CA Foundation Result: When ICAI Declares It and What to Do Next

ICAI had not announced a date as of 24 October 2026. That day was 45 days after the last Foundation paper on 9 September 2026 (Careers360 exam schedule). The last three results arrived after 42 to 44 days. The 22 October 2026 item on ICAI's announcements page is the Intermediate result, not Foundation.

This is our count. We took the date of the last Foundation paper and the date of the result, and counted the days between them. The sources are:

• last papers: theaccountant-online for September 2025, Business Standard for January 2026 and Careers360 for May 2026;
• results: Business Standard for 3 November 2025, ICAI for 8 March 2026 and ICAI for 3 July 2026.

Three sittings are a thin sample, so a rumoured date is worth nothing until ICAI posts a notice.

ICAI gives notice before it declares. For May 2026 it posted on 24 June for a result "by the afternoon of 3rd July 2026", nine days ahead. For January 2026 it posted on 2 March for 8 March, six days ahead. Our inference from those two notices: a Foundation result before about 30 October would be unusual, and the day the notice appears is the day to start counting.

Check it on the ICAI results site using the link in ICAI's own result notice, with your registration number and roll number. ICAI's notices have named different addresses, so follow the one in the current notice and ignore any site that asks for anything else.

The January 2026 notice pointed to icai.nic.in/caresult/, and the May 2026 notice pointed to caresults.icai.org. Both asked for the registration number and the roll number (ICAI, March 2026; ICAI, June 2026). Keep both numbers from your admit card ready before the notice appears.

You pass with at least 40 marks in each of the four papers and at least 200 out of 400 in total, both in the same sitting. ICAI's wording is that a candidate passes if they obtain "at one sitting a minimum of 40% marks in each paper and a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate" (ICAI, About the Foundation Course). A total of 200 with 38 in one paper is a fail. A 40 in one paper means you need an average of 53.3 across the other three, because (200 − 40) ÷ 3 = 53.3.

Because ICAI counts a pass only at one sitting, marks from a failed attempt do not carry over, and a retake means all four papers again.

For context, ICAI's May 2026 release shows 18,124 of 90,217 candidates passed, 20.09%. Our CA Foundation pass percentage guide covers the sitting-by-sitting rates.

File the January 2027 form first, then verify if the shortfall justifies it. Our inference: verification outcomes are unlikely to arrive before the form closes on 16 November.

As of 24 October 2026, the January 2027 Foundation papers fall on 3, 5, 7 and 9 January 2027. The form opens on 3 November, closes on 16 November without a late fee and on 19 November with one, and a correction window runs from 20 to 22 November (ICAI examination notices, schedule dated 23 September 2026; Free Press Journal, reporting ICAI's schedule). As of 24 October 2026, the Foundation exam fee is ₹1,500 at Indian centres (Free Press Journal, reporting ICAI's notice).

For the January 2026 results, ICAI's window for verification, certified copies and inspection ran from 9 March to 7 April 2026, which is 30 days from the day after the result.

Our inference is that a window of that length, opening after the result, would run past the day the form closes, and the outcome would arrive later still. Waiting for verification before filing risks missing the January papers.

Verification is not re-marking. It checks totalling errors, unanswered questions and whether marks were carried forward correctly. Since January 2026 results, ICAI charges ₹50 per paper for verification and ₹100 per paper for certified copies.

Our recommendation: verify a paper scoring 36 to 39, or a total of 195 to 199; below 36 in any paper, treat it as a retake paper. Treat the January form as a separate, earlier step.

Use this table on result day, working from your paper-wise marks. The cut-offs for near misses are our recommendation, not an ICAI rule.

Our CA Foundation exam dates guide and registration guide cover the form steps.

Start from the paper that cost you marks, not from the syllabus's first page. As of 24 October 2026 there are 71 days to the first January 2027 paper on 3 January (7 days left in October, 30 in November, 31 in December, 3 in January). Every day the result is late comes off your preparation time. That is enough to rebuild one or two weak papers if you begin the week the scorecard opens. Our CA Foundation 90-day plan is a starting point for the study schedule, and CA Foundation coaching fees compares the real total cost.

This is how we work with a retake candidate at iProledge:

• Bring your paper-wise marks to a free demo class and to our career advisors. Admission to CA Foundation coaching takes under 15 minutes, and you meet the advisors at the academy before joining.
• Choose how you attend: blended, live online or onsite. Recordings, study materials, practice questions and mock tests come with the course. Doubt clearing, study planning and mentoring are part of learner support.
• As of 24 October 2026, CA Foundation coaching at iProledge costs ₹25,000. Payment options are UPI (Unified Payments Interface), net banking, credit or debit card, no-cost EMI (equated monthly instalment, NCEMI) or a flexible payment plan. Fees once paid are not refunded, so attend the demo first.

If you want to read about handling a fail before planning, see I Failed CA Foundation. Now What?.

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