Part I Exam Registration and Scheduling
How to Register for Your Exam
To get started, login to the ABFAS website with your ABFAS username and password. If you have forgotten your username or password, you will find assistance on the same page.
After you have signed in, click on “Step 1: Register for an Exam” on the left-hand side and follow the steps to select and pay for your exam. You will then be registered for your exam and able to schedule your exam with Pearson VUE.
If you are logging in by smartphone or tablet, you will find “Register for an Exam” under the Account Overview heading.
For additional registration instructions, click here.
Exam Windows
Effective for Spring 2025 exam registration, any eligible candidate may register for any exam window (Spring or Fall). Please contact ABFAS at 415-553-7800 or info@abfas.org with questions about exam eligibility or if you are unable to register for eligible exams through your ABFAS profile.
NEW CBPS for Board-qualified Candidates
Candidates who became ABFAS Board Qualified before 2020 and did not previously fulfill the Part II CBPS Examination Requirement must take the NEW CBPS Examination. The Part II CBPS Examination is no longer offered and is superseded by the NEW CBPS
Examination.
How to Schedule Your Exam
To schedule your exam(s), sign into your abfas.org profile, then click the "STEP 2: Schedule/View Exam with Pearson VUE" button under Account Overview, which will bring you to the Pearson VUE scheduling web page.
Read these detailed ABFAS scheduling instructions.
Rescheduling
You may reschedule examinations as long as there is examination seat availability at a Pearson VUE Professional Center. Typically, examination seats fill quickly, and rescheduling becomes difficult about 30 days before examination day. You can reschedule examinations any time up to 24 hours before examination day. The process to reschedule is the same as scheduling. Sign in to the ABFAS website, and click on the “Step 2: Schedule/View Examination with Pearson VUE” button to begin the process. There is no fee to reschedule.
Withdrawal and Refund Policy
Withdrawal Timeframe Policy
Full examination fee refund. Application fee non-refundable.
Examination fee refund less late withdrawal fee. Application fee non-refundable.
No examination fee refund. Application fee non-refundable.
Please do not cancel your exam through PearsonVue, all exam withdraw requests must be submitted in writing and emailed to scheduling@abfas.org