Suffolk County Community College: Translation Requirements for Documents in Another Language

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SUNY Suffolk requirements in detail

What the translator has to certify for SUNY Suffolk

Suffolk's F-1 packet must be submitted as one package, and every document must be original and in English unless the list says a copy is fine.

A document in another language travels with a full English translation, and Suffolk spells out what that translation must say: the translator certifies that it is complete and accurate and that he or she is competent to translate from that language into English (F-1 application requirements and timeline).

That is the content of the signed certification on an eVerbary translation. "Full" means every page, stamp and note in the margin, so send us the whole document, including the back of the high school diploma and the grading legend.

The evaluation every F-1 applicant needs

Suffolk does not evaluate foreign records itself.

Each F-1 applicant must prove that secondary school at home equals a US high school diploma through an agency that belongs to NACES or AICE, and applicants with college study who want credit need a course-by-course report.

The original report goes to the International Student Office in a sealed envelope (F-1 application requirements and timeline).

Suffolk adds that the agency you choose will state its own documentation and English translation requirements on its website (F-1 application requirements and timeline), and its timeline places the evaluation six to nine months before the deadline.

In practice you translate once, early: the same certified translation goes to the agency and into your Suffolk packet. See translation for credential evaluation.

Residents, refugees and other visa holders

Applicants who are not on an F-1 visa apply through regular admissions.

For courses taken at a foreign college, Suffolk awards credit only when the school is equivalent to a regionally accredited US institution, and an official course-by-course evaluation, which includes a document-to-document evaluation, must be mailed directly from a NACES or AICE member to the college in Selden.

The same page says transcripts must be translated if they are not in English (transfer page).

Documents applicants usually translate

• Secondary school diploma or leaving certificate
• Secondary school transcripts with the grading scale
• University transcripts, for a course-by-course evaluation
• Bank statement and proof of income, if not in English

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 SUNY Suffolk

• F-1 applicants mail the complete packet (application, I-20 form, sponsorship forms, the evaluation in its sealed envelope and the originals with their translations) to the International Student Office; questions go to international@sunysuffolk.edu (F-1 application requirements and timeline).

• Other applicants have the evaluator mail its course-by-course report directly to the college (Transfer students).

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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