How to Use myACCA, Register & Become an ACCA Member: Registration, Membership & PER Guide

Quick answer: Registering with ACCA means creating a myACCA account, choosing your qualification pathway and paying the registration fee — that makes you an ACCA student. Passing all 13 exams makes you an ACCA Affiliate. Becoming a full ACCA Member (able to use “ACCA” after your name) additionally requires the 20-hour Ethics and Professional Skills Module and 36 months of supervised, relevant work experience (the Practical Experience Requirement, or PER) with 9 performance objectives signed off. myACCA is the single portal where you register, book exams, pay fees, log PER hours, complete the ethics module, track deadlines and eventually apply for membership.

Passing your ACCA exams is a huge milestone — but it isn’t the finish line. There’s a real difference between being an ACCA Affiliate (exams done) and a full ACCA Member (allowed to use “ACCA” after your name), and the path between the two runs entirely through one portal: myACCA. This guide covers how to register, how to use myACCA properly, and exactly what it takes to go from student to Affiliate to Member.

Note: this guide states ACCA’s current 13-exam structure, since passing all 13 papers is one of the three requirements for membership. ACCA has confirmed a restructure to 11 papers starting late 2027 — anyone registering or currently progressing through ACCA today will most likely finish well before then, but the exam count referenced throughout this guide will change once the new structure goes live.

• Create an account on the official ACCA website (accaglobal.com) with your name, email and a password, then verify your email.
• Choose your ACCA qualification pathway based on your prior education and exemptions.
• Select your preferred exam centre — ACCA has centres worldwide, and you can change this later if your plans shift.
• Upload identity documents (passport/national ID) and academic transcripts for verification.
• Pay the ACCA registration fee (currently reduced; check ACCA’s live fee page for the exact current amount — this is separate from, and much smaller than, your total cost across all exams and membership).
• Receive confirmation and access to your myACCA student account — you’re now officially an ACCA student.
• Registering early each cycle matters: it secures your preferred exam session, gives you more prep time, and avoids late-entry fees that can roughly double the exam cost.

myACCA is your single hub for the entire ACCA journey — think of it as ACCA headquarters. Once registered, it lets you:

• Book, switch or cancel exam entries and download your attendance docket.

Pay your annual subscription and exam fees (Card payments with international transactions enabled and adequate limits accepted via card/net banking) and download receipts and invoices.

• Access your results and detailed exam history, including feedback on your strengths and weaknesses.
• Use the ACCA Study Hub, technical articles, past papers and the CBE Practice Platform (which simulates the real computer-based exam interface) — all downloadable straight from your dashboard.
• Find an ACCA-Approved Learning Partner (like IMS Proschool) near you through the “Find Tuition” tool.
• Log your Practical Experience Requirement (PER) hours and get supervisor sign-offs digitally, and access and complete the Ethics and Professional Skills Module (EPSM), downloading your certificate on completion.
• Track exam deadlines (standard vs. late entry) via the dashboard calendar, and turn on SMS/email reminders so you never miss a cut-off.
• It’s free to use for registered ACCA students, and mobile-friendly, so you can manage bookings and payments from your phone.

1. Pass all ACCA exams: 13 exams across Applied Knowledge, Applied Skills and Strategic Professional, some skippable via exemptions based on prior qualifications, though the Strategic Professional papers are mandatory for everyone.
2. Complete the Ethics and Professional Skills Module (EPSM): a 20-hour, self-paced, online module covering professional ethics, communication and leadership — required before or alongside Strategic Professional exams. See our ACCA exam prep and study resources guide for more on sequencing this alongside your papers.
3. Finish the Practical Experience Requirement (PER): 36 months of relevant, supervised work experience in accounting or finance, plus 9 performance objectives signed off by a practical experience supervisor, all logged in myACCA’s MyExperience tool.
4. Once all three are complete, you apply for membership directly in myACCA: go to “My Qualification” on the dashboard, confirm your completed requirements, update your contact and employment details, disclose any convictions/cautions if applicable, agree to the admission-fee declaration, and submit — you’ll receive confirmation once ACCA approves your application.

These two terms get mixed up constantly, but they’re genuinely different statuses with different privileges:

For a full breakdown of what each career stage typically pays and what roles open up, see our ACCA Jobs, Salaries & Career Opportunities guide— membership does carry a real earnings premium over affiliate status, but the exact numbers vary too much by role, city and employer to usefully summarise in one line here.

• Time frame: 36 months of relevant accounting/finance work experience — full-time or part-time, across one or multiple employers, and previous relevant work experience (even before starting ACCA) can count.
• 9 performance objectives: 5 Essential objectives (Ethics and professionalism; Stakeholder relationship management; Strategy, innovation and sustainable value creation; Governance, risk and control; Leadership and management) that everyone must complete, plus 4 Technical objectives chosen from a pool of 17 spread across seven areas — Corporate and Business Reporting, Taxation, Financial Management, Management Accounting, Advisory and Consultancy, Data/Digital/Technology, and Audit and Assurance.
• Supervisor sign-off: a practical experience supervisor (typically your manager, and ideally an IFAC-affiliated professional) verifies your hours and objectives — ACCA advises against appointing a family member or friend to avoid conflicts of interest, and you can have more than one supervisor if you change roles.
• Flexibility: you can take breaks, switch employers (just register your new manager as supervisor), and work part-time (though this stretches the 36-month timeline). Up to 12 months of relevant lecturing experience can count if it’s at Applied Skills level or higher.
• Internships and unpaid work count too, as long as they’re logged and verified in myACCA’s MyExperience tool alongside a written reflective statement (200-500 words) for each objective.
• You cannot apply for membership with exams passed but PER incomplete — it’s a hard requirement, not optional, even though membership itself isn’t legally mandatory to use your ACCA qualification professionally.

• Annual subscription: members pay an annual fee to keep their status active — this is the same subscription fee ACCA currently charges students £140;)
• Continuing Professional Development (CPD): members must complete 40 CPD units a year, with at least 21 from structured learning (workshops, formal courses, ACCA webinars) and the rest from unstructured learning (reading technical articles, self-study).
• Membership doesn’t expire on its own, but lapses if you stop paying the subscription or fall behind on CPD — both are tracked and reportable through myACCA.
• Members get access to ACCA’s global network (240,000+ members and 520,000+ students worldwide, per ACCA’s most recent published figures), exclusive events, Accounting and Business magazine, and discounted academic partnerships (e.g. with Oxford Brookes University) for further qualifications.

• Delaying PER until after all exams are done — start logging relevant work experience as early as possible so the 36-month clock isn’t the last thing standing between you and membership.
• Leaving the Ethics and Professional Skills Module for the last minute — it’s short (20 hours) but mandatory, and easy to forget once you’re focused on exams.
• Not getting experience signed off regularly — get your supervisor to verify hours and objectives periodically in myACCA rather than trying to backfill 36 months of records at once.
• Missing the membership-application step itself — some candidates finish all three requirements but forget to actually submit the application in myACCA; set a reminder once your PER nears completion.

Do I have to become an ACCA Member, or is passing the exams enough?
It isn’t mandatory, but it’s strongly recommended — only Members can use the “ACCA” designation, sign off financial statements independently, and access full member benefits, networking and higher-level roles. Affiliates still hold a genuinely valuable credential, just not the full one.

How much does ACCA registration actually cost in India?
The initial registration fee itself is a relatively small, currently-reduced amount (check ACCA’s live fee page for the exact figure) — it’s the annual subscription plus 13 exam fees plus the admission/membership fee, added together, that can run into the ₹2-3 lakh range some sources describe as “registration cost.”

Can my work experience from before I started ACCA count toward PER?
Yes, as long as it was in a relevant accounting or finance role and you can get a supervisor (typically your manager at the time) to verify it retroactively in myACCA’s MyExperience tool.

What happens if I don’t complete PER?
You remain an ACCA Affiliate indefinitely — you keep the exam-based credential, but you cannot use the “ACCA” title, sign off financial statements independently, or access full membership benefits until PER and the Ethics module are both complete.

Will ACCA’s 2027 restructure to 11 papers change the membership or PER requirements?
No — the 2027 change only affects the exam structure (which papers exist and at which level). The Ethics and Professional Skills Module and the 36-month PER with 9 performance objectives are separate requirements and aren’t affected by the paper-count change.
Whichever stage you’re at, myACCA is where all of this gets tracked, logged and eventually approved — it’s worth understanding it properly rather than skimming the basics, since it can genuinely fast-track the distance between your first exam and full ACCA membership.