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Stay Licensed Stay Compliant: A Guide to Continuing Education for Licensed Customs Brokers
Stay Licensed Stay Compliant: A Guide to Continuing Education for Licensed Customs Brokers
May 14, 2025/
What they mean and how to pick one?
In this webinar Star USA’s Melissa Merkle talks all things continuing education – including general requirements, finding accredited events, obtaining and tracking the code, how and when to submit the codes to CBP, and record keeping – with these fantastic panelists:
- Heather Cheshire – CBP
- Elena Ryan – CBP
- Marianne Rowden – EMTC
- Lisa Gelsomino – ICPA
- Cynthia Whittenburg – NCBFAA
- Andrea Jeglum – Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg
Quick Tip – Have an email address that is not connected to your employer to use only for your broker-related activities, and make sure you enter it correctly when filling out your triennial status report.
Topics Include:
- What a partner accreditor is and they differ from an education provider
- Why CBP requires continuing education
- How many CE credits you need for the triennial period ending in 2027
- Various ways you can – and can’t – earn CE credits
- If courses taken in 2024 count for CE credit
- How to know if an event is accredited for continuing education
- What you need to prove you attended a training, how to get it, and how long to keep it
- What to do if your code doesn’t work
1 LCB/CCS Credit Available until April 7, 2026.
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