Primary-source verification is a check against the records of the claimed issuing body. When the names, title, and date match, the report may mark those fields correct or verified. Accreditation status is a different field. It records how the verifier classifies the institution against its own reference list.
A graduate can therefore hold a genuine certificate from an institution that the verifier does not treat as accredited. The institution’s task, if asked, is to confirm whether the award was issued. Commenting on, challenging, or rewriting the verifier’s accreditation line is not a university verification service.
Institutions should not wait for a ministry letter to explain their status. The website should already state legal form, jurisdiction, and the limits of any quality-assurance listing. Students who enrol after reading that page have the information they need to decide.
Where a report lists country of the awarding body, that line should match the institution’s public legal seat. Inconsistencies between certificate, website, and application form cause avoidable delay.
