Home / Licensing boards / North Dakota Board
North Dakota State Board of Accountancy: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language
Accepted through the evaluation
North Dakota Board asks for a credential evaluation, and NIES, one of the agencies it accepts, takes certified translations from professional services such as eVerbary.
- eVerbary translatesCertified, usually within 24 hours
- Credential evaluationBy NIES or another agency North Dakota Board accepts
- North Dakota BoardThe agency sends its report
$24.95per page · usually 24 h for 1–3 pages
- ATA member #273062
- Preserves the original layout
- Signed certificate of accuracy, PDF
- See the price before you pay
See a sample translation →Real order format, fictitious data
Requirements checked on November 12, 2026 from North Dakota Board's public pages (sources).
The North Dakota State Board of Accountancy requires education completed at non-US schools to be evaluated for equivalency with US standards before you write the exam as a North Dakota candidate, with a course-by-course evaluation at least of the accounting concentration; the Board points to FACS or NASBA International Evaluation Services (NIES).
The Board publishes no translation rule of its own, and NIES accepts certified translations from any member of the American Translators Association, so it accepts certified translations from professional services such as eVerbary, an ATA corporate member translating in the US.
We translate your records; the evaluation service and the Board decide equivalency.
North Dakota Board at a glance
Does it accept eVerbary? Yes
The Board asks for a course-by-course evaluation and names facsusa.com or NIES for it (Requirements to become a CPA); NIES accepts certified translations from any ATA member and refuses only private providers outside the US (NIES requirements), so eVerbary's certified translations meet the rule. Policy checked on November 12, 2026.
- Translation
- Through the evaluation (FACS or NIES)
- eVerbary translation
- AcceptedBy the evaluation agencies it names
- Credential evaluation
- Course-by-course, at least the concentration
- Price
- $24.95 per pageNo word cap, certification included
- Delivery
- 24 hoursStandard for one to three pages
- Grades
- As recordedNever converted to a US GPA
Checked on November 12, 2026. Sources are listed at the end of this page. Policies change: confirm on North Dakota Board's own page before you submit.
Sample translation: a Congolese secondary school transcript
This is what an order looks like when it is delivered, with a fictitious student. The PDF starts with the signed certification page, and the translation follows the original line for line: every abbreviation is explained, stamps, seals and signatures are noted in brackets, and the grid stays the same, so an admissions officer or a credential evaluator can match it without guessing.
What to notice
- Two school years in the same grid as the original: every subject, grading period, exam and total, so each grade can be read against its maximum.
- The French rating abbreviations are translated (TB becomes VG, Very good), and every abbreviation is explained in a translator's note at the foot of the same page, including one the original never defines.
- Dates are written the US way (the original's 02/07/2015 is February 7, 2015).
- The photo, seals and signatures are noted in brackets where they appear.
Worth knowing about North Dakota Board
Course-by-course
At least for the accounting concentration.
FACS or NIES
The two services the Board names.
$120 exam application
One-time fee, filed on Certemy.
North Dakota Board requirements in detail
Translation
The Board's page sets no translation rule (Requirements to become a CPA); NIES requires records not in English to be translated before it processes them (NIES).
Who may translate
For NIES: any ATA member, your university or the ministry of education; private providers outside the US are not accepted (NIES).
Evaluation
Education completed at non-US schools is evaluated for equivalency with US standards; obtain a course-by-course evaluation, at least for the concentration coursework (Requirements to become a CPA).
Services named
The Board says you may contact facsusa.com (Foreign Academic Credential Service) or NIES (Requirements to become a CPA). North Dakota is on NIES's list of jurisdictions (NIES).
What is measured
An accounting concentration of 24 semester credits in accounting plus 24 in other business courses; principles of accounting do not count, and a quarter credit equals 2/3 of a semester credit (Requirements to become a CPA).
How to apply
All applications are filed online on Certemy; the CPA Exam application is a one-time $120 fee (Requirements to become a CPA).
Foreign CPAs
North Dakota law allows certificates for holders of foreign accounting credentials under certain conditions; the Board asks you to contact it (Requirements to become a CPA).
What North Dakota asks the evaluation to show
The Board's requirement is short: non-US education is evaluated for equivalency with US standards, course by course at least for the concentration (Requirements to become a CPA).
The concentration it measures is 24 semester credits of accounting, which may include accounting, audit or tax classes, and 24 credits of other business such as management, finance, economics or marketing (Requirements to become a CPA).
To sit, North Dakota requires at least 120 semester hours, and the certificate requires 150 hours including a baccalaureate or its equivalent (Requirements to become a CPA).
Translate every transcript or mark sheet that carries the credits you count, not only the final diploma, since the evaluator rebuilds the concentration from the course list.
Translation for NIES
NIES lists six standards for outside translations: verbatim, in the original layout, without interpretation, typed, signed and dated by the translator, with the translator's address, phone and email (NIES).
We translate subject titles, credits and marks as printed and never convert grades; the equivalency is NIES's job.
NIES also needs official transcripts sent directly by your university, and everything must arrive within 90 days of applying or the application is denied (NIES). The CPA evaluation report costs $250 (NIES).
If you choose FACS instead, ask FACS for its translation rule before ordering; we did not find it on the Board's page.
Need a certified translation for North Dakota Board?
$24.95 per page with no word cap, certification included, usually within 24 hours for one to three pages. See the price before you pay.
Documents applicants usually translate
- University transcripts or mark sheets listing each accounting and business course
- Degree certificates and diplomas
- Yearly examination results, when the school issues no consolidated transcript
- Syllabi or course descriptions, if the evaluator asks for them
What an eVerbary translation includes
- A complete English translation of every page, stamps, seals and handwritten notes included, laid out like the original so each line can be matched.
- Grades, hours and credits exactly as recorded, with the grading scale the document prints. We never convert marks to a US GPA or equivalency.
- A signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead, with our contact details, delivered as a PDF you can upload or print.
- $24.95 per page with no word cap, certification included; 24 hours for one to three pages as standard. Regular clients who need it can get delivery in as little as 30 minutes, on request.
- Notarization added at checkout ($34.90 per order) when the office asks for a notarized translation.
Submitting the translation to North Dakota Board
The translation goes to the evaluation service with your records, under its instructions; for NIES, mail goes to NASBA International Evaluation Services, 150 Fourth Ave. N., Suite 850, Nashville, TN 37219 (NIES). You then file the CPA Exam application on Certemy (Requirements to become a CPA).
eVerbary can mail the translation to the agency in a sealed, signed envelope: choose the hard copy at checkout with the agency's address ($19.95 Priority or $37.95 Express in the US) and write in the order notes that it is for the North Dakota CPA evaluation.
What we do not do
eVerbary is a translation service, not a credential evaluation service or a licensing agency: we do not issue evaluations, US equivalencies or GPA conversions, we cannot send documents on behalf of the school or authority that issued them, and we do not file the license application.
For North Dakota that means we translate your records for the evaluation service; you order and pay for the evaluation, and the Board decides eligibility.
How to order
- Scan or photograph every page of the document, front and back, including any stamps on the reverse.
- Upload it, choose the language and "certified", and see the price before paying.
- Receive the PDF, usually within 24 hours for one to three pages, and submit it with the copy of the original wherever the office asks for it.
Frequently asked questions
Does North Dakota require a credential evaluation for foreign education?
Yes. Education completed at non-US schools is evaluated for equivalency with US standards, course by course at least for the concentration coursework (Requirements to become a CPA).
Which evaluation services does North Dakota name?
Foreign Academic Credential Service (facsusa.com) and NASBA International Evaluation Services (Requirements to become a CPA).
Who can translate my transcripts for NIES?
Any ATA member, your university or the ministry of education; private providers outside the US are refused (NIES). eVerbary is an ATA corporate member translating in the US.
How much is the North Dakota exam application?
$120, a one-time fee, filed on Certemy (Requirements to become a CPA). The NIES report is $250 (NIES).
Sources
North Dakota State Board of Accountancy's own pages, read on November 12, 2026.
Translating documents for North Dakota Board?
Upload a scan of your diploma, transcript or license and see the price and delivery time before you pay.