How to Register – SAICA Applications
You may visit our Member Portal to submit an application for membership or associateship of SAICA.
Note if you have completed SAICA articles (learner-ship) or the qualifying examinations or you previously booked an event with us or are an ex-member or an ex-associate, then you have an existing online profile that you need to use to access the Member Portal. Your username will be the email address we have on our database. If you have not yet set up a password for the Member Portal, visit the Member Portal and click on the “Login” menu then the “Forgot your password?” menu to create a new password.
If you have changed your email address or experience any other difficulty in setting up your password, please contact us on +27 11 621 6600 for assistance.
For those applicants that do not have a SAICA online profile, there is option on the Member Portal to “Sign Up” for an individual profile. Note, when using the “Sign Up” button on the Member Portal the system will be creating two logon credentials to access the Member Portal and www.saica.co.za (i.e. the general SAICA website). Meaning you will have two separate logon credentials for the Member Portal and www.saica.co.za. You will be provided with a username and temporary password to access www.saica.co.za by email, however to access the Member Portal you will need to create your own password once you receive an email from Support@SAICA.onmicrosoft.com instructing you to setup a password.
For more information on why we have two separate logon credentials for the Member Portal and www.saica.co.za, please visit our Ushintsho webpage.
Once you have a username and password for the Member Portal, then you are ready to logon to the Member Portal and apply for membership or associateship of SAICA.
Minimum supporting documentation required (i.e. you should have these documents ready when submitting an application) to for us to successfully review an application:
| New Admission as an AGA | New admission as CA | Reinstatement as CA or AGA |
| Copy of your RSA ID or a Passport | Copy of your RSA ID or a Passport | Copy of your RSA ID or a Passport |
| Copy of accredited degree | Detailed CV/Resume (If qualified more than five years ago) | Detailed CV/Resume (If ceased being a membership/associateship more than three years ago) |
| Copy of SAICA training discharge (if applicable to you) | Letter of good standing from homebody*** (if submitting reciprocal membership application) | Ethics Declaration for CAs(If you want to reinstate membership on continuous basis, i.e. keeping your initial join date) – download here |
| Detailed CV/Resume (If qualified more than five years ago) | Proof of payment, if not making an online payment (Quote available in the online application form – Payment and Fees page) | Ethics Declaration for AGAs or ATs(If you want to reinstate associateship on continuous basis, i.e. keeping your initial join date) – download here |
| Proof of payment, if not making an online payment (Quote available in the online application form – Payment and Fees page) | Letter of good standing from homebody*** (if previously admitted by reciprocity) |
*** Please visit our reciprocal members’ information page for other details that we may require in respect of your application.
Should you still need further assistance, please contact us at saica@saica.co.za or call us on +27 11 621 6600 for assistance.
How to apply for membership
Membership Forms
Kindly ensure supporting documents required are included:
- Standard model
- Academic qualification: Certificate: Accounting Qualification (NQF Level 5)
- Proof of relevant work experience: Copy of logbook (once learnership implemented)
- Proof of completion of Test of Professional Competence
- RPL model 1:
- Academic qualification: Certificate: Accounting Qualification (NQF Level 5)
- Proof of relevant work experience:
- Proof of 24 months’ relevant experience
- Template A: Employment History – 24 months’ relevant experience
- Template B: Corroborators’ Declarations
- iii. Proof of completion of Test of Professional Competence
- RPL model 2:
- Academic qualification: Certificate: NQF Level 5 – See List of recognised qualifications
- Proof of relevant work experience:
- Proof of 60 months’ relevant experience
- Template A: Employment History – 60 months’ relevant experience
- Template B: Corroborators’ Declarations
- Template C: Ethics declaration (ONLY applicable to re-instatements)
TEST OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE (ToPC)
About ToPC (279Kb PDF)