If you will be subject to a PMI audit, it will be after you have completed your application and paid your fee. If you are not selected for an audit, you will be made aware. When selected for an audit, the PMI will ask for documentation and proof of your experience and contact hours. After sending them by mail, it will take a week at most to review and respond. After successful completion of the audit, you will be able to finish your PMP exam application. If PMI is not satisfied with what you have provided, you will be notified. Follow their instructions and you won't have anything to worry about at all. If you should fail the audit, it will be for one of the following reasons. The PMP exam is deemed beyond your capability: PMI may not be able to verify the information you have given them for some reason. In this case you will be refunded your fee, minus a $100 USD admin fee. You will be able to reapply for the exam and there will be no suspension period. You decided not to complete the audit: If you don't reply to the audit call, or fail to supply the information within the 90 day time limit, you will fail the audit. In these cases, your fee will be returned minus a $100 admin fee. However, you will be banned from PMP exam applications for one year. You provided false information: This is a special case wherein you have provided incorrect information and then tried to persuade PMI to believe your false claim. Do not do this. Your money will be returned with $100 deducted. But if PMI discovers you have intentionally falsified information, you will be banned from applying for the PMP exam for life. If you provide false information by mistake, you must notify your PMI contact as soon as possible to correct the error.