Dave this is a very entertaining debate....... I believe you are correct on the first part but I was told you only add 2 years to your expiration, and writtens only extend 2 years from that date when taken within the 2 year window. So you can't extend out 10 years, only 4..... so I was told.....
On Jul 19, 2010, at 12:04 PM, Dave Craddock wrote: > You need to take and pass a written within 24 months but not with the first 6 > months of getting a lab or written pass. So if you take a written every 7 > months you keep adding 2 years to your cert :-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeffrey Lefkowitz [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 19 July 2010 16:55 > To: Dave Craddock > Cc: Marko Milivojevic; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_Security] Recertification Question > > So do we know the reality of it all. Is it every 24 months or within 24 > months of expiration? I am going to open a case with the Cisco certification > team just to be 100% sure. I have heard both and it is truly confusing. The > every 24 months thing seems to be in question as i took a security written in > 2007, which got me to 2010 and then another one in 2008 which got me to 2012. > > > My history makes it seem like within 24 months of expiration, but the > documentation seems like every 24 months. > > On Jul 19, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Dave Craddock wrote: > >> Recertification Deadline >> *Your recertification deadline can be viewed online anytime (with login) at >> Certification Status. >> *Subsequent recertification deadlines are always based on your original >> certification date, not on when you took your last recertification exam. >> Recertification Details >> *To maintain active status, every 24 months CCIEs are required to pass one >> of the following: any CCIE written exam of their choosing, a CCIE lab exam, >> or either of the CCDE exams. >> *CCIE certification automatically extends other Cisco Career Certifications, >> such as CCNP or CCNA. >> *Candidates can only apply one passed written exam towards recertification >> for every 24 month recertification period. >> *Candidates must wait five calendar days between attempts at the written >> exam. >> *Certification candidates are responsible for keeping track of their >> certification expiration dates. Please plan your recertification >> accordingly. If your CCIE recertification requirements are not completed on >> or before the certification's expiration date, your CCIE certification will >> be suspended for one year. Candidates have one year to recertify their CCIE >> certification by passing the required written exam. If a candidate does not >> recertify prior to the one year suspension period, all CCIE certification >> requirements must be completed again to obtain the certification (pass both >> the written exam and the lab exam.) >> *Be sure to use the same ID number you were assigned for your original >> qualification exam to ensure your profile is updated accurately. If you have >> any questions about which ID number to use, contact CCIE support. >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeffrey >> Lefkowitz >> Sent: 19 July 2010 16:24 >> To: Marko Milivojevic >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_Security] Recertification Question >> >> Thanks for the advice, I was thinking that as well but want to give myself a >> few chance to retake it just in case, and with travel schedules and the 5 >> day wait period between attempts, will only have 3 chances, if I start on >> the 24th. >> >> Thanks again. >> >> On Jul 19, 2010, at 11:19 AM, Marko Milivojevic wrote: >> >>> If it's within 2 years, they you're good to go. You may need to >>> "argue" with cert support, but in my experience that is not an issue. >>> It's not "2 years minus two days". 24th is after 23rd, and in the >>> 2-year period. I think you'll be fine. >>> >>> Then again, you always have the option of posponing the written by a >>> week and make 100% certain. >>> >>> [ if you only knew what kind of mess I have with my recert - not even >>> cert support knows if my CCDE writtenrecertified me or not ;-) ] >>> >>> -- >>> Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 >>> Senior Technical Instructor - IPexpert >>> >>> YES! We include 400 hours of REAL rack >>> time with our Blended Learning Solution! >>> >>> Mailto: [email protected] >>> Telephone: +1.810.326.1444 >>> Fax: +1.810.454.0130 >>> Web: http://www.ipexpert.com/ >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 14:13, Jeffrey Lefkowitz <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> Ok so seems like a stupid question but don't really want to waste any time. >>>> >>>> I am already an R&S CCIE but want to take the Security lab so I will use >>>> the written for security to re-certify. >>>> >>>> I know its within 2 years but it is exactly 2 years from expiration. Mine >>>> expires on the 23rd of July in 2012, so technically the 24 of July 2010 is >>>> within 2 years, right? Would just hate to spend the money and time to >>>> take the test and be told 'you needed to wait until the 26th' or something. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please >>>> visit www.ipexpert.com >>>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please >> visit www.ipexpert.com > _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com
