What are the documents/items to carry at CA exam centre?

CA candidates need to carry two copies of CA admit card (A4 size paper/colour printout), one photo ID (original), blue or black ballpoint pen and calculator to the examination centre. Candidates can carry Aadhaar card, PAN card, Voter ID card, passport or driving license as the mandatory document for identification. They are also required to carry passport size photos to affix on the CA admit card. Entry without these documents will not be allowed. Digital copy of the admit card or photo ID will not be accepted as valid at the examination centres, thus candidates must take print outs of their admit card as soon as they download it.

Can I change my CA test centre after receiving the admit card?

No, there is no provision to change their exam centres after the CA admit card has been issued. The option to change test city is given only the form correction process which is held a day after the registrations close. the form correction window is opened for 3-4 days for making changes in the already submitted form. Afterwards, you cannot change the test city. You will have to take the test in the city mentioned on your admit card. Thus, it is important that you make careful selection of the test cities in the CA exam form. Always select your hometown or city of current residence as the first preference so that you are allotted a test centre in that city only.

In which foreign cities CA exams are conducted?

ICAI certification for CA professionals has a lot of credibility across the world which is why many candidates living abroad pursue this course. Members of Indian communities who live abroad also pursue the CA course by ICAI. The exam is conducted in eight cities for all course levels. They are: 1. Abu Dhabi 2. Bahrain 3. Thimpu 4. Doha 5. Dubai 6. Kathmandu 7. Muscat 8. Kuwait Candidates living in the above mentioned cities can pursue the CA course and appear for the level while exams by registering at ICAI website. The test city will be allotted to candidates as per the choice mentioned in the ICAI CA application form.

How to download CA admit card?

To download the ICAI CA admit card, candidates have to log in to their ICAI account with the login ID and password created at the time of registration. Once they log in, they will be able to see the option to download the admit card on the dashboard. Click on the option and download the admit card. Here’s the process of CA admit card explained in steps: Step 1: Log on to the eservices website of the ICAI Step 2: Click on the text indicating admit card for your exam group Step 3: Enter registration number and password Step 4: Login to go to student dashboard Step 5: Click on the admit card and download it

Can I change my test city after submitting the CA exam form?

Yes, candidates can change their test city preference after submitting the CA exam form but they can do so only when the examination authority opens the form correction window. The form correction facility is opened for 2-3 days in every exam phase. The form correction window usually opens a day after the last date of CA exam form submission. During the form correction window, candidates can change image, signature, test cities and exam medium. CA form correction is a one-time activity and of you don’t make the changes in the form while the window is open, you will not be allowed to make any changes in the form later.

How can I choose my test city for CA exam?

The option to select test city for CA exam is given in the application form. The ICAI CA exam is held in over 180 cities across India. Candidates can select up to 3 cities as their preferred location. They have to select the city/cities of their choice in the form in order of 1-3. The test centre will be allotted to candidates as per their first preference and availability of seat. If the seat is already filled in the test centre of the city of first preference, the candidate will be allotted a test centre in the second city of preference.

In how many cities is ICAI CA exam held?

CA exams are held in over 150 cities across India and in 8 overseas locations – Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Doha, Dubai, Kampala, Kathmandu, Kuwait and Muscat. Candidates can choose their preferred test cities while filling the CA exam application form. If they wish to change the test city preference, they can do so only when the form correction window is open. Indian cities where the CA exams are held include Port Blair, Anantapur, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajamahendravaram, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar and Tinsukia, Bilaspur, Durg, Raigarh, Raipur, Rajnandgaon, Chandigarh, Delhi, Mapusa, Margao, Ahmedabad, Anand, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhidham, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Mehsana, Nadiad, Navsari, Palanpur, Porbandar, Rajkot, Surat, Surendranagar, Vadodara and Vapi, Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon (Gurugram), Hisar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Narnaul, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat and Yamuna Nagar, Shimla, Jammu, Srinagar, Bokaro Steel City, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ramgarh and Ranchi, Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bellary, Bengaluru, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Davangere, Gadag, Hassan, Haveri, Hubli, Kalaburgi (Gulbarga), Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mangalore, Mysore, Raichur, Shimoga, Sirsi, Tumakuru, Udupi, Vijayapura, Adoor, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kalpetta, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam (Quilon), Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur, Bhopal, Burhanpur, Chhindwara Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Katni, Khandwa, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna and Ujjain, Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Badlapur, Beed, Bhiwandi, Khamgaon (Buldhana), Chandrapur, Dhule, Gondia, Ichalkaranji, Jalgaon, Jalna, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nandurbar, Nasik, Navi Mumbai, Palghar, Panvel, Parbhani, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Sindhudurg, Solapur, Thane, Vasai, Wardha and Yavatmal, Shillong, Balangir, Berhampur (Brahmapur), Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Jharsuguda, Rayagada, Rourkela and Sambalpur, Puducherry, Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mandi Gobindgarh, Pathankot, Patiala, Sangrur, Ajmer, Alwar, Banswara, Beawar, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Churu, Jaipur, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Kishangarh, Kota, Nagaur, Pali, Marwar, Rajsamand, Sikar, Sirohi, Sri Ganganagar and Udaipur, Gangtok, Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Hosur, Kancheepuram, Karaikudi, Karur, Kumbakonam, Madurai, Nagapattinam, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Pudukkottai, Salem, Sivakasi, Theni, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupur, Tiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai, Tuticorin, Vellore and Villupuram, Adilabad, Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Nizamabad and Warangal, Agartala, Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad (Prayagraj), Bareilly, Bulandshahr, Firozabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Noida, Saharanpur and Varanasi, Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar and Kashipur, Asansol, Durgapur, Hooghly, Kharagpur, Kolkata, Raniganj and Siliguri.

Can I change my CA test centre after receiving the admit card?

No, there is no provision to change their exam centres after the CA admit card has been issued. The option to change test city is given only the form correction process which is held a day after the registrations close. the form correction window is opened for 3-4 days for making changes in the already submitted form. Afterwards, you cannot change the test city. You will have to take the test in the city mentioned on your admit card. Thus, it is important that you make careful selection of the test cities in the CA exam form. Always select your hometown or city of current residence as the first preference so that you are allotted a test centre in that city only.

What is the time duration of ICAI CA exams?

The time duration of ICAI CA exams varies for each paper. For some papers, the duration is three hours whereas for some papers it is two hours. The time limit of CA Foundation paper 3 and 4 is 2 hours and for the rest of the papers across levels is three hours. There is no sectional time limit in the CA exams. Candidates have to solve the paper in the given time frame. They must prepare in such a way that they are able to solve maximum questions in the given time limit. The CA exams are conducted one paper per day and there is no break in between. Candidates have to complete the paper in one go.

I have forgotten my ICAI login password. How do I download CA admit card?

If you’ve forgotten your login password, you don’t need to worry. You can recover/change it by using the forgot password feature. To recover your password or create a new password for ICAI login, you can go to the login option on the homepage of official website, click on ‘forgot password’ option and follow the instructions. The new password will be created and you can use the new password, going forward. Keep the password safe or note it down so that you don’t have to keep changing it for every login attempt.

ICAI CA Foundation Admit Card 2025: Download CA Hall Tickets of Foundation Exam (January)

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Exam On: 12 Jan '25

Vipra ShrivastavaSenior Manager - Content

Updated on Nov 27, 2024 14:58 IST

ICAI CA Foundation admit card for January 2025 phase exam will be released at the eservices website of ICAI. Candidates will be able to download their CA admit card 2025 by using their login details. The ICAI does not announce CA Foundation admit card download dates online at its official website beforehand, but one can expect the hall tickets to release 15-20 days before the exam.

The ICAI CA Foundation admit card 2025 will contain candidate's details as well as the allotted CA test centre name and location. Read below more about the admit card for ICAI CA Foundation exam.

Also Read: ICAI CA Foundation 2025 exam dates

Q: What details will be mentioned in ICAI CA admit card?

The ICAI CA admit card of every candidate will contain personal information and test centre details which include candidate’s name, candidate’s address, candidate’s roll number, exam group, test city, medium of examination, candidate’s registration number, candidate’s mobile phone number, test centre address, candidate’s photo and signature. Every candidate should check the information printed on the CA admit card for errors and misprint and in case of any, they must get it rectified by the testing agency before the commencement of the exam.

Incase, the photograph and signature of the candidate are not there on the ICAI CA admit card, they need to get their photograph & signature attested by a member of the Institute on his letterhead, indicating inter alia the name, registration number, exam, month and year of exam, roll number, medium, group, centre and postal address and carry the same to the examination centre, in duplicate, as proof of his/her identity.

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Q: Will I receive CA admit card by post?

No, the ICAI does not send CA admit cards to candidates by post. Candidates have to download their admit cards from the official website by using login ID and password created at the time of exam registration. The login for admit card download is same as application submission. Candidates must download the copy of their admit card ahead of the exam and check the information mentioned on it. The link to download the CA admit card is made live at the ICAI exam website. The announcement for downloading of admit card is made through a circular released online.

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Q: Which are the websites to download CA admit card?

The CA admit card will be available for download on the official websites of ICAI only. Candidates need to visit icaiexam.icai.org OR https://eservices.icai.org to download their CA admit cards before the exam day. No other website is authorised by the ICAI to host the admit cards, so candidates must not log in to any link which is not hosted at the official website of ICAI. Admit cards for CA Foundation, Intermediate and Final will be hosted on the same website. The CA Intermediate and CA Final admit cards are released on the same date whereas the CA Foundation admit card is released on a separate date. For downloading the CA admit card, candidates will have to use their login credentials created at the time of exam form submission.

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Table of Contents

How to Download ICAI CA Foundation Admit Card 2025?
ICAI Exam 2024 Dates & Schedule
Details Mentioned in ICAI CA Foundation Admit Card 2025
Items to Carry with ICAI CA Admit Card 2025 on Exam Day
FAQs on ICAI CA Foundation Admit Card

How to Download ICAI CA Foundation Admit Card 2025?

Candidates must download their CA hall tickets 2025 a few days before the exam day and take printouts. Digital copy will not be accepted as a valid document so candidates must also take out printouts of their CA Foundation admit card. Given below are the steps to download the CA Foundation exam 2025 admit card from the official website:

Go to ICAI's eservice portal: eservices
Click on the link indicating 'Foundation admit card'
Log in using login ID (registration number) and password
Click on the tab indicating CA Foundation admit card
Download the admit card and take two printouts

How to Recover Password for Downloading CA Foundation Admit Card 2025?

In case any a candidate forgets their password for ICAI login then they can recover it by following the steps given below:

Step 1: Go to login tab, and click on 'forgot password?'

Step 2: A new tab will open with options to recover password as under:

Step 3: Select any of the options to recover password:

Option A: Recover password via Email - Candidates need to enter their registration number, mobile number/ email id or Security Question & Answer as under:
Option B: Recover password using Registration Number, Date of Birth and Security Question & Answer
Option C: Recover password using Registration Number, Bar code and PIN

ICAI Exam 2024 Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of CA Foundation 2024 exam

Dates	Upcoming Exam Dates
23 Dec '24	CA Foundation Mock Test - Series 1 Paper 3
24 Dec '24	CA Foundation Mock Test - Series 1 Paper 4
31 Dec '24	CA Foundation Mock Test - Series 2 -Paper 1
02 Jan '25	CA Foundation Mock Test - Series 2 -Paper 2
03 Jan '25	CA Foundation Mock Test - Series 2 - Paper 3
04 Jan '25	CA Foundation Mock Test - Series 2 - Paper 4
12 Jan '25	CA Foundation Paper I Jan 2025
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Dates	Past Exam Dates
21 Dec '24	CA Foundation Mock Test - Series 1 Paper 2
20 Dec '24	CA Foundation Mock Test - Series 1 Paper 1
27 Nov '24 - 29 Nov '24	CA Foundation Form Correction - Jan 2025
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Details Mentioned in ICAI CA Foundation Admit Card 2025

The following information will be printed on every candidate's ICAI CA Foundation admit card 2025. In case of any error on the hall ticket, candidates must immediately contact the exam helpdesk for correction.

Name of the candidate
Registration number of the candidate
Programme details
Candidate’s photo and signature
Exam venue and timing
Reporting time
Guidelines related to identification process
Guidelines related to the exam process

CA Foundation Exam Timings 2025

Students should reach their respective CA exam centres at least 2 hours before the test timings for hassle free identification and entry. Once the gates are closed, they will not get entry to the examination centre. Given below are the CA Foundation exam timings:

CA Exam 2025	Paper (s)	Exam Timings
CA Foundation	Paper 1 & 2	2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
CA Foundation	Paper 3 & 4	2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Items to Carry with ICAI CA Admit Card 2025 on Exam Day

Along with the CA Foundation admit card 2025 and photo ID proof, candidates will be required to carry certain items on the exam day. Given below is the list of items to carry on the exam day.

Ball point pen
Passport size photo

Items Not to Carry

Students appearing for the CA Foundation exam January 2025 must not carry the following to the test centre.

Books/notebooks/loose paper
Eletronic items
Phone/headphones/earphones
Bags/valuables
Eatables

ICAI CA Admit Card HelpDesk

Candidates will not be allowed to enter the exam centre without showing the ICAI CA hall tickets. Therefore, candidates must ensure they have downloaded their admit cards on time and taken two print outs of the same. They should carry the CA Foundation admit card on all exam days for recording attendane in every paper. Candidates must also ensure that they carry error free admit card. Candidate's details and exam related information should be correct. In case of any discrepancy in the information mentioned in the CA admit card, candidates must report it to ICAI exam office at the following contact details: