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From CICA website

2)Members of Non-Recognized Accounting Bodies

The International Qualifications Appraisal Board (IQAB) has determined that programs offered by non-recognized accounting bodies are not substantially equivalent to the qualification program offered by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario.

However, all members of the non-recognized accounting bodies are granted exemption from

* the university degree requirement, if a degree is not held;

* 48 credit hours (16 courses) of the 51credit hours (17 courses) of prescribed university degree-credit courses (exemption from the three credit-hour, one course, requirement in Canadian business law is not automatically granted to such applicants); and

* the 5 day Staff Training Program.



The Institutes Applications Committee may, following assessment of your previous education, professional qualifications and accounting experience, grant

* additional exemption from any of the other education or examination requirements of the Institute, except for the Uniform Evaluation (UFE); and/or

* exemption from or reduction of the practical experience requirements of the Institute.

Such additional exemptions may include one or more of the following

* some or all of the practical experience requirements;
* the three credit-hour requirement in Canadian business law;
* the Core-Knowledge Examination (CKE);
* the School of Accountancy.


However, exemptions granted would not include exemption from the Uniform Evaluation (UFE), the Institutes final examination for qualification for admission to membership.


The Non-Recognized Accounting Bodies are

The Institutes of Chartered Accountants of

* India
* Pakistan
* Sri Lanka
* Zimbabwe


The Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants

The Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (United Kingdom, ACCA)

US state boards of accountancy that have not adopted the 150 hour education requirement or who require Canadian CAs to write the Uniform CPA Examination as a condition of membership.