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Nurses Menu Evaluation Who Should Apply How it Works Required Documents Fees Frequently Asked Questions Contact français Apply Now Login +1 (215) 243-5858 ACPRO@ICDEVAL.COM BUSINESS HOURS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8:00AM TO 4:00PM U.S. EASTERN TIME. Ready to Get Started? Apply Now Already Registered? Login Credentials Evaluation for ACPRO $500.00 USD The Association of Canadian Psychology Regulatory Organizations (ACPRO) requires foreign-educated psychologists to complete a credentials evaluation with ICD, a division of CGFNS International, Inc. , before they apply to Regulatory Organizations for licensure to practice in Canada. The Credentials Evaluation for ACPRO includes: Verification of your identity. Authentication of your education (including supervised. training/practica), work experience, and licensure/registration history. Evaluation of your qualifications for comparability to Canadian standards. ICD will send your completed credentials evaluation report to the ACPRO Regulatory Organization(s) in any the following jurisdictions where you plan to apply for a license: Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Saskatchewan You will also receive an applicant copy of the report. Foreign-educated psychologists seeking licensure/registration in Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec, Northwest Territories, and/or Nunavut should instead contact the Regulatory Organization in those jurisdictions directly. NOTE: Effective March 1, 2023, If you have an evaluation for British Columbia in process with ICD, and you have not received instructions for your application completion please contact ICD at 215-243-5858 Monday-Friday from 8am EST – 4pm EST and indicate to the representative that your application is still pending for British Columbia. Foreign-educated psychologists already licensed/registered in Canada should not apply for the Credentials Evaluation for ACPRO and may visit the ACPRO website for more information. How it Works: 1. Click Apply Now to create an account in the ICD Applicant Portal. 2. Inside the ICD Applicant Portal, purchase an order for the Credentials Evaluation for ACPRO using your shopping cart. 3. Provide all required information, complete the criminal background check, and send the document request forms to your academic and professional institutions. 4. After all requirements are received and processed, ICD will verify and assess all the documents in your file, evaluate your credentials against Canadian standards, and generate your credentials evaluation report. 5. Your Credentials Evaluation for ACPRO report will be made available to the ACPRO Regulatory Organization(s) you selected as recipients. You will also receive a copy of your report. 6. You may then apply for licensure with the ACPRO Regulatory Organization(s) that received your Credentials Evaluation report. The ACPRO Regulatory Organization(s), NOT CGFNS or its ICD division, will assess your complete application and determine whether to issue your license. REQUIRED DOCUMENTS Documents You Will Need & How to Get Them Identity Documents Learn More Identity Documents Submit notarized copies of two forms of identification (one being a passport) directly to ICD that verify your current name, with no abbreviations. In addition, you must submit additional identity documents to verify any other names that you once held that may appear on any documents ICD will receive from your educational institutions, license/registration authorities, employers or language testing vendors. Acceptable forms of photo identification (ID) are: Passports ( required ) Driver’s License(s) Other government-issued photo identification Other acceptable forms of identification include: Birth Certificates Marriage Certificates Divorce Certificates Legal Name Change Affidavits To be acceptable, all photo IDs are required to include a clear photo of yourself (send color copies) and be current (not expired) at the time it is received by ICD. You are responsible for all fees related to preparing your notarized documents. If any of these documents are written in a language other than English, they must be translated by a certified translator. ICD does not accept original identity documents but accepts photocopies of the original document. These photocopies must be notarized copies of the original documents (signed, dated and stamped by an individual authorized to notarize documents, which could include: notary publics, attorneys, etc.). You must be with the notary at the time the original documents are copied and notarized. The notary is required to make a statement on all notarized identity document photocopies that the notary has seen the original document and that they certify that the copy is a true copy” of the original (with the exception of a legal name affidavit which itself is an original document). Education History Learn More Education History You will be required to request that institutions of higher/tertiary level education send documentation regarding any education you received there that specifically contributed to your education as a psychologist directly to ICD. This might include: Psychology Education Associates Degrees Bachelor’s Degrees Master’s Degrees Doctoral/PHD Degrees Post—Doctoral Degrees Non-Psychology Education Transfer credit Any program for any discipline that preceded your psychology education for which you received transfer credit In addition to your transcripts, course descriptions, and other educational documents, make sure each of your higher/tertiary level educational institutions completes an education history form to send along with the documents. Please note: As part of your educational evaluation, ICD will also require the institutions where you have received Supervised Training/Practica experience to complete a form detailing your experiences with that organization. License Validation Learn More License Validation You are not required to be licensed as a psychologist currently in order to apply for ICD’s Credentials Evaluation for ACPRO. However, You will be required to request all authorities for the jurisdictions where you have been licensed/registered to send documentation to ICD regarding your license/registration history and the current status of your license to practice psychology. Language Proficiency Learn More Language Proficiency You are not required to submit language proficiency test results as part of your Credentials Evaluation for ACPRO application. However, if you have taken a language proficiency exam as prior to applying for the Credentials Evaluation for ACPRO and you report this exam to ICD, ICD will include your results, once received with your Credentials Evaluation report. ICD will not make any judgment regarding the sufficiency of language test results received. If you do not submit language test results as part of your Credentials Evaluation for ACPRO application, you will be required to fulfill this requirement with the Regulatory Organization in which you apply. FEES The fee is $500 USD This fee is separate from ACPRO Regulatory Organizations’ licensure application fees. LINKS & RESOURCES Credentials Evaluation for ACPRO Handbook ICD Applicant Portal for ACPRO ACPRO Website CGFNS International Website NotaryCam FAQs What is the Credentials Evaluation for ACPRO? The Credentials Evaluation for ACPRO verifies, authenticate s and evaluates the qualifications of psychologists educated and/or licensed outside of Canada and the U.S., and generates a credentials evaluation report for the ACPRO Regulatory Organization(s) with which they are applying for licensure. Our role is to: receive, review and retain all documents that psychologists must provide for licensure/registration in Canada, including: identity documents educational transcripts and academic verification forms supervised training/practica license/registration verification criminal background check language proficiency test results....