teaches. Anna would like to get her masters here and become a teacher here. Any advice is welcomed in that regard. David

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Gary,

Anna has a BA in psychology. I see that Alla teaches. Anna would like to get her masters here and become a teacher here. Any advice is welcomed in that regard. David

Get ECE to do a "course by course" evaluation of her education. It will likely be accepted as US equivilent. Send that to the department that certifies teachers in your state. That was all that was needed to get Alla a teaching certification in Vermont for RUSSIAN and RUSSIAN LITERATURE. (I am wrong, she also had to take a US history course, sorry) Anyway, there is not a big demand for Russian and Russian Literature teachers in Vermont...who knew? So she needed more credits of English to teach English. Alla, being Alla, decided she needs a Masters in Teaching English as a Second Language. The idea is to land a high paying overseas job, I will retire completely and she can support me sunbathing on some exotic beach. Or Finland...one or the other.

If your fiancee has a teaching degree in say, math or science, it should be fairly easy for her to teach here. Check with the state agency that handles that, in Vermont it is the State Department of Education.

She is doing student teaching now and has a great time doing it. If you get the chance, see the movie "Stripes". In the beginning is a guy teaching English to immigrants and the only words they know are "sh*t" and "son of b*tch"

Alla told one class they all need to work on thier "oral skills" every day, to which all the refugees and immigrants giggle...and say "Oh yes, our husbands will help us with that" hehehehe. "Voooooowhat?...No it is very important to...um...oh, not THOSE oral skills! Well, maybe those too, but...oh never mind"

[dswann 1]

lo, Thaks for the info!!

David

[Brad and Vika 129]

We used ECE too, and they did the course-by-course thing. Translated copies of everything, degrees, transcripts, and I think something to do with high school too. That was all to get into ESL classes here. Make sure that whatever she wants to do with her education (teach, take classes, be certified for something else) that you find out what all the documents needed are, and get them all translated.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

We used ECE too, and they did the course-by-course thing. Translated copies of everything, degrees, transcripts, and I think something to do with high school too. That was all to get into ESL classes here. Make sure that whatever she wants to do with her education (teach, take classes, be certified for something else) that you find out what all the documents needed are, and get them all translated.

Yep! Don't be leaving any important "life documents" in Ukraine. You can translate them here or there, that isn't important. Just make sure she keeps all her original documents with her.

Also, some colleges here require a TOEFL exam, usually not for just taking courses, but for a degree program, yes, often they do. You can google "TOEFL" and read about it. The test is available all over the world. Sergey took it in Russia, Alla took it here. It was (I thought) surprisingly difficult. For an immigrant who speaks English as a second language it is difficult. I would guess that a good number of US born 12th graders would not get a qualifying score if they had to take it to enter college.

[Brad and Vika 129]

Yep! Don't be leaving any important "life documents" in Ukraine. You can translate them here or there, that isn't important. Just make sure she keeps all her original documents with her.

Also, some colleges here require a TOEFL exam, usually not for just taking courses, but for a degree program, yes, often they do. You can google "TOEFL" and read about it. The test is available all over the world. Sergey took it in Russia, Alla took it here. It was (I thought) surprisingly difficult. For an immigrant who speaks English as a second language it is difficult. I would guess that a good number of US born 12th graders would not get a qualifying score if they had to take it to enter college.

I think Vika took the TOEFL too, for placement purposes. Then the document races began.