Membership Fees
ABA International offers discounted fees for members who live in countries with per capita income of less than 75% of the United States'. Fees have been divided into categories A-D and are described below.
Your membership fee category is based on your permanent residency as determined by ABA International and your mailing address. If your country is not listed here, but you feel that you qualify for reduced membership based on the income per capita of your country of residency, contact the ABA International office at mail@abainternational.org or by fax at (269) 492-9316.
Note: Membership terms are from January 1 through December 31 of the membership year(s).
Category A
Category A fees are for members in countries with income per capita within 75% and 100% of the U.S. Membership dues have not changed in Category A. These countries include: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States, and all other countries not listed in categories B, C, and D.
Membership Type: |
1-Year |
3-Year |
| Sustaining Affiliate Sustaining Full |
$308 |
$893 |
| Supporting Affiliate Supporting Full |
$167 |
$485 |
| Affiliate Full |
$126 |
$366 |
| Chapter-Adjunct | $50 |
$144 |
| Emeritus Affiliate Emeritus Full |
$50 |
$144 |
| Student | $50 |
NA |
Category B
Category B fees are for members in countries with income per capita between 50% and 75% of the U.S.’. These countries include: Hong Kong, Italy, Kuwait, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, and United Arab Emirates. Members in Category B receive a 25% discount on membership dues.
Membership Type: |
1-Year |
3-Year |
| Sustaining Affiliate Sustaining Full |
$231 |
$670 |
| Supporting Affiliate Supporting Full |
$126 |
$364 |
| Affiliate Full |
$95 |
$274 |
| Chapter-Adjunct | $45 |
$131 |
| Emeritus Affiliate Emeritus Full |
$45 |
$131 |
| Student | $45 |
NA |
Category C
Category C fees are for members in countries with income per capita between 25% and 50% of the U.S.’. These countries include: Bahrain, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Israel, Korea, Portugal, and Saudi Arabia. Members in Category C receive a 40% discount on membership dues.
Membership Type: |
1-Year |
3-Year |
| Sustaining Affiliate Sustaining Full |
$185 |
$536 |
| Supporting Affiliate Supporting Full |
$100 |
$291 |
| Affiliate Full |
$76 |
$219 |
| Chapter-Adjunct | $45 |
$131 |
| Emeritus Affiliate Emeritus Full |
$45 |
$131 |
| Student | $45 |
NA |
Category D
Category D fees are for members in countries with income per capita <25% of the U.S.’. These countries include: Albania, Argentina, Bangladesh, Benin, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, Georgia, India, Jordan, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russian Federation, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, and Venezuela. Members in Category D receive a 60% discount on membership dues.
Membership Type: |
1-Year |
3-Year |
| Sustaining Affiliate Sustaining Full |
$123 |
$357 |
| Supporting Affiliate Supporting Full |
$67 |
$194 |
| Affiliate Full |
$50 |
$146 |
| Chapter-Adjunct | $45 |
$131 |
| Emeritus Affiliate Emeritus Full |
$45 |
$131 |
| Student | $45 |
NA |
Income per capita Data
Income per capita information was obtained from the World Bank Group, 2005. Source data is available on the Web http://www.worldbank.org/data/quickreference/quickref.html or by calling ABA International.