LAIM Candidate Timeline & Fees

2025-2026

Associated Fees

Candidate registration: $335

General Exam: $1015 new / $695 retake

Credentials: $610

Specialty Exam: $1,495 new / $1,095 retake

 

Credentialing & Examination Timeline
 

DateEvent
7/1/2025

LAIM Credentials submission deadline (for 2026 Specialty Exam)
(Credentials submission and acceptance is a prerequisite for the Specialty Exam) 

LAIM Residency Training Overview Forms due 
(Only applies to candidates who have not already submitted credentials and are not planning to by 7/1/25)

8/30/2025LAIM Credentials results available
10/1/2025

2026 General Examination registration deadline 

2026 LAIM Specialty Examination registration deadline 
(Must have submitted Credentials and received an accepted result prior to registration)

11/26/20252026 LAIM Specialty Examination cancellation deadline for full refund
12/26/20262026 LAIM Specialty Examination cancellation deadline for partial refund
1/26/2026 – 1/28/20262026 LAIM Specialty Examination administration window
3/4/20262026 General Examination cancellation deadline for full refund
3/13/20262026 LAIM Specialty Examination results available
4/3/20262026 General Examination cancellation deadline for partial refund
5/4/2026 – 5/6/20262026 General Examination administration window
6/19/20262026 General Examination results available
7/1/2026LAIM Credentials submission deadline* (for the 2027 Specialty Examination)
(Credentials submission and acceptance is a prerequisite for the Specialty Exam) 
*2026-2027 fees will be posted in early 2026

NOTE: Clinical writing assessments (CWAs) may be submitted at any point during the year after they are deemed ready by the writing mentor. CWAs will be processed on the first day of the next processing period and Progress Letters will be posted on the last day of that month.


For questions regarding online registration and submission, please contact Certification@ACVIM.org.