Announcement
                                                                              27th January, 2017

                  Discontinuance of OMR Examination Application Forms
                     with effect from May, 2017 Examination onwards

Candidates of Common Proficiency Test(CPT), Intermediate (IPC) and Final examinations, until
the CA exams held in November/December 2016, had the option of:

   a) Buying the OMR examination application forms, from the counters of the regional
      offices/branches of the Institute, filling it up and submitting them along with the demand
      draft for the applicable fee; or
   b) Submitting examination applications online and pay the examination fee online.







It is hereby informed that it has been decided to discontinue OMR examination application forms
with effect from May, 2017 Examination onwards for the students' examinations. In other words
candidates would not be able to submit OMR exam forms along with demand draft for the
applicable fee, henceforth.

All candidates desirous of applying for CPT, Intermediate (IPC) and Final Examinations will
henceforth be required to submit their examination application forms online only, at
http://icaiexam.icai.org and also pay the applicable examination fee online, during the specified
period.







Accordingly, there would be no sale of OMR examination application forms for students'
examinations across the sale counters of the Institute, with effect from May, 2017 Examination
onwards.

Candidates are requested to note the above-mentioned change and act accordingly.


                                                                     Examination Department