Postponement

Candidates may request the postponement of an examination for a fee if they are unable to attend for justified reasons. Requests must be submitted to the local examination site using the appropriate form available on the website of the Examination Centre.

Submitting the form does not automatically guarantee rescheduling. Candidates must explain their reasons in detail and provide supporting documents (e.g. medical certificate, official declaration, military or police document, or death certificate). Personal or family reasons may also be considered.

If approved, the examination may be postponed to the next examination session. A rescheduled examination cannot be postponed again.

Only the originally registered exam type may be postponed. Candidates registered for a complex exam may postpone only the full complex exam. Candidates registered for modular examinations may postpone only the modules they originally registered for, and these modules must be postponed together. Individual modules cannot be postponed separately.

Example: If a candidate registered for the Reading, Listening, and Speaking modules, all three modules will be rescheduled together.

The deadline for submitting a postponement request is 10 days after the original examination date.

General procedure step-by-step

  1. The candidate completes the Request for Exam Postponement form.
  2. The form must be submitted, together with the supporting documents, to the local exam centre where the examination was taken: https://eclexam.eu/exam-sites/.
  3. The local exam centre has the right to accept or reject the request based on the submitted documents.
  4. If the request is accepted, the candidate will be informed about the fee and the payment deadline.