What is ISO - The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an international non-governmental organization made up of national standards bodies; it develops and publishes a wide range of proprietary, industrial, and commercial standards and is comprised of representatives from various national standards organizations. official website of IAF is https://iaf.nu. All ISO Certificates issued with a validity of 3 years and comprising of 3 phases- (1)Initial Phase. (2) Surveillance Audit-I. (3) Surveillance Audit-II.

IAF ISO - The International Accreditation Forum (IAF) is a worldwide association of accreditation bodies and other bodies interested in conformity assessment in the fields of management systems, products, processes, services, personnel, validation and verification and other similar programmes of conformity assessment. Cost of IAF Approved certificate is higher than Non-IAF. This certificate required when this is clearly mentioned “IAF Approved Certificate”.

Non-IAF ISO - Accreditation bodies whose are not member of IAF and still they can issue the ISO certificates. These certificates are called Non-IAF certificates. These certificates are also world wide accepted. This certificate is required when this is clearly mentioned “ISO Certificate”. Non-IAF certificates are cheaper than IAF.