Identification Policy
Your identification (ID) must meet all of the criteria listed below. There are no exceptions to this policy. Your ID must:
- Be current and valid – it cannot be expired
- Contain your photo
- Be issued by a government agency
- Be a single document (not a combination of two or more pieces of identification, such as an expired photo driver’s license with a separate renewal certificate)
- Be an original document. Photocopies of ID documents will not be accepted
The CFA Institute preferred form of ID is a valid passport. School and university identification will not be accepted for admittance to the CFA exam.
Check the expiration date on your ID. If it expires before your exam date, get it renewed now.
Before exam day, check to ensure the name on your admission ticket matches the name as it appears on your valid ID. Certain variations, however, are allowed. You may submit a name change form (PDF) to us if necessary. If the name on your admission ticket does not match the name on your ID, your exam results may be voided.
Proctors will submit to CFA Institute photocopies of questionable ID
that may be discovered during the administration of the exam, and
validity determinations will be made by CFA Institute. Failure by the
proctors to detect an invalid ID before the start of the exam, admittance
to the testing room, or even completion of the exam does not imply that
the ID is valid or that your scores will ultimately be reported. Use of
an invalid ID is considered a violation of CFA Institute rules and will
result in the voiding of your exam results.