Exposed to Covid positive contact 14 days before CFA exam day

Question

The CFAI covid procedures states - If you have been exposed to someone diagnosed with COVID-19 in the 14 days leading up to your exam appointment you must not report to the test center on your exam day. Instead, contact us for more information.

One of my friends tested positive today and my exam is in July within 14 days of his test result. (I am not having any symptoms yet)

I am writing a mail to CFAI about this, but since they will take a long time to reply, I wanted to ask a few things here.

Would I be deferred to another window?

Do I need to provide any documents?

What to do if CFAI doesn't reply before my exam date?

Thanks!

Zee Tan · Accepted Answer

Yes, you should be deferred to another exam window.
 	It's not clear whether proof is required, since it would be tricky to prove that you were in contact with them. But I would try to gather as much evidence proving your friend's positive test result and any proof that shows you were exposed to your friend.
 	CFA Institute may not reply before your exam date so we do have to trust them to sort it out 😕

Good luck, and let us know how it turns out?

Zee Tan · Answer

There are a few options you have:

Wait for CFA Institute to reply to you, and defer your exam under the "14 days exposed to Covid" exception.
 	Test yourself the day before the exam, if it comes out negative and it's the end of your self-isolation period, you should be good to go for the exam.
 	If you test positive, don't show up but send your positive test result to CFA Institute and request a deferral.

Alternatively, as @appendix says, you could try calling them directly to request for a deferral.

Hope that helps, let me know how it turns out!

S_4 · Answer

No options for nov 2021 ?