## The sequence

1. **Results are published** on CAPLE's website, up to about six weeks after the session closes.
2. **CAPLE issues the certificate and ships it to your centre.** This takes roughly 21 working
   days after results. Some centres quote a slightly shorter 15 to 20 working days.
3. **You collect it in person** at the centre where you sat the exam. Not at CAPLE, and not at a
   different centre.
4. **You sign a receipt declaration** when you take it.

A note on vocabulary: levels A1 and A2 receive a *certificado*. B1 through C2 receive a *diploma*.
The CIPLE is A2, so what you are collecting is a certificate.

## Can someone collect it for you?

Usually yes, with a written authorisation that you have signed. Centres normally publish a
template for this, so ask before sending anyone. This matters if you travelled to another city for
a session, because the certificate goes back to that centre rather than to one near you.

## Two things that will save you real money

**Check your name on the attendance sheet on exam day.** The spelling on that sheet is the
spelling that goes on your certificate. Errors must be reported to your centre in writing within
5 working days. After the certificate has been issued, fixing a name means paying for a duplicate
and returning the original.

**Scan it the day you collect it.** A lost certificate costs 25 euros to replace, and only within
2 years of the exam. After that window there is no replacement at all. Store the scan somewhere
you will still have access to in a decade, because a citizenship process can outlast a laptop.

Duplicates are free only when the original was damaged in delivery or contains an error that was
CAPLE's own fault.

## Budget the whole chain

From exam day to document in hand is about three months. If a deadline is driving this, that is
the number to plan around.