Registering with ACCA

seanieclarke

Hi folks

I will be registering with the ACCA in a couple of weeks+just have a couple of queries that i need clarified.

1) Can you register with acca and then sort out all your exemptions at a later date or do you need to know which exams you are exempt from when registering?
2) I understand that exemption fees are the same as the relevant exam fee, any ideas of approximately how much this is? cant find it anywhere

Thats all for now I think!

Thanks in advance for any help

The CCAinsider

It is a 3 step process. Register as a student (£66) , register to get your exemptions, then register for your exams. Exemption fees (and the exam fees) are stg£50 for F1 to F3, £60 F4 to F9 and £70 the rest.

Best of luck.

seanieclarke

thanks very much for that. the fees arent as high as I had thought thank God!

I understand I will have to send my college transcripts away to Scotland in order to see exactly which exemptions I will get. any idea how long the process of claiming exemptions takes when you have to send off your transcripts?

thanks

smcgiff

Expect at least a few weeks.

seanieclarke

smcgiff wrote: »

Expect at least a few weeks.

cheers. did you have to send off transcripts to scotland aswell by any chance?

smcgiff

seanieclarke wrote: »

cheers. did you have to send off transcripts to scotland aswell by any chance?

Yip - a good few years ago though. Don't expect they've got any faster!

The CCAinsider

It will take 6-8 weeks, but go through the Dublin office and it will be quicker.

smcgiff

The CCAinsider wrote: »

It will take 6-8 weeks, but go through the Dublin office and it will be quicker.

Yeah - I went through the Dublin office.

seanieclarke

how would you go about doing that+do you reckon it would all be sorted in time to sign up for classes starting at the end of august?

ps thanks so much for the help so far

smcgiff

seanieclarke wrote: »

how would you go about doing that+do you reckon it would all be sorted in time to sign up for classes starting at the end of august?

ps thanks so much for the help so far

Hi Seanie, phone/email ACCA Ireland's head office Dublin/Belfast. http://ireland.accaglobal.com/

You don't have to be registered with ACCA to start the classes, but you do need to be registered with ACCA by a certain time to sit the next sitting, I think it's some time in August for the December exams, in which case you'll have plenty of time - REGISTER NOW!!!

trudub

By the way which college are you thinking of using? I started mine last year in Griffith. Havnt got a bad word to say about them and lecturers are brilliant. Also if you cant get your job to pay for them, remember further education fee's are tax deductible!

seanieclarke

trudub wrote: »

By the way which college are you thinking of using? I started mine last year in Griffith. Havnt got a bad word to say about them and lecturers are brilliant. Also if you cant get your job to pay for them, remember further education fee's are tax deductible!

i just found out about that its tax deductible today! is it easy to get back?

havent decided on a college yet because i still have to get my exemptions sorted, so i dont now which exams ill be doing first. which subjects did you do in griffith?

oh thanks smcgiff and ccainsider. ill try and register with acca as a student first tomorrow, ill then take it from there with regards to trying to get my exemptions

trudub

Yeah its handy enough, just fill out a form when claiming tax next year. Like you would do if filling in Med 1. I did F4, F7 and F8. Unfortunately i had to have an op on my ankle the week beforehand and only did the exams in the last 2 weeks. Fingers crossed. I did F4 and F8 last semester. Decided not to do the course again, and lecturers were really helpful second time round also. what you working at btw?

seanieclarke

Thanks everyone. I registered earlier online,was straightforward enough. Just a couple of more Q's from me+then I'll be good to go!

I got this at the end of the process:

"Please make sure that you submit the following.

* A copy (not the original) of your Birth Certificate, your Identity Card or the pages of your passport which show your personal details. ( I presume a Drivers Licence will do as ID)
* Copies (not originals) of all your Educational and Professional Certificates. (I presume this is Junior+Leaving Cert results?)
* Official transcripts showing details of relevant courses. (Is it enough to print off my results and get it stamped in my college? I havent got the official transcripts yet bcause the results only came out this week)
* Official translations of any documents not in English. (n/a)
* A copy (not the original) of your Marriage Certificate or Deed Poll Certificate or Decree Nisi if your name has changed.(n/a)
* A passport sized photograph with your Application Number clearly written on the back. (This is grand)
* Payment to ACCA of £66. I paid by Credit Card online so do I just ignore this?) "

thanks a million

smcgiff

Good stuff - have you been shown the secret greeting yet?

Make sure it's a Full driver's licence

You'll only need your college transcripts for exemptions. Assuming you have three honours in your leaving cert. I wouldn't bother sending them the junior cert - they don't need it.

You can ignore the payment request.

Now, stop wasting your time on message boards and get studying grunt!

seanieclarke

yeah i saw the secret greeting, ill keep it to myself so im not kicked out before im even fully registered!

thanks again for that. but for the college transcripts, will i chance just getting a print out of the results stamped by my college?

smcgiff

seanieclarke wrote: »

yeah i saw the secret greeting, ill keep it to myself so im not kicked out before im even fully registered!

thanks again for that. but for the college transcripts, will i chance just getting a print out of the results stamped by my college?

Possibly worth a phone call to Dublin - but I'd say you'd be fine to send the stamped results.

seanieclarke

smcgiff wrote: »

Possibly worth a phone call to Dublin - but I'd say you'd be fine to send the stamped results.

chees. ill give them a call on monday.

judging by the last bullet point in the 'Register Online' section here http://www.accaglobal.com/join/register/
i then send all them documents to the dublin offices