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Returning Candidates

Resuming Testing After a Lapse of Time

Once you are approved to sit for the exam, you are forever approved. It is unnecessary to undergo another credentials evaluation. Depending on the length of your lapse, it may be necessary for you to update your demographic information and request access to an online account. If you are not certain you have an online account, please contact our office.

Once you have established an online account, you can resume testing whenever you are ready. Link #5, CBT Examination Request, will be highlighted in your online account. Our office may reach out for clarification regarding the date you earned your degree before that exam request can be sent to NASBA. After you have used Link #5 for the first time, the remaining link available to you will be #4, Re-Examination Request.

Note that whether you are using link #4 or #5, the number of exams you select are the number you must take in six months and the number for which NASBA will bill you.

Verify Your Exam Scores or Certification

Verification is relevant for candidates seeking to transfer Illinois exam scores or certification to another jurisdiction. To do this, you must have an online account and must pay the $30 fee.

     •If you are uncertain that you have an online account, please contact our office at 815-753-8900.

     •If you do have an online account, log in and submit the “Verification of Certification” form found by clicking on the Certified Public  Accountant link. We will send our own official letter to the indicated jurisdiction.

     •If your prospective jurisdiction requires that its own form be submitted, pay for the Verification of Certification through your online account. Then email the required form to help@ilboe.org.

 

You need another copy of your certificate

Request a duplicate certificate through your online account. Login and click on the “Certified Public Accountant” link found under “Your Certification.” There you will find the Duplicate Certificate application. The fee is $30. If you do not have an online account, submit the Online Account Access Request form found under Forms tab at our home page.

 

You cannot remember your certificate number

Click the Login button found on our homepage. Under the Public Services column, click on “CPA Certification Look-Up”.