Need help booking OCA 1Z0-808 exam (to take online)

[Victoria Holland]

I feel ready to take my exam so I started the process by going to the https://education.oracle.com/ website, selected the "OCI and Technology Exam" Oracle Technology Exam Subscription, and paid the £196 plus taxes fee. I received an email saying "Your order is currently being processed. No further action is required at this time. In approximately 1-2 business days you'll receive an email with the subject line 'Your Oracle University Order has been received'". Then there is a button to check the status of my order. As it has now been 2 business days, I clicked on the button and it says my order has been approved and "Order Created OK".

However, I cannot find the email titled 'Your Oracle University Order has been received', not even in my spam folder, so I can't see how to book a date and time for my exam. Maybe there is a backlog of people booking exams at the moment? How long does it typically take? I'm hoping to be able to take my exam before the Christmas holidays, if possible.

I've tried searching online for guidance on the booking process, but nearly all the pages I found are related to the old process when Pearson Vue was still the exam provider. Now it seems that Oracle are running the exams in-house.

[Victoria Holland]

As an update to the above, I've checked my bank account online and it looks like no money was actually taken by Oracle. I paid by Visa Debit and there were no issues raised at the time I completed the transaction - I have used this payment method to pay other international online retailers without any problems.

[Victoria Holland]

I contacted Oracle Support and they sorted it out quickly. I've now booked the exam for the end of January, as I think it's too much of a rush to get it done by Christmas, especially with events I have coming up in December. Then I will use the first few weeks in January to revise and do more mock exams.

[Aditya Punekar]

My apologies for reposting this doubt and question again on this forum,

Has anyone being able to give an OCA/OCP after the updated Oracle Exam Attempts change went into place?

I have purchased an Oracle Attempt  voucher and in my oracle mylearn exam it shows as  - exam voucher valid for aa OCI exam, but I am not able to get  to a point

1>  to select OCJP 808 specifically as my exam to be attempted.
2> Any place where I can go to a onsite/exam center near my zip code , like a Pearson VUE type to go in person and give the exam.

Any insights and experience please share .

Thanks

[Iryna Dorosh]

Hi Guys!
Need advise regarding new exam process, please.

I far as I understood, if I took exam via Pearson VUE (like it was before) I could use paper and pensil for my calculations during exam.
If we take exam now (at home, with the Oracle proctor), will it be allowed to use smth to calculate?

It bothers me most)) May be somebody knows. Thanks!

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Iryna Dorosh wrote:If we take exam now (at home, with the Oracle proctor), will it be allowed to use smth to calculate?

No.

[Victoria Holland]

On the Oracle website, it says "Government-issued identification is required in order to take the exam. Have two forms available if additional validation is requested." I only have one form of identification - my UK passport. We don't have mandatory state-issued ID cards here, and I don't have a driving licence either. Will this be OK?

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Victoria,
A passport is government issued id so you are fine. This means you can't use a community center photo id or the like. A passport is quite official!