I have emailed info at lpi.org a few times over the last month as well as went to the lpi web page, http://www.lpi.org/contact/ and sent messages from there but never received any replies back to my questions. I finally located this thread and received a answer.
From: rbrun...@lpi.org Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:12:30 -0600 To: lpi-discuss@lpi.org Subject: Re: [lpi-discuss] FAQ :- Do LPI certifications expire? Alex, The way it works is that whatever the date you last achieved any of the LPIC certifications is the date you need to base this on. For example, if you took and passed both the LPIC-2 exams almost 5 years ago, as long as you take either a) the two LPIC-2 exams again, or b) an LPIC-3 exam, you will be brought up to current and will have 5 more years before you need to recertify. If you have only taken 1 of the 2 exams that are needed to achieve the LPIC-2, you MUST take the 2nd one before your certification status expires in order to keep current. There's a great FAQ section on the site about this: http://www.lpi.org/linux-certifications/faq If all else fails, please send an email to "i...@lpi.org" and Customer Service will do thier best to answer your question and help you out! Ross -- Ross BrunsonDirector of Member Services Linux Professional Instituteem: rbrun...@lpi.org sk: rossbrunsonph: 916.304.2112 On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Chris Andrews <candrew...@hotmail.com> wrote: Hi. I'm trying to find out if I can still take the 202 exam. I passed exam 201 towards the LPIC2 on Dec 2010 (approx 3yrs & 4 months ago) and I received the LPIC1 on Feb 2009 (5 yrs ago). I see that exams stay current for 5 yrs. The requirements web pg states that you need LPIC1 as prereq for LPIC2. My question is, Can I take the 202 exam and receive the LPIC 2? I have been progressing under assumption that as long as I kept taking an exam(s)within 5 year period that would keep things current to continue to progress with the next exam in the sequence; 101, 102, 201, 202, 301 ... 3. Is this correct? I am hoping because I completed the LPI 201 exam 3 years ago in Dec 2010, that this keep me current and allows me to continue to progress and that I can take the 202 to receive the LPIC2, please confirm thank you > From: al...@rosedu.org > Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 18:01:24 +0200 > To: lpi-discuss@lpi.org > Subject: Re: [lpi-discuss] FAQ :- Do LPI certifications expire? > > On 28 December 2013 01:53, Anselm Lingnau <anselm.ling...@linupfront.de> > wrote: > > Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > > > >> Can someone please help me understand recertification process? > > > > First of all, LPI certifications don't expire – or at least they don't > > expire > > like some other certifications do, as in »the certification organisation > > will > > forget that you ever existed«. > > I beg to differ on that. > > My experience with other certification providers is the same as with LPI. > Nobody will tell you that after $TIMEOUT years, it's like you never > passed the exams. They will say that you were certified many years > ago. > > > > > What does happen is that five years after you gained an LPI certificate, the > > status of that certificate in LPI's database is set to »inactive«. The > > reasoning behind this is that if LPI hasn't heard from you in five years, > > your > > Linux admin skills may have become a bit rusty (Linux being the moving > > target > > that it is). However, the fact that you did pass the certificate at some > > point > > will stay on record forever. (Both your certificate and your little LPIC > > card > > give the date of your certification, so if you're presenting a 2005-vintage > > certificate when applying for a job in 2014, your prospective employer may > > be > > less than impressed, but may still be more impressed than they would be if > > you > > had no certificate to show at all. Your employer *will* be able to check > > your > > certificate against LPI's alumni database, though, which would not work with > > certificates from various other vendors and their respective alumni > > databases.) > > > > You can prevent your certificate from becoming »inactive« by > > »re-certifying«, > > which means either re-taking (just) the exams that led to that > > certification, > > or else obtaining a higher-level certificate. Whenever you pass the > > appropriate exams to gain an LPI certificate, the five-year clock will start > > for that certificate and all active »lesser« LPI certificates that you hold. > > > > By way of example, let's assume Alice passed the LPI-101 and LPI-102 exams > > on > > 23 April, 2009, to gain her LPIC-1 certificate. That certificate will become > > inactive on 23 April, 2014, unless Alice either re-passes LPI-101 and > > LPI-102 > > or else passes LPI-201 and LPI-202 to gain an LPIC-2 certificate before that > > date. If Alice passes LPI-201 and LPI-202 on 21 April, 2014 then the clock > > will be started again for both her LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 certificates, and she > > will have to re-certify before 21 April, 2019, either by re-passing LPI-201 > > and LPI-202 or else passing any of the LPIC-3 speciality exams to gain an > > LPIC-3 certificate, at which time the clock will be restarted for her LPIC-2 > > and LPIC-1 exams too. (Note that Alice will NOT have to re-take LPI-101 and > > LPI-102 to re-certify at LPIC-2 level between 21 April 2014 and 21 April > > 2019.) > > > > It is a bit unclear (at least to me) what will happen with the LPIC-3 > > speciality exams. Presumably, given that there are no higher-level > > certifications you could take, you will have to re-certify by re-taking the > > exam in question. Maybe someone from LPI can clarify what the current policy > > is. > > > > Don't worry too much about the two-year thing. This is a recommendation > > based > > on the (debatable) assumption that either Linux or the LPI exams will have > > changed enough within two years that it would make sense to re-certify just > > to > > document that your Linux knowledge is very current indeed. My personal take > > is > > that regardless of what happens with Linux itself, it generally takes > > somewhat > > more than two years for the LPI exam objectives to be updated to account for > > any intervening important changes to Linux, and so if you want to be > > maximally > > up-to-date it would make sense to track new versions of the exams and re- > > certify either when there are actual interesting-looking changes to the exam > > objectives of your highest-level LPI certificate, or when 4 years and 11 > > months have elapsed since your last exam for that certificate, whichever > > occurs earlier. > > > > Finally, there has been some exploratory discussion regarding > > re-certification > > methods other than the re-taking of exams (which would be interesting at the > > LPIC-3 level in particular). This might include mentoring other LPIC > > candidates, taking part in discussions on LPI social networking sites, > > submitting records of relevant professional experience, or otherwise > > convincing LPI that you are still around and active. No concrete proposals > > have however been put forward as yet (that I am aware of). > > > > Anselm > > (Not speaking for my employer.) > > -- > > Anselm Lingnau ... Linup Front GmbH ... 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