ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

There is no qualifying exam for the ASEAN CPA title. There are just a number of eligibility requirements
for the applicant, namely:

 Completed an accredited accounting degree

 Passed the CPA board exam

 Possesses a current and valid Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification

Card

 Acquired relevant, practical experience of not less than 3 years, cumulatively, within a
five (5) year period following graduation and passing of the CPA board exam.

 Compliant with CPD requirements

 Has been issued a Certification for ACPA Application by PICPA (i.e., a PICPA member in
good standing with no pending case with the ethics board)

 Has been issued a Certificate of No Pending Legal Case by PRC .

STEPS IN APPLYING FOR ASEAN CPA

We tried applying for ASEAN CPA ourselves. Below are the steps based on our actual experience:

Step 1. Get NBI Clearance. To schedule an appointment online, you can click here.

Step 2. Get PICPA Certification for ACPA Registration.

 Update your PICPA Membership (payment of dues).

 Submit NBI Clearance to PICPA together with accomplished Application for

Certification. (PICPA Application for ACPA Registration.pdf)

 PICPA will then issue you the Certificate for ACPA Registration.

Based on our personal experience, this took us a waiting time of 7 days (lead time depends on the
availability of PICPA signatories).

Step 3. Get Certificate of No Pending Case from PRC Legal Department.

 Submit accomplished request form (PRC Action Sheet) together with photocopy of PRC
license. (PRC Form_Action Sheet for Request on No Pending Case from PRC
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  Pay the P150 application fee.

Note: Bring your Certificate of Good Standing from PICPA and original PRC license for
PRC’s reference.

 PRC Legal will then issue you the Certificate of No Pending Case.

We were able to secure this within a few minutes after submitting the request (lead time depends on the
availability of PRC Legal signatories).

Step 4. Get Certificate of CPD Compliance from PRC CPD Division.

 Submit accomplished Letter Request (PRC Form_CPD Certificate of Compliance Request

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 Submit photocopies of your CPD Certificates over the past 3 years - which must total at
least 120 CPD Units and comply with minimum required units per competence area.

PRC asked us to note down the Program Accreditation Number on the photocopy of each certificate. You
can find the program accreditation numbers in PRC's official list of accredited programs. Click here from
more info on how to do this.

We received the Certificate of CPD Compliance from PRC after a month.

Step 5. Collate all the requirements – and prepare two (2) copies for submission.

The documents must be:

Ring-bound

In legal size

With tabs

With Table of Contents and paged accordingly

Originally signed (for the ACPA application form)

Below are the contents of the ring-bound set of requirements:

Letter of Intent (Sample Letter of Intent for ACPA.doc)

Accomplished ACPA Application Form, originally signed (ACPA Application Form.pdf)

Proof of Professional Practice of Not Less Than Three Years

Photocopy of Valid PRC Professional Identification Card

Certificate of No Pending Case from PRC Legal Service

Certificate for ACPA Registration from PICPA

Certificate of CPD Compliance from the CPD Council

Summary of CPD Trainings

Step 6. Submit ring-bound documents to ASEAN Monitoring Committee on Professional Accountancy

Services of the Philippines (AMCPASP). This is also located at the PRC CPD/Technical Standards
Department.

Together with this, submit two (2) recent passport size pictures with name tag (white background – coat
and tie for men/blazer for women)

Step 7. AMCPASP will evaluate your application for completeness/eligibility and ask you to pay the
application fee once okay to proceed.