How do I apply for ICAG membership after completing the examinations?
Qualification completion
How do I apply for ICAG membership after completing the examinations?
Use ICAG's current membership application and prepare a complete record of your employment and relevant practical experience. The experience must be confirmed, and you will need the required referees and supporting details before the Admissions Committee considers the application.
For a person who has completed the qualifying examinations and is preparing an application for admission to ICAG membership.
Prepare the evidence before you complete the form
The current application asks for personal and employment information together with a detailed record of relevant work experience. It includes space for the nature of the work, the period covered and confirmation by an immediate superior or an ICAG member in the organisation. This is why a contemporaneous experience record is more useful than a job title remembered at the end.
The form also asks for two referees in good standing. At least one must be a chartered accountant you have worked with or under. If you do not work under a chartered accountant, the form says one referee must come from your organisation's auditor. Check the current form before approaching people so that each referee fits the role ICAG requires.
ICAG's Member Services guidance tells prospective members to have at least three years of relevant practical experience, while the syllabus describes 450 days under the training arrangement, normally over three to five years. Prepare to show how your record meets the complete published framework. The Admissions Committee, not MSL, decides whether the application is approved.
Completing the form does not guarantee admission. ICAG checks the evidence and its Admissions Committee makes the membership decision.
Before sending the application
- Download the current ICAG membership application when you are ready to apply.
- Complete your employment history and describe the relevant work you actually performed.
- Arrange for the experience confirmation required on the form.
- Identify two suitable referees and confirm that at least one meets the chartered-accountant or auditor condition that applies to you.
- Attach the supporting information requested by the current form and keep a copy of the complete submission.
How MSL checked this answer
If you want to read the original ICAG material, the source and the relevant passage are recorded below.
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ICAG Member Services
Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana · Official ICAG publication
- Exact reference
- Membership admission and practical experience sections
- What the source establishes
- Prospective members need at least three years of relevant practical experience and applications are subject to Admissions Committee approval.
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Application for Admission to Membership of the Institute
Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana · Official ICAG publication
- Exact reference
- Pages 1 to 3, including relevant work experience, confirmation, referees and notes
- What the source establishes
- The form sets out the personal, employment, work-experience confirmation, referee and supporting-evidence details required for an application.
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ICAG Professional Programme Syllabus 2024–2029
Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana · Official ICAG publication
- Exact reference
- Sections 1.12 to 1.14, PDF pages 13 to 14 (printed pages 11 to 12)
- What the source establishes
- The professional qualification includes 450 days of practical work experience under the described training arrangement, normally over three to five years.
- Source reference
- ICAG Member Services, current Application for Admission to Membership and Professional Qualification Syllabus 2024–2029, practical work experience sections.
- Who this answer is for
- People who have completed the qualifying examinations and are preparing an application for admission to ICAG membership.
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