Membership Application
Steps to Register as a CPA:
What You Need to Know:
Routes to CPA:
To determine your eligibility for HKICPA membership, please visit the "Register as a CPA" and "Recognition of Overseas Bodies" sections. These sections outline the conditions and requirements for membership applicants.
Application Process:
- Prepare necessary documents
Gather all required documents (application checklist) and ensure they are certified as true copies, if applicable. - Register / Login to your HKICPA web account
Access your HKICPA web account (i.e. MyQP / MyAccount). Please check if you already have an account here). - Complete and submit your application
Carefully review all information entered in your application and submit it along with the relevant supporting documents. - Pay required fees
Application and member annual fee are payable via Credit Card (VISA / MasterCard / UnionPay), and other payment methods, including WeChat Pay, Alipay or PPS, upon submission of your application. - Receive acknowledgement
You will receive an acknowledgment email together with a payment receipt via your registered email. To prevent emails from the Institute from being delivered to your Spam / Junk folder, please click here. If you do not receive the acknowledgement email by the next day, please contact the Membership & Admission Department at member@hkicpa.org.hk. - Vetting and approval
HKICPA staff may request for additional information or supporting documents from you or relevant parties, if necessary. Applications received will be processed according to the submission deadlines.
Getting Started:
Follow the user guide and start the application. Please ensure that your application is submitted on or before the submission deadline to avoid delays of your application.
Important Note
- All applicants MUST ensure that all uploaded documents are true and certified copies of the originals, if applicable. Any false information / declaration provided in the application form may result in application not being processed. The matter may also be referred to the relevant committee(s) or Council for disciplinary action as the Institute sees fit under By-law 34 of the Professional Accountants By-laws or other applicable laws and regulations. Please review your application carefully before submission.
- The Institute reserves the right to verify the information provided by the applicant with employer(s) / parent institute(s) / the Commissioner of Police, and any criminal investigatory bodies or regulatory authorities in or outside Hong Kong or their representatives and any third parties concerned.
- The Commissioner of Police will carry out a criminal convictions record check based on the personal particulars provided in the Authorization Form. The Hong Kong Police Force may require you to provide additional information in accordance with such requirements as it may have in place from time to time. Non-compliance with the requirements of the Hong Kong Police Force may render the criminal convictions record check incomplete and might result in the Institute deciding to discontinue your membership application.
- All information in the application platform may be removed if the application is not submitted within 2 months from its creation date.
- Failure to submit all required documents or payment within 6 months from the application submission date will result in rejection of your application.
- An administration charge, as announced in the fee schedule will be deducted from the refund if an application is rejected by the Institute or is withdrawn by the applicant.
Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance:
All information provided in this application will be used by the Institute for the purpose of exercising its powers under the Professional Accountants Ordinance ("PAO") (Cap 50) and its subsidiary legislation and administering or enforcing the relevant provision of the PAO and its subsidiary legislation, and for any other legitimate purposes as may be required, authorized or permitted by law. The Institute will also use your personal data provided in this application for statistical research and analysis and for other uses internally.The provision of personal data by means of this application is voluntary. However, insufficient information may result in rejection of an application. Data collected may be accessible by the Institute's officers, persons or committees processing registration and related matters. Please refer to the Institute's privacy policy and personal information collection statement on its website at: www.hkicpa.org.hk.
Unless otherwise agreed, hard copies of any documents containing your personal data that you provide to the Institute will become the property of the Institute and will not be returned to you. The Institute will destroy any documents it holds in accordance with its internal policy and applicable laws. Under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, applicants have a right to request access to and correction of their personal data kept by the Institute. If you wish to exercise these rights, please contact the Membership & Admission Department at member@hkicpa.org.hk.
