Revalidating Your ICAI Registration
What to do when your Foundation, Intermediate or Final registration reaches the end of its validity period, and how revalidation restores your eligibility.
- Applies to
- All levels
- Trigger
- Validity expiry
- Mode
- Online
- Effect
- Restores eligibility
Step by step
- 01
Check your registration validity
Your registration date and validity period are visible on the Self Service Portal. Check well before an exam form window rather than during it.
- 02
Apply for revalidation online
Submit the revalidation request through the SSP portal for the relevant level. The process is administrative rather than academic — no re-registration is required.
- 03
Pay the revalidation fee
Pay the prescribed fee online and save the acknowledgement. Fees differ by level.
- 04
Confirm before filling the exam form
Ensure the revalidation is reflected on the portal before you submit an exam form, since eligibility is checked against a live registration.
Documents you will need
- SSP login credentials
- Existing registration number
- Online payment method for the revalidation fee
What usually goes wrong
- Discovering an expired registration during the exam form window
- Assuming revalidation is automatic on paying exam fees
- Not retaining the revalidation acknowledgement
- Letting registration lapse across multiple periods and compounding the fee
Next steps
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Talk to usWhat happens if my registration expires?
You cannot appear for the examination until the registration is revalidated. Revalidation restores eligibility without requiring you to re-register for the course from scratch.
How often must I revalidate?
Revalidation is required at the end of each validity period for as long as you remain registered at that level. Check the current period and fee notified by ICAI.
Does revalidation change my registration number?
No. Revalidation extends the validity of your existing registration; your registration number remains the same throughout.
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