For how much time is Registration to CA Course Valid?

In order to streamline the period of Validity of Registration for CPT, PCC/ IPCC and CA Final , the Council of ICAI at its 303rd Meeting held on February 10, 2011 decided as under:

CPT Students:

• Initial Registration for CPT  is valid for 3 years.
• Revalidation of registration shall be done for further period of 3 years before expiry of initial registration. Students who have got their registration revalidated with the concerned Decentralised Offices may have the registration revalidated every 3 years after the expiry of the earlier revalidated period.
• Fee for revalidation is Rs. 300/- for each revalidation.
• Students are required to ensure before applying for admission to CPT Exam that they have valid registration.

PCC/IPCC Students:

• Initial PCC & IPCC Registration is valid for 4 years.
• Revalidation of registration shall be done for further period of 4 years before expiry of initial registration. Students who have got their registration revalidated with the concerned Decentralised Offices may have the registration revalidated every 4 years after the expiry of the earlier revalidated period.
• Fee for revalidation is Rs. 400/- for each revalidation.
• Students are required to ensure before applying for admission to PCC/ IPCC Examination that they valid registration.

Final Students:

• Initial CA Final Registration is valid for 5 years.
• Revalidation of registration shall be done for further period of 5 years before expiry of initial registration. Students who have got their registration revalidated with the concerned Decentralised Offices may have the registration revalidated every 5 years after the expiry of the earlier revalidated period.
• Fee for revalidation is Rs. 500/- for every revalidation.
• Students are required to ensure before applying for admission to Final examination that they have valid registration.

Please note: -

If a student appears in the CPT or PCC/IPCC or Final examination without having valid registration, he shall have to pay a penal fee of Rs. 250/- (in addition to the prescribed revalidation fee with retrospective effect) within 30 days prior to the date of declaration of results.

Candidates, whose period of initial registration has expired, may apply for revalidation by making an application on plain paper, together with the prescribed fee by way of Demand Draft drawn in favour of “The Secretary, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, payable at Mumbai/ Chennai/ Kolkata/ Kanpur/ Delhi” as the case may be and forward the same to the Decentralised Office concerned at Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Kanpur and Delhi.

The above decision shall be applicable from November/ December 2011 Exams onwards