Applying for ACCA Membership

@louisedowling85 said:
I applied last week to become a member and today I noticed when I tracked it said graduate pending member. I checked fees and membership fees where due £231. So I paid that but still no email since last week about membership. When I paid I got receipt of payment.

What should I do contact them or just wait and see

Your initial membership status does not hinge on whether or not you have paid your membership application fees. The council meets Bi-Monthly to approve new applications, usually the approval or membership update is done later on a Friday. So if it was not the last Friday then hopefully you would see your membership update this Friday

So it dis update on Friday still no email from ACCA I sent them email on thursdat and still nothing.

@itzonlyme said:
Email from ACCA for my Membership application…12 weeks for the certificate, is it being sent from Mars or somewhere ????? Well, at least good to see the “approved” in there

“Thanks for submitting your online application.

I am delighted to confirm that your application for membership has been approved.
Your membership status shall be awarded within 10 working days, subsequent to the next meeting of ACCA’s Committee members, with email confirmation dispatched to you shortly thereafter. Your membership certificate will be sealed at the next meeting of ACCA Council which is scheduled to take place on 17th June 2017. Please allow up to twelve weeks from this date for delivery of your certificate”.

From my understanding, new members are only sealed quarterly, thus the 12 weeks includes the waiting time for your membership to be sealed.

I passed my last exam in April this year; I have sent the invite to my manger to sign off my experience and also send her a document with my objectives; 1 month later and she said she saw something from acca and she will take the time to sign… it is so disappointing :(; I remind her twice, and I know she is busy but i did work hard to pass and really want that membership;

also I think she won’t signed all the objectives, which is fair enough, but I told her to sign the once that she agrees with. And than we should discuss what work should i do to achieve the others.

I have also told her that the 1st step is to sign my experience, but she is so perfectionist that she said she will review the objectives first..

I am also applying for jobs and I think I will resign soon; I feel embarrassed in the same time that I asked her to take the time for me and I will leave; but on the same note I think this is her job too,and I hope she will sign before I leave the company..

no idea how to go around it; I have 4 years experience in this company; I do want that membership. They have to sign it, right? not sure if they will sign all my objectives thought..

it is partly my fault; I should have sign the experience after 36 months with them, and do the objectives, few each year. But I knew they are gold approved employer and I can claim most of them. She said everyone is applying via the non-approved schemes, as they cannot monitor each person.. 🙁 so they have that certificate for nothing;

any ideas, help?

i am now an ACCA member as of today, although i saw now that i have to pay 231 for membership fee

is there a penalty if i do not pay this fee within the due date? will my membership be revoked?

I have applied today for my membership; So I guess in few days time my fee will show as due and I should pay it.

I did pay the student fee for 2017; now as I am applying for membership, do you know if I will be asked to pay for half of 2017 and / or I will receive a refund for my student fee (half – year) ?

What I cannot understand is how we can get our Qualification certificate. For me there are 2 things: 1 your qualification certificate (pass all exams, get experience and objective approved) and Membership. In my mind I can qualified but choose not to be a member; however in my job application I can say that I am acca qualified without being a member?

All I have is an Affiliate certificate saying that I have passed all my exams ..anyway I will apply for the membership… but the whole process is not that straight forward..

Many thanks..

The council meeting was scheduled for 17th June. The information from ACCA states it would take 12 weeks from that date for the certificates to arrive. Does anyone know if there is a chance for it to happen any earlier ? Not being impatient but im about to start a new job on 10th July and the new employer has asked to bring the original certificates on day 1. Just wondering if there is a chance or it will have to be the letter of good standing i would need to use ? Would appreciate if someone can advise. Thanks

Hello,
Please kindly alert us if you have receive either the welcome pack or the sealed certificate sequel to the June council meeting.
Kindly state your country in the post.

Someone has received his certificate sealed in june last week in the UAE.

Finally, a member now. I applied for membership, last Monday (24/07/2017), I received the approval email last Friday just before knocking off that my application was approved. My status this morning was still “Graduate pending member”.

At about… it changed to Member. I have remained calm ever since I received my result on 17 Jul 2017, even when I got the email last week. Man, but I saw member this morning, I think a shed a tear for a second there.

All the best to those who are still studying. Thanks to BPP material and OpenTuition, 2 years of self-study now over!

@exposuremovie2003@yahoo.co.uk said:
Well, it’s shifted on the website from ‘transferred to member’ on 28/04 to ‘Membership Certificate Issued’ on 18/06 – but still no sign of the cert itself some 2 weeks later. Anyone have any ideas?

Have you received your certificate yet?

Xolilek, can you generate a letter of good standing? I too became a member on 31st july but my account says I have not submitted my cpd for previous year so no letter of good standing for me. I just became a member; how do I submit my cpd for prev year?