Will the Department of Foreign Affairs authenticate my....

458

Hello,

I have a British degree. I am Irish, live in Ireland. Got a job abroad and need to get my degree authenticated. Will the Irish DFA do that? Or do I have to get it done in Britain.

Thanks.

BrianD

Thought you had to get a solicitor to do it. Doubt that the Irish DFA will be able to authenticate a foreign degree.

Grolschevik

What's the degree? And where's the job? What do your prospective employers say?

If it's a professional qualification, there are rules to deal with recognition, and you should contact the relevant professional body in that jurisdiction to see what they require.

If it's an accredited general arts, business, science etc degree or equivalent from a recognised institution of higher education, I don't see what the problem is. The certificate/parchment you got at graduation should be sufficient for your employer. If you've lost this or didn't attend graduation, contact your British college and they'll reissue something for a small fee and /or be able to advise you further.

If you studied Scientology at the University of Bubba's Basement, I'm not sure what the process would be...

coylemj

As has been pointed out, if you had a professional qualification in a field such as accountancy, medicine or law, there are procedures by which you can get that qualification recognised here in order to practice the same profession in Ireland but getting a degree 'authenticated' for a third party isn't something any Irish body will take on.

How can they and why would you expect them to?

Procrastastudy

E-mail the University?

dermot_sheehan

The FCO issue apostilles for uk public documents:

http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/what-we-do/services-we-deliver/legal-services/Legalisation/

458

Its the Open University

I rang up the DFA and the guy on the phone said they would authenticate it.

Katy_B

Have you found out anymore about this? I was told y the DFA in Ireland that I would have to send it to England as it's a UK document.