If you are in a non-native English speaking country you have two ways in which you can obtain this badge:
Option one: Submit any of the Certifications noted above. Submitting a certification is the best way to ensure you get the English Verified badge on your profile. If you take this approach (submitting a certification), the “English Verified” badge will not be removed unless you remove the certification from your profile.
Option two: For freelancers in non-native English speaking countries (who have self-assessed their English proficiency as “Basic”, “Conversational” or “Fluent”), at the end of a completed contract, clients will be asked how they would, “Rate their English proficiency ( speaking & comprehension).” After receiving several (3 or more) of these ratings, the badge can appear on your profile. This is a more complicated process because the badge will be dependent on a combination of a) the self-selected proficiency level you set in your profile settings and b) several of these ratings. This answers one of the questions we’ve been hearing over the past couple of weeks, i.e. “Can a client affect my English Verified badge.” Technically yes, which is why we recommend pursuing Option one above if having this badge is important to you.