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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS

The next FCICE examination to be administered is the Phase One Written Examination in 2012. For the first time, the NCSC has subcontracted with Prometric, Inc. for the administration of the FCICE examination by computer. After registering at this website, successful registrants will be provided the information necessary to contact Prometric to schedule a written exam at one of its many convenient testing locations around the country.

Registration period: Register for the written examination between April 16 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time and June 1 at 5 p.m. Eastern time. You must register during the open registration period.

Testing window: Once you have successfully registered for the examination during open registration, you will be provided the contact information necessary to schedule your written examination with Prometric during a two-week testing window: August 6 through August 13 (Monday through Friday only).

Prometric has over 250 testing locations for your scheduling convenience.

PROGRAM MAILINGS TO END -- WHITELIST OUR EMAIL ADDRESS

The FCICE program will discontinue the practice of mailing admission letters, score reports, and other important information to candidates, effective January 1, 2013. To ensure that the email we send you ends up in your inbox and isn’t mistakenly sent to the junk or spam folder, please whitelist our email address, which is fcice@ncsc.org. If you don’t know how to whitelist our email address, read through the instructions provided on how to whitelist us with AOL, Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, Outlook, Apple Mail, and more.

Even if your ISP or email program is not listed, with these instructions you should be able to figure out how to whitelist our email address. If you find email from fcice@ncsc.org in your spam or junk folder, please take that opportunity to tell your mail program that it is not spam by hitting the “not spam,” “not junk,” or other similar button, training your program to whitelist it.


The National Center for State Courts is contractor to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts for the development and administration of the Spanish/English Federal Court Interpreter Certification Examination.  

Special information for veterans: The Federal Court Interpreter Certification Examination has been approved for Department of Veterans Affairs reimbursement.