Uganda - Apply for Architect Temporary Registration

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Procedure

To apply for temporary registration as an architect in accordance with the Architects Registration Act,

• Fill out a Temporary Registration application form (Form TR) (Under section 11(2) of the Architects Registration Act.
• Attach all the required documents and submit to the Registrar, Architects Registration Board or you can forwarded them to the Registrar in duplicate:-

The Registrar

Architects Registration Board

Address: P.O. Box 23831, Kampala,

Kampala, Uganda.

• You are to submit the application Form with all the required documents.
  These documents include;
  

1. Filled out Temporary Registration Application Form i.e. Form TR (In duplicate) with all the required signatures and stamps as indicated on the form.
2. Recommendation letter from your country’s board
3. All three sponsors/recommenders MUST sign and stamp on the form.
4. Proof of Payment of registration fees amounting to the equivalent of one million shillings (1,000,000).
5. Application form fee of ten thousand Uganda shillings (10,000/=) only.
6. Copies of certified academic qualification documents.
7. For Ugandans who qualified from foreign institution, please attach letter of equivalence from National Council for Higher Education.
8. Colored Copy of valid National ID (for Ugandans) or Passport (non-Ugandans). Must be signed
9. Color passport size photo
10. Certificate of good conduct signed and stamped (for Non-Ugandans)
11. Copy of Current year’s certified practicing certificate from your country’s board (for Non Ugandans)
12. Copy of certified Registration certificate from your country’s board ( for Non-Ugandans)
13. Letter of Corporate membership from Uganda Society of Architects.

• When you have completed to fill the form in duplicates and the appropriate attachments, you must attach evidence of payment of 1,000,000 shillings. (URA receipt scanned or delivered) for processing the application.
• Submit the payment receipt together with the application documents. An application form fee of 10,000shillings is required.
• The Registrar shall after receipt of application referred the application to any public authority designated by the Committee for consideration and comments.
• The Temporary Registration certificate may be granted for a period not exceeding one year; The Temporary Registration certificate shall be granted subject to such conditions as are relevant to the specified particular types of uses determined by the Committee;
• A processing time of 30 days is needed to complete the processing of Temporary Registration certificate, after which you will be contacted through a phone call to collect your Temporary Registration certificate.
• You will be required to carry your identification documents when collecting your Temporary Registration certificate.

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Required Documents

1. Filled out Temporary Registration Application Form i.e. Form TR (In duplicate) with all the required signatures and stamps as indicated on the form.
2. Recommendation letter from your country’s board
3. All three sponsors/recommenders MUST sign and stamp on the form.
4. Proof of Payment of registration fees amounting to the equivalent of one million shillings (1,000,000).
5. Temporary Application form fee of ten thousand Uganda shillings (10,000/=) only.
6. Copies of certified academic qualification documents.
7. For Ugandans who qualified from foreign institution, please attach letter of equivalence from National Council for Higher Education.
8. Colored Copy of valid National ID (for Ugandans) or Passport (non-Ugandans). Must be signed
9. Color passport size photo
10. Certificate of good conduct signed and stamped (for Non-Ugandans)
11. Copy of Current year’s certified practicing certificate from your country’s board (for Non Ugandans)
12. Copy of certified Registration certificate from your country’s board ( for Non-Ugandans)
13. Letter of Corporate membership from Uganda Society of Architects.
14. Proof of payment (receipt) of subscription for corporate membership of Uganda Society of Architects.

Office Locations & Contacts

Architects Registration Board,
Physical Address: First Floor, Kalamu House
PKF Building (Opposite Mulago Hospital)
Postal Address:Plot 1B Kiira road
Kampala, Uganda
P.O.Box 257930
Kampala, Uganda
Tel; +256-781 498823 / +256-753 776231
Email:[email protected]
Website:Link

Eligibility

The applicant must be a member of the Architects society of Uganda or a corporate architect

Fees

• Temporary Registration fee— 1,000,000
• Application form fee of ten thousand Uganda shillings (10,000/=) only.

Validity

Temporary Registration Certificate is valid only for the projects for which it has been granted usually 1 year.

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Processing Time

Maximum processing time is 30 days.

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Instructions

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Required Information

1. Information on References from the architect under whom the applicant trained or worked are required under items 6 and 7 of on the application form.
2. Attached to the application is proof of my having paid my subscription for the current year as a member of the Uganda Society of Architects.
3. Proof of payment by cheque/bank draft for payment of the prescribed fee.
4. Trading Licence certificate attached.
5. N.S.S.F certificate attached.
6. VAT registration certificate attached.
7. Names of Firm/Company
8. Work or Works in Uganda for which engaged (specify project or nature of work and state duration of work)

Need for the Document

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Information which might help

• Non citizens are required to supply details of passport.
• Architectural education (state degree, diploma or Licence of university or school of architecture) Documentary evidence is required.
• An applicant for temporary registration may be required to satisfy the Architects *Registration Board that his or her architecture and general conduct have been such as to make him or her a fit and proper person to be registered under the Architects Registration Act.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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External Links

• https://www.arbuganda.org/publications-and-downloads
• https://ulii.org/node/23793

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