Roaringmice gives the best advice above. I will only add a few comments to supplement his answer.

1. A philological degree from Ukraine can be used to qualify for a teaching job in the US (and plenty are available) or about any other job that requires a Bachelors degree. You would need to view the specifics of each state’s Department of Education (roaringmice gave you NY’s site).

2. Certification is a tricky thing. Look at the needs of the particular job you are looking for, or you could be paying for certifications from several organizations. A basic certification can be done by having your degree AND transcripts translated to English, and then certified (notarized by someone in the US who knows both English and Ukrainian).

3. There are plenty of jobs that a philology degree is good for in the US. The answer that says there are none is uninformed. Specific fields are translation, education, localization (software), publishing, etc.

4. To continue your education, have your translated/certified credentials evaluated by the university you wish to attend.

The person who spoke about the guy from Russia, who was a doctor there, is right, in part. In general, foreign medical credentials are not accepted in the US. But foreign bachelor’s degrees? That depends on the school which you attended, but in general, yes, if the school is reputable, and the program was equivalent to a US bachelor’s degree, then you can put that credential on your resume as equivalent to a US bachelor’s degree, and employers will accept that.

Unlike what another poster wrote, it’s not just the top schools, or just English speaking universities, which employers here recognise. For example, I have several engineers from India who attended school there, and programmers from China, and a man from the Netherlands, all of whom got their bachelor’s degrees overseas, and had no problem having those degrees recognised in the US.

You may, however, need to have your educational credentials evaluated and certified in order to prove to employers that the degree is the equivalent of a US degree. I’d recommend that you go ahead and do this before you try to use them on a resume or to get a job. I’ll link to reputable companies that do this sort of work, below:

Illegal immigration causes many problems that’s for sure. That is an indisputable fact. Given your estimate of 20 million illegals let’s proceed from there. Let’s say even 1/3 of them are holding jobs. That’s almost 7 million people in the workforce. Contributing to the tax base etc. That would leave 7 million job vacancies. Would our nation be able to handle that many leaving the workforce? Probably not. Would Americans step into these jobs for the pay offered? Probably not. Companies bottom line is profit. Would they raise wages to get Americans to work these jobs? Probably not. More companies would begin to outsource. Thus leaving many Americans out of jobs that now hold jobs. Our entire country would collapse and the Great Depression would look like a cakewalk. As I’ve said illegal immigration is wrong and needs to stop. But we also need to be realistic on deporting as you say 20 million people. Believe me…It’s not going to happen for various reasons. So we must move forward and think of realistic ways to deal with the situation at hand and also insure the illegal situation is stemmed in the future. Better border security and visa systems need to be taken care of first and foremost so the situation doesn’t progressively get worse. Once the flow is stopped we can then work on what to do with those already here.

Nope, sorry. I know you probably don’t want to hear it, but most international degrees don’t carry much weight in the US unless it’s a VERY good school (like Oxford good) and your English is excellent. Even so, you may have trouble using the degree for anything except a stepping stone to further education.

I once knew a guy from Russia that had a cardiologists license. He went to school in Russia, and then came to the USA. The hospital said that his credentials were no good, and he was forced to work as a nurses aide. I bet your degree would be looked on much the same way here.

I doubt if you’d have to requalify for anything… the thing is there aren’t any jobs for people with that degree no matter where you got it. You might be able to land something doing translation or editing.

You would have tio check with an accreditation board, it isn’t the “Ukranian” part trhat matters most, it is the individual school’s standing that matters most.