Ask for a translation quote covering the actual records and certification requirements. Separately price any required credential evaluation, including the TN rule for degrees from institutions outside Canada, Mexico and the United States. Confirm government fees for the chosen route from current official schedules.
Price the required translation and evaluation separately
Obtain separate quotes for translation and credential evaluation, and ask which services the specific route and educational record require. A translation explains the source text; an evaluation addresses the qualification. Confirm the scope before paying so the completed work answers the actual evidence requirement rather than a generic package description.
Ask each provider to quote per document rather than per package, and to state the certification wording it will attach. A quote covering a diploma but not the transcript behind it is the usual source of a second invoice. Establish separately whether the awarding institution sits outside Canada, Mexico and the United States, because that single fact, and not the language of the paperwork, is what brings the evaluation requirement into play.
Where an employer has offered reimbursement, agree in writing which items are covered before the work is commissioned, and keep the receipts with the file so a later question about who paid for what is answered from the record rather than from memory.