For the remainder of the year candidates who fail a CCIE Lab Exam can re-sit every 30 days. The current policy of waiting 90 days after the first 2 attempts has been waived until Dec 31 2015.

The exact text given by Cisco, which you can find here, is as follows:

“For a limited time, we will waive the current lab retake policy so that all lab candidates will be able to retest for their lab exam with only a 30-day wait period. We’re offering this opportunity in response to your feedback about the challenges faced with longer wait times and difficulty getting a lab seat for retesting. We hear you and we understand your concerns, so we would like to take time to look at the data and evaluate our lab retake policy.

While we do our research, if you register for any CCIE lab exam between now and December 31, 2015, you will have the option of retaking the exam with only a 30-day wait regardless of the number of attempts you may have already made. Get ready to take the next step in your career: register by December 31, 2015.”

Good news for folks who have sat the lab twice and need to wait 90 days for a third attempt.

Happy Independence Day to everybody in the US!