Dear friends, when you are applying for a work permit to China, you will find out that you are required to have your academic degree certified. But, what are the ways to certify foreign academic degree certificates? Let's take a look together!
Foreign academic certificates
1
Chinese and foreign consular dual certification.
Certification by the foreign ministry of the applicant's country of nationality →
Certification by the Chinese embassy (consulate) in the host country.
For details, please refer to the Chinese Consular Service website.
(http://cs.mfa.gov.cn/zggmzhw/lsgz/)
2
The applicant is certified by the Embassy (consulate) of the country where the degree (diploma) is located.
3
Accreditation of Chinese Academic Degrees: Ministry of Education, Study Abroad Service Center.
(http://zwfw.cscse.edu.cn/)
4
The Hague Certification-Apostille
Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Academic Degree Certificates
1
Accreditation of Chinese Academic Degrees: Ministry of Education, Study Abroad Service Center.
(http://zwfw.cscse.edu.cn/)
2
Notarized at a local notary public.
Mianland Academic Degree Certificate
No authentication is required, only a scanned copy of the original academic degree certificate is needed.
Criteria for the authentication
of academic documents
1
Name and passport number must match the passport
2
Certificates that reflect the level of education, e.g. bachelor degree/master degree.
3
The certificate contains the name of the school (e.g., official seal, letterhead, etc.).
4
If the certificate of qualification is temporary, the qualification will be downgraded by one level (e.g. a temporary certificate of a Master's degree will only default to a Bachelor's degree).
5
Certified certificates with original stamps and signatures, with Chinese Embassy stamps (Chinese degrees or diplomas do not need to be notarized by the Embassy).
6
The original certificate of education and the original certified copy must be provided at the time of submission (i.e., if the certified copy of the education is certified as a copy of the education, the original education must be provided at the same time).
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