Stage 3 · Lesson 1 of 6
Why your degree must be recognised
A degree that every employer at home knows means nothing to a visa officer abroad until it has been checked. Many work visas ask for a degree, a minimum level of education or both, and the immigration authority wants proof the certificate is genuine and comparable to its own degrees.
Two different checks happen. (or an ) confirms the paper is genuine, through a chain of official stamps. Recognition, or , says what your degree is worth in the destination's system. Some countries need one, some both, and some only for certain jobs.
Common trapassuming your employer's HR team will handle all of this after the offer, when most of it can only be started by you, in your home country.
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Resources for this stage
Start with· follow one of these
- GuidePaidHEC degree attestation, IBCC and MOFA apostille (Pakistan)
Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan · Government fees per document
How Pakistani degrees are attested by HEC, IBCC and the Foreign Office, step by step
- ToolFreeanabin and the ZAB Statement of Comparability
Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB), KMK
Find your university and degree in Germany's recognition database
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