ICAI announces CA Final January 2026 Eligibility Criteria: Also check Sep 2025 requirements

ICAI announces CA Final January 2026 Eligibility Criteria: Also check Sep 2025 requirements

Edited By Sansar Singh Chhikara | Updated on Apr 04, 2025 12:55 PM IST | #CA Final Exam
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has announced the detailed eligibility criteria of CA Final Jan 2026 session. Recently, ICAI had announced that the CA Final exam will be conducted thrice a year. Students who are preparing for the CA Final exams were confused about the eligibility criteria for Jan 2026 and Sep 2025 session. With the announcement of CA Final eligibility criteria for Jan 2026 and Sep 2025 session, candidates can now decide which session to appear for.

ICAI announces CA Final January 2026 Eligibility Criteria: Also check Sep 2025 requirements
ICAI announces CA Final January 2026 Eligibility Criteria: Also check Sep 2025 requirements

The important point to note in the CA Final eligibility is that candidates who have completed their 2.5 years articleship by August 31, 2025 will be eligible for CA Final Sep 2025 exams, while candidates need to complete their articleship of 2.5 years before December 31, 2025 to be eligible for CA Final Jan 2026 exams. Read the complete article for detailed eligibility criteria for both the sessions, expected exam dates and more.

CA Final January 2026 Eligibility Requirements

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has detailed out the CA Final eligibility criteria for the January 2026 exam for all categories of candidates. The detailed CA Final Jan 2026 eligibility criteria has been mentioned below:

CA Final Eligibility for candidates registered under 3 years of Articleship

Candidates must fulfill any of the three criteria given below:

  • Candidates must have completed their 3 years of articleship as on the date of the CA Final exam form filling.

  • Candidates must have completed their 3 year articleship including excess leaves on or before June 30, 2026 (for Inter/IPCC candidates).

  • Candidates must be in service as on January 1, 2026, completing 3 years by 30th June 2026 (for IPCC/IIPCE candidates).

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CA Final Eligibility for candidates registered under 2 years of Articleship

  • Candidates must have completed the prescribed 2 years of Articleship including excess leaves by June 30, 2025.

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CA Final Eligibility for AICITSS Course

  • Candidates must have completed the ICAI’s Advanced Integrated course on Information Technology and Soft Skills (AICITSS) course to be eligible for CA Final January 2026 or September 2025 session.

  • Candidates who have converted from CA Final old syllabus to new syllabus and appeared for the exam in old scheme at least once are not required to appear for the AICITSS to be eligible for CA Final exam. However, such candidates must complete the AICITSS before applying for ICAI membership.

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CA Final Eligibility for SPOM

  • Candidates must have cleared the ICAI Self-Paced Online Modules (SPOM) and must have also cleared the SPMT exam to be eligible for CA Final exam.

There are some exemptions for the ICAI SPOM and SPMT for CA Inter students. The below given table describes the exemptions properly:

SPOM Exemptions for CA Intermediate Students Based on Papers Passed

Number of Papers Passed (Intermediate Level)

Modules to be Qualified

6 papers

Set A, B, C, D

7 papers

Set A, B, and either of Set C or Set D

8 papers

Set A & Set B

CA Final September 2025 Eligibility Criteria

The CA Final eligibility criteria for the September 2025 session is the same as the Jan 2026 eligibility criteria, except for articleship completion. To be eligible for CA Final Sep 2025 exams, candidates must have completed their 2.5 years of articleship before August 31, 2025. This also includes the excess leaves if the candidate has taken any during the period of articleship.

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Questions related to CA Final Exam

Have a question related to CA Final Exam ?

Hello Aspirant,

See application process is already live for CA Final 2022 examination for November 2022 session so if you had applied for it then it is alright and the last date to apply for it is July 1st 2022.

Now coming to the question of choice of elective paper so don't worry because choice of elective paper will be asked while filling examination form for CA final 2022 which would be available for the candidates in October 2022 so you can fill it out at that time and till then you will have to wait for it.

You can check out more information from the official site as given below :-

https://www.icai.org/new_post.html?post_id=15755

or you can also check out our article for all latest updates and complete details :-

CA Final Registration 2022 - Steps to Apply Online, Fees, Eligibility (careers360.com)


I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!

Hello,

No you cannot apply after the final date of registration. Unless the officials extend the last date you will not be eligible for applying after the final date of registration. As of now there are no information from the officials regarding the extension of the final date. The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has opened the CA Final 2022 registration in online mode. The last date for the CA Final May 2022 registration was January 1, 2022. You can apply for December session. The last date is on July 1, 2022.

Hi there,

First of all make plan that what are you going to study,for how many hours you are going to study a topic and on what you will focus on. Plan all these things so that you don't get distract while studying. Then maintain a timetable and follow it .

We all have same working hours but we don't utilize them properly so start utilizing your working hour according to your mental energy .

Always study in a peaceful environment so that you can learn more in less time that means effective study .

Now if you are talking pparticularly about commerce then you can divide subjects into two part

(A) Numerical portion: First clear you concepts and after that practice as much as you can for Numerical.

(B) THEORY Portion: Make notes and clear your concept and revise them.

Try to understand instead of just mugging up lessons so that you can remember it for long time .

And last but not least study with enthusiasm. Enjoy study . Don't take study as burden.

Hope it helps you.

Good luck!


Hi Aspirant,

Hope you are doing great as per the question asked by you as you have made mistake while filling up the form you should definitely mail to the required authorities regarding the mistakes you have sometimes correction window is given to the students to correct the mistakes if made any during the process.

Hope you found this answer useful.Stay motivated stay positive.

All the best!

Hey aspirant,

Sorry but this cannot be done as it is mandatory and one must complete at least 2 years of training before sitting for the finals

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