RICS APC Enrolment Form India

Notes to consider before completing this form

APC Requirements

Please ensure that you read/download the most recent guides as they give full details of the APC
requirements, they are available at www.rics.org/apc. You must select the APC pathway you wish
to follow, because it will define your path to qualification.

 APC candidate’s guide

 APC guide for counsellors
 Chosen pathway guide
 APC Self-Assessment Form

The APC submission document and all the support available throughout your APC are also found at
www.rics.org/apc. If, after reading the guides, you still have questions about the enrolment
process, please contact your Membership Assessment team ricsindia@rics.org that will be happy
to help.

Period of membership

RICS regulations state that you can only remain a candidate of RICS for six years. If you have not
qualified as a professional member within this time, you will be contacted to discuss your progress
to RICS professional membership.

Placement student

If you have successfully completed a work placement as part of your degree please include with
your application written confirmation from your counsellor in order to use this experience towards
your APC. This will need to give the date that you started and ended the work placement as well as
confirmation that you were working within the APC requirements.

Fees payable

All APC candidates must pay an APC subscription 1st January – 31st December (2018 rate) and a
separate APC fee.

Registration fee INR 4,310.00

Subscription fee INR 6,680.00

Total amount to be submitted at the time of enrolment is INR 10,990.00 in favour of RICS India
Pvt. Ltd.

APC fee of INR 14,500.00 (To be paid when you are ready for the final assessment interview)

Payment must accompany your application.

Your application will not be complete until you have paid the appropriate fees.
How to pay

You can choose to pay by the following:

 Providing a cheque made payable to RICS India Pvt. Ltd. Please detail your name and
membership number on the reverse so that the payment can be allocated.

 Those who have been notified they will be included on their employer’s corporate payment
scheme must still provide the full APC fees due to enable enrolment to progress.

Please note:

 Subscriptions are to be paid in full, there is no pro-rata applicable.

 When enrolment takes place before 1 October you will pay the current year’s subscription in
full and you will then be required to pay the following year’s subscription when this becomes
due, on 1st January.

 When enrolment takes place after 1 October, your subscription fee will cover the period from
October to December of the current year and all of the following year.

 All fees are non-refundable unless you withdraw your application within a cooling off period
of 14 days from the date your enrolment is processed by RICS. If you decide to withdraw
your application please email ricsindia@rics.org

 All amounts payable in connection with the APC are exempt of VAT. If VAT becomes
applicable at any time, then RICS reserves the right to charge applicants VAT.

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 APC Application Form

1. Personal details

RICS membership number (if

known)
Title:   Family name:  
Forename(s):  
Nationality:  
Telephone: Home: Mobile:
Date of Birth:
Email:  
Gender: Male ☐ Female ☐ Prefer not to say ☐
Home address:

Post/Zip code:  
County:  
Country:  
Country of residence:

2. Employment details

Company name:
 

Company address:
 
   
   
Post code:
 
County:
 
Country:
 
Telephone: Work: Direct Line:
  Mobile:
Email:
 
Employment start
date:  

Please select your preferred correspondence address (please note all communication will be
sent to this address):
☐ Home ☐ Business

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Please select your preferred email address (please note all communication will be sent to this
address):

☐ Home ☐ Business

3. Academic qualifications (Please provide details of your academic qualifications)

Mode of study
Name of Name of qualification Date (full/part
university/institution (Exact title e.g BSc Date completed/ time/distance/work
(include location) Buiding Surveying) started expected placement)
         
         
         
         

Please note – proof of qualifications will be required e.g. a copy of degree certificate / enrolment
confirmation (do not send originals)

4. Professional membership (Please provide details of your professional body

membership)

How was membership Year

Name of organisation Current grade achieved (e.g. examination) gained
       
       
       
       

Please note – proof of membership will be required e.g. a membership confirmation letter or a copy
of achievement certificate

5. APC Pathway Please select your APC pathway below, this defines your path to
qualification and how you will be primarily assessed. (Please refer to www.rics.org/apc
for further guidance).

Select one pathway only.

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 Personal Property / Arts and
Building Control ☐ ☐
Antiques
Building Surveying ☐ Planning and Development ☐
Built Infrastructure ☐ Project Management ☐
Commercial Real Property Finance and
☐ ☐
Estate Investment
Quantity Surveying and
Corporate Real Estate ☐ ☐
Construction
Environmental
☐ Research ☐
Surveying
Facilities Management ☐ Residential ☐
Geomatics ☐ Rural ☐
Infrastructure ☐ Taxation Allowances ☐

Land and Resources ☐ Valuation ☐

Management Valuation of Businesses and
☐ ☐
Consultancy Intangible Assets
Mineral and Waste
☐
Management

6. Surveying Experience (Please confirm how many years of surveying experience you
have, including pre and post qualification experience)

Post qualification
Pre-qualification experience experience Total number of years
 
   

7. Counsellor (Your counsellor must be a chartered surveyor, but does not have to work at
the same organisation as you)
Name:
 

RICS Membership Number:  

8. Supervisor – See information in candidate guide.(Your supervisor does not have to be a

chartered surveyor)

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 Name:
 
RICS Membership Number: (if
applies)  

9. Disability (If you consider yourself disabled please give further information below)

10. Receipted invoice

Please indicate if you require a receipted invoice once your application has been processed
☐ Receipt required

11. Professional Declaration

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I have read the following and hereby undertake:
 To comply and act in accordance with the Charter, Bye-Laws, Regulations and Rules of
RICS as they now exist, or as they may in the future be amended, also comply with such
other requirements as Governing Council shall determine
 To promote the Objects of RICS as far as in my power
 Not at any time after ceasing to be a member to use or permit to be used in conjunction with
my name, or name of any organisation with which I may at any time be associated, any
designation or expression denoting or suggesting membership or any connection with RICS
 To pay promptly any monies due to RICS, whilst in membership and after ceasing to be a
member, including but not limited to any fee, subscription, levy, arrears, fine or other penalty,
or re-imbursement in accordance with any scheme of compensation, or in respect of any
goods or services commissioned by me from RICS
 To declare any criminal conviction within 30 days
 That should I wish to terminate my membership, to notify the Chief Executive in writing

Please answer the following questions:

 Have you been subject to any charge or conviction of a criminal offence which could result in
a custodial sentence, unless it is now a spent conviction as provided in the Rehabilitation of
Offenders Act 1974 or the equivalent in your jurisdiction?

YES ☐ NO ☐

 Are you subject to any ongoing disciplinary investigation and/or pending disciplinary
proceedings and/or have you been subject to any adverse findings made against you by
another regulatory body within the last 3 years?

YES ☐ NO ☐

 Are you an undischarged bankrupt?

YES ☐ NO ☐

 Have you in the last three years been subject to any insolvency proceedings or other
arrangement with creditors in respect of your debts (such as an Insolvency Voluntary
Arrangement)?

YES ☐ NO ☐

If the answer to any of the questions above is yes, you must provide full details of the
relevant matter to regulation@rics.org. Your application will not progress further until we have
considered this information. This information will be treated confidentially.

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If at any time RICS discovers that you have failed to disclose any of the above or that you have
provided false information it will have the right to terminate your membership with immediate effect
(with no further obligation to refund any subscription or other fees).
I understand and accept that I am accountable for the truth of this declaration.
 
Name in full:
 
Signature: Date:  

Data Protection
When you sign the application form, RICS will store and process your personal data for legitimate
purposes, including any purpose related to the processing of your application for the RICS
assessments and qualifications. This shall include sharing your data with assessors, counsellors
and/or supervisors using email, post, phone, RICS online portal and applications such as Turnitin
(plagiarism detection software).
RICS will also use and store your personal data to administer your membership. To do this, RICS
may contact you by email, post, phone, RICS online portal or SMS.
Please note that you cannot opt-out of receiving administration messages from RICS as we need to
send you these to effectively manage your membership.
You can read the full RICS privacy policy using the link below:
www.rics.org/privacypolicy
Communication preferences

Sharing your information with others (opt in)

RICS would like to pass your details (including email address and phone number) to selected third parties pre-approved
by RICS so that they can let you know from time to time about their offers, products and services. Please tick here if you
want to receive communications from these third parties by email, post and phone.

Members only

Letting you know about special offers – Benefits Plus (opt out)
RICS negotiates special deals for its members with third parties. We assume that members want to receive information
about these offers. If you do not wish to receive communication from RICS about these offers please tick here.
To find out more about Benefits Plus and for a list of RICS affiliated third party partners visit www.rics.org/benefitsplus

Please return your completed application via email to ricsindia@rics.org.

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Office use only:

Assessment: Preliminary ☐

No
Structured ☐ ST 12 ☐ ST 24 ☐
training
Card
Payment method ☐ Cheque ☐
payment

Academic proof ☐

Professional
☐
qualification proof