does anyone know when we are officially allowed to use the designation? Passed the exam, have been accepted into the global/lobal society, submitted my PCS and JUST paid dues. I’m assuming payment hasn’t been processed yet since I do not show up in the directory, but do we get any sort of official notice when we are able to use designation?
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One tangential question I have is: between passing L3 and getting your charter, what is the proper way to refer to your participation in the program? Are we still L3 candidates until we get our charter? Is there a special term for our status?
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You are no longer a Level 3 candidate.
For now, you can only state that you passed the CFA Level 3 exam.
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I Have the same question, I have been approved in the membership and also in the CFA Society, dont have any guidance on when can I use the CFA designation
CFA designation can be used by charterholders when the dues have been paid to the CFA Institute and when you are not subject to any Professional Conduct violations. Further more make sure that your rights to use the CFA designation have not been suspended or cancelled.
When they send you an email and explicitly tell you: “You may use the highly regarded CFA designation”.
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You are not a candidate unless you are registered for an exam. You could refer to it as “CFA L3 passed”.
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I got the email just last night, what a feeling!
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Same here. I was so freaking happy lol. They approved my application in 1.5 days!!! It is funny, because their reference form was not delivered to my boss’s corporate email. I sent them about it, and kept waiting for 10 days for their response, no word! Then I got bored and used his personal email instead, and once I did and submitted all references, they directly approved it… AND I still have not received a response on my email query ! Thank god I didn’t keep waiting!
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