CIM Deleted Records Older than 25 years

[dleewo]

If you haven’t already, I would contact the British Consulate in Houston. Your wife can’t be the first person with a British qualification who has had their records purged and needed confirmation of their qualifications.

We hadn't thought about that, but it's worth a shot.  Thanks

I would also reach out to a few of the foreign educational reviewers/credential evaluators to see if they have dealt with this and what sort of documentation they might require.

She is working with and talking to WES.  They said they have seen this in the past and they are investigating if they can do anything

Curious also what sort of documentation she has from CIM. Does she have a certificate, diploma, or similar showing her qualification?  Transcripts, academic records, or similar showing the courses she took, exams she sat, on the job experience completed, and similar?  Do you have (of can CIM provide) the study plan that was in place when your wife earned her credential?

She has a letter she got from them a number of years ago that lists all the classes she took and her grades.  It doesn't have anything beyond that.  She has sent that to FSU.  If you look at the CIM website, there have different levels and they indicate that "level 6" is equivalent to a Bachelors and "level 7" is equivalent to a Masters.  But, 30 years ago, they weren't setup the same way so when she got her diploma from CIM, there was to "level 6"

If you haven’t already, I would contact the universities which your wife is considering and explain the situation. They may have greater latitude on admissions decisions than what the website/catalog states. Of course, they may not, but never hurts to ask.

She is doing that.  She has had a couple calls with the folks at FSU and they are also looking to see if they can admit her based on what little information she has.  She does have an MBA from Heriot Watt which WES has already qualified as equivalent to a MBA in the US and you would think an MBA would supercede a Bachelors, but I guess it doesn't work that way

My final thought: how committed is she to a master’s degree in legal studies from and American university?  If ask because there are UK master of laws (LLM) courses that would likely admit her and would likely teach similar content. Neither would qualify her as a lawyer, of course. What is she wanting to do with the legal studies degree?

She doesn't want to be a lawyer.  She does deal with a ton of financial regulations and compliance in her current job and doing a Masters in that area was a way for her to bolster her knowledge and credentials.  I'll mention to her about looking into UK Universities.  They would of course probably focus on UK or European regulations whereas her interests are in the US.

Texas A&M also offers a "post graduate certificate" in what she wants to do.  It's only 12 credits and is basically the first half of the Masters program.  As a last resort, she may just opt to do that.  That also does have a Bachelors as an entry requirement, but not being a degree they may have even more leeway to admit her to that.  It's not ideal.

[lisarox]

Shout outs to the fellow Enrolled Agent!

[bjcheung77]

Let's find out what the institution you're wanting to enroll in says about the requirements, if they require the associated bachelors degree or if the MBA and previous experience, studies, etc would suffice. I'm thinking one of the institutions you mentioned should accept you for 'conditional acceptance'... If not, there are 'controversial' ways of getting this done...

[dleewo]

Some good news. Florida State University has accepted her into their program. They had to escalate the issue, but they are willing to use her MBA to admit her.

[ROYISAGIRL]

Some good news. Florida State University has accepted her into their program. They had to escalate the issue, but they are willing to use her MBA to admit her.

I love it when things come together.