Qualification completion
How do I apply for ICAG membership after completing the examinations?
Ask ICAG Member Services for the current membership form and submission instructions, and prepare a complete record of your employment and relevant practical experience. Member Services says prospective members need at least three years of relevant practical experience. The Admissions Committee decides whether an application is approved.
For a person who has completed the qualifying examinations and is preparing an application for admission to ICAG membership.
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Prepare the evidence before you complete the form
Start by asking ICAG Member Services for the current form and submission instructions. Confirm the supporting evidence ICAG currently requires before completing an application.
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.
Keep an accurate employment history, dates and descriptions of the relevant work you performed. 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
- Ask ICAG Member Services for the current membership application and submission instructions.
- Complete your employment history and describe the relevant work you actually performed.
- Confirm with Member Services how your experience must be evidenced and confirmed.
- Confirm which supporting documents must accompany the current application.
- Attach the supporting information requested by the current form and keep a copy of the complete submission.
See the ICAG source and where to find it
Here is the ICAG source MSL used and the exact passage, if you want to read it yourself.
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ICAG Member Services
Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana · Official ICAG publication
- Where to find it
- Membership admission and practical experience sections
- What it tells you
- Prospective members need at least three years of relevant practical experience and applications are subject to Admissions Committee approval.
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ICAG Professional Programme Syllabus 2024-2029
Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana · Official ICAG publication
- Where to find it
- Sections 1.12 to 1.14, PDF pages 13 to 14 (printed pages 11 to 12)
- What it tells you
- The professional qualification includes 450 days of practical work experience under the described training arrangement, normally over three to five years.
Preserved source evidence
Application for Admission to Membership of the Institute
Pages 1 to 3 of the form reviewed on 25 September 2026; its former official download was unavailable when checked on 11 October 2026.
This preserved form asked for personal and employment details, relevant work experience, confirmation by an immediate superior or an ICAG member in the organisation, and two referees in good standing. It said at least one referee must be a chartered accountant the applicant had worked with or under; if the applicant did not work under a chartered accountant, one referee must come from the organisation’s auditor. This records what that reviewed form asked for. It does not establish whether ICAG still uses the same form or requirements. Ask ICAG Member Services for the current form and submission instructions.
- Full reference
- ICAG Member Services and Professional Qualification Syllabus 2024-2029, practical work experience sections. The form reviewed in September is disclosed separately as preserved evidence.
- Applies to
- People who have completed the qualifying examinations and are preparing an application for admission to ICAG membership.
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