By Rahul Choudhary · Founder, IndiaSchool AI Pvt Ltd
The online form for the January 2027 CA Foundation and Intermediate exams opens on the Self Service Portal on 3 November. Here are the deadlines, the fees, the late fee and the correction window.
ICAI's exam form for the January 2027 CA Foundation and Intermediate examinations opens on 3 November 2026 at 10 AM on the Self Service Portal (eservices.icai.org). The last date without late fee is 16 November, with a late fee you can apply until 19 November, and a short correction window follows on 20 to 22 November. The notice is dated 23 September 2026.
| Step | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Form opens | 3 November 2026 | 10:00 AM |
| Last date, no late fee | 16 November 2026 | 11:59 PM |
| Last date, with late fee | 19 November 2026 | 11:59 PM |
| Correction window | 20 to 22 November 2026 | 10:00 AM on 20th to 11:59 PM on 22nd |
This is the exam form for candidates already registered for the course, not the initial course registration. Our earlier guide to the January 2027 exam dates noted that the form window was not yet confirmed; it now is, in the 23 September notice as reproduced and reported by the sources listed below.
Fees depend on the level, how many groups you take and where you sit. For centres in India, the amounts reported from the ICAI notice are below; the late fee is an extra Rs 600 for 17 to 19 November.
| Examination | Fee (India) | With late fee (India) |
|---|---|---|
| CA Foundation | Rs 1,500 | Rs 2,100 |
| CA Intermediate, one group | Rs 1,500 | Rs 2,100 |
| CA Intermediate, both groups | Rs 2,700 | Rs 3,300 |
For overseas centres, the reported fees are Rs 2,200 (Foundation or one Intermediate group) and Rs 3,400 (both groups) at Kathmandu, and US$325 and US$500 respectively at Bahrain and Dubai. The late fee is Rs 600 at Indian and Kathmandu centres and US$10 at other overseas centres. The “with late fee” totals above are our own addition of the two reported amounts.
Check your level, group or groups, exam city and medium before you pay. The correction window on 20 to 22 November is reported for changing details like the exam city or medium, but the notice, not this page, decides exactly which fields it covers, and paying a late fee is avoidable if you file by 16 November.
Filing early leaves room to fix a mistake before the late-fee window. Save the acknowledgement once the form is submitted. After the form, the exam dates in the same notice series are 2 to 12 January for Intermediate and 3 to 9 January for Foundation, as covered in our exam dates guide.
ICAI's BoS announcements page (checked 30 October 2026) lists mock test paper Series I and II notices for Intermediate (14 October) and Foundation (21 October) for the January 2027 attempt, but the exam form itself is an examination-department notice and does not appear in that list. Admit card timing and result dates have not been announced in anything we verified, so treat any date you see for those as an estimate. Our guide to the September 2026 exam form shows how the late-fee window worked last cycle.
Sources: ICAI examination notice dated 23 September 2026 for the January 2027 Foundation and Intermediate exam forms, as reproduced in full by TaxGuru and cross-checked against reports from Taxscan, CAclubindia (both 12 October 2026) and a coaching institute's summary, all of which agree on the dates and fees. ICAI's BoS announcements page (boslive.icai.org) was checked for the mock test paper notices. We could not open the notice on icai.org directly during our checks. CA Grader is not affiliated with ICAI. Verify dates and fees on icai.org and eservices.icai.org before relying on them, since ICAI can revise schedules by announcement.
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