The International Credential Evaluation Service (ICES) is authorized by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to produce Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) reports for Canadian immigration reasons (Express Entry, Permanent Residency and Agri-Food Pilot). Numerous provincial immigrant nominee programs accept the ECA as well.  In the format required by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, an Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) is a declaration indicating the general comparability of an overseas educational credential to a completed Canadian educational credential.