How to Take the Headache Out Of SBA 8A Certification

Ask any applicant and you will be surprised to hear that all of them worked really hard to get the sba 8a certification for their businesses. A few of them were rejected and denied and some had a tough time while procuring the documents to establish that they are eligible for the certification.


It is not easy to get on the SBA minority program. Firstly, the plethora of paperwork required at the time of submitting the application, the strict evaluation of the SBA of all the applications, the amount of rejections/ denial of the certification, and finally the SBA does not provide any reason for the same.

So, there is nothing wrong to claim that it is pretty tough to apply and get on the 8 (A) program.

The applicant instead of jumping straight away to the program should do some research. There is plenty of information available on the internet regarding the application services. Watching meaningful vlogs from an experienced consultant who is in the SBA since long will give them an idea on how to prepare the application for the sba 8a certification.

It almost takes 6 weeks to prepare and accumulate the documents to provide with the application form and the SBA takes another 8-120 weeks to check and provide the reply. If unfortunately the application is rejected or denied then it means a huge loss of time and effort.



The consulting firms provide great help in the application process as they know the requirement of the SBA.

They do charge fees for their services but definitely reduces the job of the company owner willing to participate in the SBA minority program.

It is not mandatory to hire these firms as anyone can apply without any help and save money.

But the consulting services also include informing the customer on how their products and services will fare in the government market. If there is no demand for those products and services then there is no point in applying for the sba 8acertification.

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