Getting Started - Admission Process

Enrollment Information & Steps:

• Getting Started Guide – Creating a My CPA Profile
  - Creating, maintaining, and navigating your My CPA Profile
• Creating a Profile

My CPA Portal:

• my.cpawsb.ca

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) exists between Canada’s CPA bodies and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).

Enrollment Information & Steps if you are this applicant type:

• ICAI MOU Enrollment Information
• ICAP MOU Enrollment Information

Additional Resources:

• CPA Harmonized Education Policies (HEP)
  -For CPA PEP (Vol. 1) and CPA preparatory courses (Vol. 2)
• Scholarships and Bursaries
• Grants and Loans

International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)

Enrollment Information & Steps if you are this applicant type:

• International Designates (IFAC Members) Enrollment Information
  -Read this page first.
• Requesting a Transcript Assessment and FAQs
  -As an applicant with an International Designation (IFAC Members), a transcript assessment is required. In addition to the enrollment information above, this page will provide further details about requesting a transcript assessment.

Additional Resources:

• International Designate FAQ
• Information for International Applicants
  -Info about CPA PEP
  -Info about Residency and Study Permits
  -Info about Language Benchmarking
• CPA Harmonized Education Policies (HEP)
  -For CPA PEP (Vol. 1) and CPA preparatory courses (Vol. 2)
• Practical Experience Information
  -In addition to completing CPA PEP and the common final examination (CFE), the CPA certification program requires a term of relevant practical experience. This page will provide general information about practical experience and provide links to more detailed information since practical experience is administered by the provincial CPA bodies.
• Scholarships and Bursaries
• Grants and Loans

Non-IFAC members are assessed based on their degree. You should follow the enrollment steps listed under Applicants with a non-Canadian degree.

A Canadian degree is defined as a recognized Applied degree, Bachelor’s [undergraduate] degree, and/or a Master’s [graduate] degree in any field of study from a Canadian post-secondary institution.

Enrollment Information & Steps if you are this applicant type

Getting Started Guide - Applicants with a Canadian degree

The guide includes detailed information and step by step instructions to:

• Request and pay for a CPAWSB transcript assessment
• Have official transcripts and documents submitted for the transcript assessment
  • Including how use and understand the Document Checklist
• Review and understand your transcript assessment results
• Apply as a temporary resident – residency requirements
• Understand the basics of CPA Practical Experience Requirements (PER)
• Get assistance and answers to your questions | Who to Contact

Requesting a Transcript Assessment and FAQs

Exceptions:

• If you are an applicant who has graduated or will soon graduate from a CPA-accredited program, you should not request a transcript assessment. You should just submit a CPA PEP admission application. After your admission application is approved, you will be required to submit an official undergraduate degree transcript which includes the date the degree was awarded, to be eligible to receive advanced standing.

• If you are an applicant who is a post-secondary student enrolled in an approved co-op program or working as a summer student and you are seeking only to report practical experience at this time, you should not request a transcript assessment. You should just submit a CPA PEP admission application. A transcript assessment will be required once you are close to graduating and ready to participate in CPA PEP Core 1.

Additional Resources:

• Transfer Credit Information
  -This will be useful for applicants with a Canadian degree if they have taken or if they are planning to take prerequisite courses at a recognized Western Canadian post-secondary institution
• CPA preparatory course Resource Center
  -This will be useful if, as an applicant with a Canadian degree, you are planning to take any required outstanding prerequisite courses through the CPA preparatory courses. The Resource Corner is a great source to prepare for the CPA preparatory courses.
• CPA Harmonized Education Policies (HEP)
  -For CPA PEP (Vol. 1) and CPA preparatory courses (Vol. 2)
• Practical Experience Information
  -In addition to completing CPA PEP and the common final examination (CFE), the CPA certification program requires a term of relevant practical experience. This page will provide general information about practical experience and provide links to more detailed information since practical experience is administered by the provincial CPA bodies.
• Scholarships and Bursaries
• Grants and Loans

A non-Canadian degree is defined as equivalent to a 3 or 4 year Canadian degree; determined by a WES third-party assessment or recognized equivalent third-party assessment)

Enrollment Information & Steps if you are this applicant type:

• Getting Started Guide - Applicants with a non-Canadian degree
  The guide includes detailed information and step by step instructions to
  - Request and pay for a CPAWSB transcript assessment
  - Have official transcripts and documents submitted for the transcript assessment
    • Including how use and understand the Document Checklist
  - Review and understand your transcript assessment results
  - Apply as a temporary resident – residency requirements
  - Understand the basics of CPA Practical Experience Requirements (PER)
  - Get assistance and answers to your questions | Who to Contact
• Requesting a Transcript Assessment and FAQs
  -Note: As an applicant with a non-Canadian degree, a transcript assessment is required. In addition to the Getting Started Guide above, this page will provide further details about requesting a transcript assessment.
• World Education Services (WES) - Requesting a 3^rd-party assessment
• Information for International Applicants
  -Info about CPA PEP
  -Info about Residency and Study Permits
  -Info about Language Benchmarking

Additional Resources:

Applicants with non-Canadian degrees will usually be required to take one or more prerequisite courses before being able to enter CPA PEP. The CPA transcript assessment will indicate which prerequisites, if any, you will be required to complete. You can complete outstanding prerequisite courses through CPA preparatory courses offered by CPAWSB or through equivalent courses at a recognized post-secondary institution.

• Transfer Credit Information
  -This will be useful if as an applicant with a non-Canadian degree you have taken or you are planning to take prerequisite courses at a recognized Western Canadian post-secondary institution.
• CPA preparatory course Resource Center
  -This will be useful if, as an applicant with a non-Canadian degree, you are planning to take any required outstanding prerequisite courses through the CPA preparatory courses. The Resource Corner is a great source to prepare for the CPA preparatory courses.
• CPA Harmonized Education Policies (HEP)
  -For CPA PEP (Vol. 1) and CPA preparatory courses (Vol. 2)
• Practical Experience Information
  -In addition to completing CPA PEP and the common final examination (CFE), the CPA certification program requires a term of relevant practical experience. This page will provide general information about practical experience and provide links to more detailed information since practical experience is administered by the provincial CPA bodies.
• Scholarships and Bursaries
• Grants and Loans

This is referred to as applying with ‘Mature Status’ (Note: it has nothing to do with the age of the applicant; it refers to the applicant having no degree but possibly adequate experience)

Enrollment Information & Steps if you are this applicant type:

• Mature Entrants Enrollment Information
• Requesting a Transcript Assessment and FAQs
  -Note: As an applicant with NO degree, but at least 8 years of relevant and applicable experience, a transcript assessment is required. In addition to the enrollment information above, this page will provide further details about requesting a transcript assessment.

Additional Resources:

• Experience Verification Form
• CPA Harmonized Education Policies (HEP)
  -For CPA PEP (Vol. 1) and CPA preparatory courses (Vol. 2)
• Practical Experience Information
  -In addition to completing CPA PEP and the common final examination (CFE), the CPA certification program requires a term of relevant practical experience. This page will provide general information about practical experience and provide links to more detailed information since practical experience is administered by the provincial CPA bodies.
• Scholarships and Bursaries
• Grants and Loans