Under Virginia law, what is the outside deadline for the Commission to issue a resident license that requires an examination, measured from the date the applicant satisfies the prelicensing examination requirement?

Why B is correct

Va. Code § 38.2-1819 provides that no resident license requiring an examination shall be issued later than 183 calendar days from the date the applicant satisfies the prelicensing examination requirements. An applicant who fails to complete licensing within that window must satisfy all prelicensing requirements, including the examination, again before applying. Keeping 183 days distinct from the 180-day temporary-license period is a classic Virginia trap, and the Virginia Bureau of Insurance administers both clocks.

Why the other options are wrong

• A) 30 days is a reporting and waiver-decision deadline elsewhere in Virginia insurance law, not the license-issuance window.
• C) 180 days is the duration of a temporary license, not the issuance deadline, and the clock runs from satisfying the examination requirement, not from the application date.
• D) 90 days is not the statutory issuance deadline for an examination-required license.

Memory hook

Pass the exam, then move fast — 183 days or start over.