Howard Community College: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

Worth knowing about Howard CC

Howard CC requirements in detail

What the F1 file asks for, document by document

Howard CC's F1 application information is a short list, and two items involve language.

The official high school diploma or completion certificate must include an English translation if it is not in English, and the bank statement must be in English, on bank letterhead, dated after March 1 for fall or July 1 for spring, with a balance of at least $44,000 (Important information for International (F1) applicants (PDF)).

Each sponsor's affidavit must come with the sponsor's own bank statement, and the names must match.

If your bank cannot issue the statement in English, a certified translation is the practical way to meet that rule, but the page does not say a translation is accepted in its place; ask intlstudent@howardcc.edu first.

College transcripts are needed only if you studied at college level; US transcripts must be official (sealed, or sent directly by the school), while foreign ones go through an evaluation if you want credit (Overseas F1 visa applicants).

Fourteen agencies, and the WES warning

For credit from colleges outside the US, Howard CC publishes a list of 14 evaluation agencies, from Academic Evaluation Services to World Education Services, and says it accepts an evaluation from any of them, as long as you choose a course-by-course report (Overseas transcript evaluation services accepted by HCC).

The same page warns that many Maryland colleges and universities accept only WES, so if you plan to transfer to a four-year school, check with it before you pick an agency.

After the evaluation, you complete the online Transcript Evaluation Request Form, and a Transcript Evaluation Report is mailed to your home about four weeks after Howard CC has all your documents (Transcript evaluation).

The catalog adds that credit is generally not given for English composition or literature taken outside the US (Catalog 2026-2027: transfer students). Each agency sets its own rule for the translations you send it.

Where Howard CC's pages differ

The agency page says Howard CC accepts evaluations from any of its 14 listed agencies.

The 2026-2027 catalog says the course-by-course evaluation must come from a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), and not every agency on the web list is one.

We have not resolved this; if your agency is on the list but is not a NACES member, confirm with Records, Registration and Veterans' Affairs before you order.

Documents applicants usually translate

• High school diploma or completion certificate
• Secondary school transcripts
• Bank statement and sponsor documents, if not in English
• University transcripts, for the course-by-course evaluation

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 exactly as recorded, with the grading scale the document prints. We never convert marks to a US GPA.
• A signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead, with our contact details, delivered as a PDF you can upload.
• $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, 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.

Uploading the translation to Howard CC

• F1 applicants submit the International (F1) Application for Associate Degree study online and then send the diploma with its English translation, the bank statement and the other required documents as the application instructs (Overseas F1 visa applicants, F1 information).

• For foreign college credit, the agency evaluates the records first; then you file the Transcript Evaluation Request Form with Howard CC (Transcript evaluation).

How to order

1. Scan or photograph every page of the document, front and back, including any stamps on the reverse.
2. Upload it, choose the language and "certified", and see the price before paying.
3. Receive the PDF, usually within 24 hours for one to three pages, and upload it with the copy of the original wherever the institution asks for it.

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