Hi Anil,
Clarity on transcripts once again for you
, a reply to the PM.
EDUCATION/TRAINING/QUALIFICATIONS
For you, your spouse or common-law partner:
•Post-secondary education documents: vocational or technical certificates or diplomas;
Notarized copy of diploma/ certificates along with transcripts, if possible in institute sealed envelopes
•College or university documents: certification of completion and the graduation degree, diploma, or certificate issued by the college or university and the evaluation committee;
Again notarized photocopies of the degrees/diplomas/certificates, if possible in college/university sealed envelopes
•Transcripts: original transcripts of all degrees must be submitted in university-sealed envelopes.
You will have to convince the university guys to do this, or just follow the process that i mentioned below. Get clear photocopies and ask them to attest each page. It's a simple attestation and you will have to produce the originals for verification. Then you put them in a cover and seal the cover in front of them. Then ask for a university/department seal on the back side to ensure the cover is not tampered with. You are done
•Professional qualifications certificates: notarized professional qualifications certificates should be submitted if available. (e.g., Engineer, Computer Programmer, Accountant, Economist, Translator/Interpreter, Architect etc.)
This one is not a degree, as it is already covered in the above statements, but the professional qualifications/licensed, example - If someone claims he is an architect, he will obviously have to have a 5 years bachelors degree B Arch., but he will need an extra license and registration to practice as an architect in India(same may apply to other countries too), in case of a doctor, he will obviously have a 5 year MBBS degree, but must get a license/registration to practice medicine. In these cases, it is the registration certificate with the Council of Architecture or Indian Medical Council. If it is IT or other industry related, people may have some extra professional qualifications like certification in Oracle/SAP, CA kinda organizations which add value to their profiles. These documents/certificates must be photocopied and notarized and included in the application.
So, in case you are claiming points for your spouse's education as well, it is mandatory to get documents in a similar manner. Else, your application will risk a return
In the ND VO checklist, they have mentioned original transcripts in university sealed envelopes, yes, but this means any transcripts coming from the university are considered to be originals. Usually in some countries, the university people print out a new consolidated transcript for all years of study together and put them in a university envelope and seal it against the back of the envelope to ensure the cover is not tampered with. But in India, universities are reluctant to do the same and all they do is ask the students to photocopy their original transcripts and degrees and then they attest them against verifying the originals. Then they will put them in an envelope and seal it at the back as required. If this process is followed, the transcripts inside the sealed envelopes are as good as originals.
Original transcripts are never to be sent to the CIO/VO. You must send only the photocopies notarized/attested from the corresponding university inside the university sealed envelopes. This is common for both you and your spouse. You should send them out with the original CIO application if it is post 26 June 2010, as they have very clearly mentioned All the documents mentioned in the CIO checklist and VO checklist must be sent with the initial application to the CIO, else applications will be returned. In case they feel your application is too strong to be returned, you will be asked for the missing documents(very unlikely). It is unclear if we need to submit another set of documents to the VO again after the AOR as of now.
Thanks,
Indira Prabhakaran.
