Sorry to hear that Ray.  Study for the Lab as you progress your are studying for the written when you think you are a close to ready to take the Lab go take the written then schedule your lab after that.  
Regards,
 Joe Sanchez
( please excuse the brevity of this email as it was sent via a mobile device.  Please excuse misspelled words or sentence structure.) 
On Feb 20, 2013, at 4:40 AM, Ray <rtvrpk_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks All
> 
> I did open a ticket with cert support,  my written expired...
> 
> Phani
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> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Steven van Jaarsveld <
> Steven.vanJaarsveld_at_bytes.co.za> wrote:
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>> Hi Phani****
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>> I had the exact same query for which I logged a case. The bottom line is
>> the following:****
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>> Candidates must *make an initial attempt of the CCIE lab exam within 18
>> months of passing the CCIE written exam*. *Candidates who do not pass
>> must re-attempt the lab exam within 12 months of their last attempt in
>> order for their written exam to remain valid*. If a candidate does not
>> pass the lab exam within three years, the written exam expires and must be
>> passed again before the candidates will be allowed to schedule the lab.***
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>> This unfortunately means that your CCIE Written is no longer valid and it
>> means that you need to retake the Written exam before you can attempt the
>> LAB again.****
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>> Regards****
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>> Steven****
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>> Mohamed A. Monsef Abbas
>> Sent: 19 February 2013 03:12 PM
>> To: Ray
>> Cc: Cisco certification
>> Subject: Re: CCIE written validity
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>> Passing the written exam gives you 18 or 3 CCIE attempts if you go for
>> exam you have About 3 months and this question will get a good answer not
>> in this study group contact cisco on this link****
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>> Open a ticket to them they will help for sure.****
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>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Ray <rtvrpk_at_gmail.com> wrote:****
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>>> Hi****
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>>> I passed my CCIE RS Written in July 2011 Gave my first attempt in Dec **
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>>> 2011 and failed.****
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>>> Since Dec 2011 till date i didnt take an attempt****
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>>> In this case is my Written score valid and am i still eligible to book *
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>>> Cisco says like this****
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>>> The eight-hour lab exam tests your ability to configure actual ****
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>>> Is there a rule saying after first lab failed date you need to attempt *
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>>> in a year...something like that????****
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>>> Confused. I think CCIE written is valid for 3 years if you take ONE ****
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