A rejection stating your ECA's purpose wasn't immigration, despite using an approved body like World Education Services (WES) for an ACCA evaluation, usually comes down to a category selection issue rather than the organization itself being invalid.
What group members clarified:- WES is a registered evaluation body recognized by IRCC, but it issues different evaluation types depending on the purpose you select when ordering — for example, 'study' vs. 'immigration' purpose evaluations are different products, even from the same organization.
- Double-check that you selected the 'immigration' purpose option when you originally ordered your ECA — this is the most common cause of this specific rejection message.
- If you selected the wrong category, you'll likely need to request a new evaluation (or a re-issue/purpose change if the organization offers one) specifically for immigration purposes, since the study-purpose version isn't accepted for Express Entry.
Before reordering, check with WES directly on whether they can reissue or convert your existing report to the immigration-purpose category, since this may be faster and cheaper than a full fresh evaluation.