These have become very obvious questions nowadays for aspirants that what is the expiry date of CCNA and how it is renewed?
Well, like every other thing, Cisco certification too needs time to time renewal or recertification so that it remains always updated with new technologies coming in the market. It also proves one’s capability in terms of track knowledge, which includes both theoretically and practically. If one gets successful in clearing the exam of any certification like CCNA, CCCNP, or CCIE, the Cisco certification of that person automatically gets renewed and extended for the coming time, too. The merit of the same or high level of Cisco certification is that it helps one in proving his or her subject knowledge while proving plenty of knowledge of the lower level certification.
The time span of the validity of the CCNA Certification by Cisco is of 3 years. Simply putting one’s CCNA Certification is known to be valid for 3 years from the date of passing the Cisco certified CCNA online exam. However, one can extend or renew the certification as per his or his wish or comfort to save it from getting expired.
The procedure of recertification or getting it renewed is a little tricky task as to recertify or renew one’s Cisco CCNA certification he/she must clear/complete one of the below-mentioned exams before the expiry day comes closer or ends
In order to get your CCNA to recertify/ renew or extend ones CCNA certification with taking help of CCNP Certification and for this one must clear one of the below-mentioned exams before the expiration date expires:
If one wants to renew, recertify, or extend one’s Cisco CCNA Certification with the help of CCIE or Expert level Certification, then the following points are necessary to be kept in mind:
Apart from the options mentioned above, one can also make a decision of passing any current CCDE Written Exam or any current CCDE Practical Exam or Pass the Cisco Certified Architect (CCAr) interview and the CCAr board review to expand lower certifications. To sum up, in order to get your Cisco renewed with CCNA Certification one needs to pass or clear a higher level certification (or equivalent certification exam except for ICND1 n ICND2) which automatically get your CCNA certification extended to the date of expiry of the higher level of Cisco certification. For example, if an individual has a year left for his CCNA Security certification to expire and he/she clears CCIE Security examination, then both the certifications will be valid till the actual date of expiry of the CCIE Security Certification, i.e., the higher level of certification.