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WES evaluation, one credential *missing*

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AngusLeio

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Feb 14, 2021
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hi all,

I completed a Hong Kong master degree in 2016, and a UK Qualifi Level 7 diploma in 2021.

I filled in both for evaluation. But WES only shows my master degree on the report. It didn't evaluate my L7 diploma.

Has anyone had this problem?

I contacted WES for this matter and sent a 2nd enquiry for my name format.

the next day I received a reply for my second enquiry. No reply for the first enquiry about the evaluation result even 4 days have passed.

I sent another enquiry just now. See how it would go.
 
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Naturgrl

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Apr 5, 2020
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AngusLeio said:
hi all,

I completed a Hong Kong master degree in 2016, and a UK Qualifi Level 7 diploma in 2021.

I filled in both for evaluation. But WES only shows my master degree on the report. It didn't evaluate my L7 diploma.

Has anyone had this problem?

I contacted WES for this matter and sent a 2nd enquiry for my name format.

the next day I received a reply for my second enquiry. No reply for the first enquiry about the evaluation result even 4 days have passed.

I sent another enquiry just now. See how it would go.
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WES will only evaluate the highest degree - your masters. Did you get Canadian equivalency to a Masters.
 
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AngusLeio

Star Member
Feb 14, 2021
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Naturgrl said:
WES will only evaluate the highest degree - your masters. Did you get Canadian equivalency to a Masters.
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Hi, I did have my master degree evaluation.

But I've seen a lot others' cases with different credentials, i.e., PGD + master, higher diploma + bachelor degree, or bachelor + master, and WES would evaluate both.

The highest credential policy only indicates 'applicant CAN submit only his highest completed credentials'.

That's why I query this evaluation report. And they ignored this enquiry and chose to answer another one (the easy one). Sigh…

I think they want me to pay extra fee C$100 to upgrade.
 
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Naturgrl

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Apr 5, 2020
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AngusLeio said:
Hi, I did have my master degree evaluation.

But I've seen a lot others' cases with different credentials, i.e., PGD + master, higher diploma + bachelor degree, or bachelor + master, and WES would evaluate both.

The highest credential policy only indicates 'applicant CAN submit only his highest completed credentials'.

That's why I query this evaluation report. And they ignored this enquiry and chose to answer another one (the easy one). Sigh…

I think they want me to pay extra fee C$100 to upgrade.
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So if you have the ECA from WES with equivalent to a Masters then what is the issue. Sorry I don’t understand, why you need to pay $100 upgrade. You only get points for your Masters. The examples you give are those who want to count two or more degrees. Where you need at least a 3 year bachelor degree + PGD as an example.
 
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AngusLeio

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Feb 14, 2021
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Naturgrl said:
So if you have the ECA from WES with equivalent to a Masters then what is the issue. Sorry I don’t understand, why you need to pay $100 upgrade. You only get points for your Masters. The examples you give are those who want to count two or more degrees. Where you need at least a 3 year bachelor degree + PGD as an example.
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Because I need the ECA report (for both my master + PGD) to apply for an owp under the new IRCC HK pathway.

The rules are complicated. In short, I need a PGD in recent 5 years and a prerequisite credential for that PGD.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada/permit/open-work-permit-hong-kong-recent-graduates.html
 
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Naturgrl

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Apr 5, 2020
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AngusLeio said:
Because I need the ECA report (for both my master + PGD) to apply for an owp under the new IRCC HK pathway.

The rules are complicated. In short, I need a PGD in recent 5 years and a prerequisite credential for that PGD.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada/permit/open-work-permit-hong-kong-recent-graduates.html
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So your masters is more than five years ago, and you need the PGD assessed. You have no option other than going through another ECA if cheaper.
 
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AngusLeio

Star Member
Feb 14, 2021
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Naturgrl said:
So your masters is more than five years ago, and you need the PGD assessed. You have no option other than going through another ECA if cheaper.
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I could pay an extra C$ 100 to upgrade, instead of going for another ECA. But I think it's not my error so I don't want to pay.
 
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