Is a certified or notarized copy of a document acceptable in place of the original?
No. Certified/notarized copies will be treated as copies and not original or official documents by ICES. Some organizations require that the ICES evaluation be based on an original document. If this is not required by the organization that you are applying to, ICES can complete your report with a document alert that says originals were not submitted. The alert will read as follows: “IMPORTANT NOTE – Document Authentication: ICES recommends all official or original documents be submitted for evaluation. Since original documents were not submitted for evaluation, authentication of this credential was not possible.
No. Certified/notarized copies will be treated as copies and not original or official documents by ICES. Some organizations require that the ICES evaluation be based on an original document. If this is not required by the organization that you are applying to, ICES can complete your report with a document alert that says originals were not submitted. The alert will read as follows: “IMPORTANT NOTE – Document Authentication: ICES recommends all official or original documents be submitted for evaluation.
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