WES Evaluation: CPA process timeline and fee structure

WES Evaluation: CPA process timeline and fee structure

Step 1: Know your state board – California

Step 2: WES application process

  • Arrange for transcripts: Obtain official transcripts from all colleges and universities you attended.
  • Create a WES account and pay the one-time fee of $375.
  • Submit your transcripts to WES for evaluation directly from your university postal address or university to email a copy. It takes approximately 4-6 weeks to receive the evaluation report.

Step 3: Share the WES report for review by Simandhar evaluation team by submitting a helpdesk ticket:

Step 4: Create California Board Accountancy (CBA) account for approval from the California Board.

Fee Structure (all fees payable in USD; subject to change without prior notice):

  • WES Application Fee: $410 (credit card) may change respect to date.
  • CBA First Time Applicant Fee: $100 (wire transfer) may change respect to date.
  • CBA Second Time Applicant Fee: $50 (wire transfer) may change respect to date.
  • Per Exam NTS Fee: $254 (credit card) may change respect to date.
  • Per Exam International Testing Fee: $510 (credit card) may change respect to date.

Incase if you still have doubt while applying for the exam, we request you kindly to join the below mentioned student connect session where you can share your screen and our team will be able to guide you step by step navigation. This session happens every day. You can join as per your convenience.   

Evaluation Support Sessions:  

Timings:  

6:00 PM IST (Every day except Sunday) 
Register & Join Zoom Meeting 
Meeting Passcode: 595888 

We encourage all aspirants to join these sessions for assistance with the following:  
Transcripts, NIES, WES, FACS, CPA Central, CBA, NTS, NSSO, and Prometric exam scheduling. 
Our team will help resolve your queries on an immediate basis. 

Please note, we are closing this ticket for now. However, if your query is still unresolved, you can reopen it anytime by simply replying to this message.

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