Earlier this year Intuit announced that there would be a new 'common annual renewal date' for re-certification as a QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor and that date would be July 31, 2018. The announcement specified that Intuit recognized that some ProAdvisors had recently completed certification and that it might be a hardship to re-certify before a full year had elapsed; however, all currently certified QBO ProAdvisors had to either take the new re-certification examination, or the full certification examination, by July 31, 2018 to keep their certification through July 31, 2019.
A new re-certification examination is available that focuses on what's changed in QuickBooks Online. Intuit has been offering re-certification preparation on-line courses and will also offer a 'virtual conference' on July 12 featuring the 'What's New in QuickBooks Online' curriculum to help prepare ProAdvisors to take the re-certification examination.
QuickBooks Online ProAdvisors who do not re-certify by the July 31, 2018 deadline will be required to take the full-certification examination to certify again as a QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor.