World Education Services (WES) is a nonprofit organization that provides credential evaluations for international students and immigrants planning to study or work in the U.S. and Canada.
WES evaluates more than 200,000 credentials per year; they auto-authenticate and define foreign education in U.S. or Canadian terms.
WES reports that its credential evaluations are nonbinding advisory opinions.
However, WES does not have formal agreements with educational systems of any country, and the kept certificates are voluntarily provided by the candidates, and they operate with third-party motives[citation needed].
WES is accredited by and is a charter member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES)[3] and the Alliance of Credential Evaluation Services of Canada (ACESC).