We obtain and legalize your academic equivalency document so your Cuban higher education is valid and legally recognized abroad.
The Academic Level Equivalency Certificate is an official document issued by Cuba's Ministry of Higher Education (MES). Its purpose is to state and formally confirm which level of the international education system your Cuban programme and degree correspond to — for example, whether your years of study amount to a bachelor's, master's or doctoral qualification by global standards.
It is an essential requirement for:
Obtaining this document requires a technical assessment by the Ministry of Higher Education in Havana. At Cuba Legal Services we handle it all for you, with no need to travel to the island:
We submit your academic file to the relevant body in Cuba to obtain the official equivalency of your programme of study.
We validate the certificate at the Ministry of Justice to ensure it is fully valid abroad.
We take the document to the embassies and consulates accredited in Cuba for the destination country where you will file your application.
We deliver the original physical document to your door by urgent international courier (DHL / Correos Express), with a tracking number.
To process this certificate we will normally need your legalized degree certificate and academic transcript. On that basis we make the formal application to the education authorities in Cuba.
Because it requires the Ministry of Higher Education to assess and compare programmes of study, issuing times can vary. Our team files promptly and follows up constantly to keep the wait as short as possible.
Credential evaluation agencies apply strict, inflexible criteria: a sealed envelope sent directly by the issuing institution, a complete file with nothing left out, and a translation faithful to the original document. A single broken link in that chain — an opened envelope, incomplete course content, a course misread in translation — is enough for the file to be rejected or evaluated downward. And redoing it almost always means starting again in Cuba.
Tell us about your case and we will tell you exactly which documents you need, how long it takes and what it costs.