Allow time for certification before returning to China: CSCSE certification takes 10–20 working days
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Cost and benefit at a glance
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- The application and payment are both done online. Preparing documents and waiting for review also take about a month when counted in working days.
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- Certification of overseas degrees in China is handled via the online portal of the China Scholarship Council Education Service Center. The procedure involves four steps: registrati…
In plain terms
If you plan to use your overseas degree in China, you must first get it certified. The review alone requires 10–20 working days. During peak hiring seasons or if documents are returned for corrections, the process may take even longer. Since many deadlines—such as those for campus recruitment, civil service exams, and household registration—are fixed, it’s wise not to delay this step until the last minute.
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Cost: what it takes
The application and payment are both done online. Preparing documents and waiting for review also take about a month when counted in working days.
Benefit: what the source reports
Certification of overseas degrees in China is handled via the online portal of the China Scholarship Council Education Service Center. The procedure involves four steps: registration and identity verification, online submission of documents, payment, and finally evaluation and review. The officially stated processing time is 10–20 working days, which excludes weekends and holidays and represents the duration needed for the Center’s review.
Conditions, limits and disagreements
Required documents include your diploma, passport or travel permit, residence permit or visa stamp, a photo, and an authorization statement. Entry and exit records during your stay abroad are retrieved automatically by the system, so be sure to keep those visa pages intact. The Center also posts announcements regarding revoked certificates or temporary suspensions of applications from certain institutions; it’s advisable to check whether your school is affected before applying.
Original references
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中国（教育部）留学服务中心. 网上服务大厅·学历学位认证. http://zwfw.cscse.edu.cn/
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