Good news for international CPA exam candidates, especially for those from Japan!
News from Roger CPA Review Blog has revealed that AICPA is finalizing a deal to allow 4 exam sites in Japan to offer CPA exam. Specially, the site will be in Tokyo (2 locations), Osaka and Yokohama. This will be the first ever exam site outside the US jurisdiction.
When Will The Japanese Sites Be Ready?
This new arrangement will be tested in Japan only as well as 4 middle east countries during the second window of each quarter (i.e. Feb, May, Aug and Nov), with the earliest possible date in May 2011, currently scheduled to roll out in August 2011.
I Live In Hong Kong. Can I Fly To Japan And Take The Exam?
Nothing is final, but The exam will likely be open only to legal residents of Japan and US Citizens working abroad. In other words, other international candidates (with a tourist / transit visa to Japan) will not be allowed to sit for the exam there.
I Thought Canada (or India) Should Be The First One… Why Japan?
AICPA has listed 4 criteria that they use to come up with Japan and 4 other countries with this “privilege”. Please refer to this introductory page on CPA exam international locations for details.
Is There Anything I Should Be Aware Of?
Yes. There are preconditions that you must commit to when you choose to take the exam in Japan:
- The candidate has to be licensed within 3 years
- Some of the states do not participate in this new program and you can get the list of participating states from the link above.
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hi, thanks for great article! I’m a Korean residing in the Philippines, but I will be studying in Japan for an exchange student from this April. I’ll be holding a student visa. Do I qualify for the CPA, Japan? I’d like to study right away, but I still don’t get any information on CPA test in Japan.
And if i’m qualified to take the test in Japan, I’m thinking to get CPA for Vermont, which doesn’t require graduate degree (I’m still a 3rd year collge student) then transfer my scores after graduating to NY or CAL. Is tranferring a hard process for foreigners? thank you so much!
Hi Daisy,
We will have to check with the final rules, but looks like the Japan site is open only to Japan nationals and US citizens (and probably residents) living in Japan. So sorry, likely not working out for you in this regard…
Transferring exam credit is a hassle so I won’t recommend it unless it has a very valid reason. Anyway, they have closed loopholes such as this already. You can check out this page for international candidates and see if it is of any help. Stephanie
Dear all,
Many thanks for taking the time to leave your comments here.
In order to streamline and improve the response time, I would like to redirect your questions to these pages:
1. For state specific questions (including whether specific state’ licensing rules):
Please go to CPA exam requirements by state, click on the state you are interested in, and add a comment there.
2. For general questions from international candidates:
Please check out this page written for you first, and click away / leave comments from there!
Finally, if you have a questions specifically on CPA exam sites in Japan, then please scroll back up and find the heading “Your comments are most welcome” and drop a note for me there. Thanks!
Stephanie