Verification Request Form

British Council verification service is provided for individuals who are UK educational qualification holders. British Council will verify all education, training, and professional awards, including certificates, degrees, and diplomas, at all levels issued by any accredited UK institution or organization. It will not verify any of the following documents:

• Passports/ ID Cards/ Smartcard
• IELTS Test Report Forms
• Certified Photocopies
• Testimonials
• Marriage certificates
• Any other documents required by the educational institution or employer.

Verification Charges for Service
The applicable fee details will be shared with you via email once you send us the below required documents and details.

Important
The qualification issuing body in the UK may charge their own fee for verification of original documents submitted to British Council for verification. All such charges are additional to the verification service charge and will be borne by the candidate. The charge, if any, would be communicated to the candidate accordingly.

To send attested copies to World Education Services (WES) through British Council, additional fee of PKR 5,500/- will be charged to candidate.

Fair Collection Notice
We will require your original documents to provide this service. We will hold these securely until the service is complete and the documents can be returned to you. We will also need to send copies of your document to the issuing bodies. This may be done either physically or electronically. If any fraud is discovered, we will also pass details on to the relevant legal bodies.

Following completion of the service, we will retain a copy for our records. We will also record your name, type of document, the date of transaction and any other relevant details for our records. This will be kept securely and will not be provided to any other parties unless we are legally required to do so.

Processing Time
All verifications are subject to the confirmation of qualification by the issuing authority; hence, a definite processing time cannot be guaranteed; however, it may take 10 working days to 28 working days, but we aim to process all such requests at our earliest once a confirmation is received from the awarding body.

Refund of Applications
The applicant would be advised to claim a refund of fee (less administrative charge of PKR 1,000/-) should the awarding body does not respond to the request after two reminders (sent after the turnaround time). The payment will not be refunded in all other cases.

Note: We prefer candidates to visit our British Council office for physical attestation of documents, once appointment is provided however, if candidate is unable to visit us, then documents can be couriered, but British Council will not be responsible for any documents lost/damaged during transit.

At the time of attestation, original certificates will be required, on mutually agreed date/day, your appointment shall be set for the attestation of your GCE certificates. Documents will only be returned to the person who submitted them. We pride ourselves on providing a quality service and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that the verifications take place on time. To help us do this, please ensure that you are familiar with the arrangements and any relevant regulations concerning your verification request. The British Council cannot be held responsible for events or circumstances, which are outside its control or for any error, fault, or omission by any other third party.

Please note that British Council reserves the right to reject verification of any document if the document is found to be altered or defaced in any way or if there is any question regarding the originality of the document.

For general queries, you may contact our customer services team at info@britishcouncil.org.pk; 0800-22000 (Monday - Friday between 0900 - 1800).

Please share the below mentioned information so that we may initiate your request.