Need Help

tristanphan

I just passed my A+ they asked me to wait for 5 business days before they send me the Certification&CompTIA Logo through email. Today I got it, and followed the steps, i downloaded the Certification and planned to go print it out tomorrow. My question is, I accidentally signed up for the CE, now it's showing that I need to pay 25$bucks (Continue Education Units) Annual CE Maintenance Fee Due: $25.003 Year CE Maintenance Fee Remaining Balance: $75.00


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CE Annual Fee (A+)
$25.00



And when I clicked on History, it showed this.

Continuing Education Code of Ethics Agreement

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CompTIA CE Program Policy Agreement
2014-Feb-01
2015-Feb-01




Why it already gave an expiration day and it's in 2015? I thought it should be 2017 because i passed on 2014.

But in the Certification it says "This Certification is valid through 2017" ect..

So my question is, what should i do? Should i pay that 25$? Or just print out my Certification and use it like nothing happened?

SephStorm

The $25 fee is payable yearly ($75 total), you can pay the first payment now, or later. The agreement must also be signed yearly as well. It seems like even though its a 3 year period, its really just a one year period....

So the way it works is this, pay your fees and sign the agreement yearly and you have 3 years to get CEU's.

tristanphan

Is that how everyone does the same? You have to pay 25$ to get certified? That's strange.

But i just passed A+, i thought i have 3 years before i need to pay. I'm confused.

ande0255

What is the $25 for? To receive a physical cert or to keep a certified status? Don't you just pay the exam price and that is it?

SephStorm

CompTIA Continuing Education Program

you are confused, technically you do not have to pay the first year's CE dues to get certified, or to receive a certificate.

In order to stay certified, you must pay $25 every year, and get CE qualified events/certs.

tristanphan

But i just got the Certification last week which means it's expired in 2017 correct? It's just bugging me, i know i can leave that 25$ fees alone because my Certification shows it's valid through 2017.

SephStorm

It does expire in 2017, however, I know you are required to pay the $25 fee every year, I do not know what happens if you do not.

wikiget

SephStorm wrote: »

It does expire in 2017, however, I know you are required to pay the $25 fee every year, I do not know what happens if you do not.

They charge you $50 next year (one for this year and one for the next).

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You are certified until 2017. Go ahead and print out your cert. The only thing you cannot do is report CEUs until you pay the money to COMPTIA and agree to their terms.

tristanphan

That means you have to pay in order to get yourself certified? Because I still have 3 more years before my cert expires.

pram

The CE fees are just to renew your certs without having to take the test again. You don't need to pay them if you intend on just taking the A+ again or Net+/Security+ in 3 years or whatever.

pram

It's explained here:

CompTIA Continuing Education Program

[h=3]Renewing Multiple Certifications[/h]Some higher-level CompTIA certifications will automatically renew lower-level certifications (shown in their respective order, highest-level to lowest-level, below.) CompTIA Mobility+ and CompTIA Cloud+ do not automatically renew other certifications.

• CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner
• CompTIA Storage+
• CompTIA Security+
• CompTIA Network+
• CompTIA A+

If you plan on taking a higher-level CompTIA certification to fulfill your renewal requirements, no CE maintenance fees are required.