Independent Membership Fee
R1700 ex VAT
Visa application letter confirming Independent Membership: SAMRA is the SAQA recognised, non-statutory professional body for market research. We are a voluntary membership association, and we do not conduct critical skills assessments or issue letters specifically for visa application purposes. For visa application purposes, we issue a membership certificate as well as a letter confirming membership, provided that membership is activated and paid for in advance for the duration of the work visa being applied for, from date of application approval, instead of one year, as would otherwise be the case.
Organisation Membership Fees
To work out the fee for an organisation’s membership, add the Fee per Organisation and the Fee per Employee (multiplied by your headcount) that applies to your organisation together. All fees are given in South African Rand and exclude VAT. SAMRA is a registered VAT payer and VAT is charged where relevant.
Annual Turnover from data/analytics/research (supply-side), or Spend on/Budget for data/analytics/research (client-side) | Fees per Organisation |
< R 2 million | 1,180.00 |
R 2 million – R 5 million | 3,300.00 |
Between R 5 million & R 10 million | 6,580.00 |
R 10 million – R 20 million | 10,570.00 |
Between R 20 million & R 50 million | 14,680.00 |
R 50 million – R 100 million | 16,680.00 |
Between R 100 million and R200 million | 19,030.00 |
R200 million and more | 21,050.00 |
Headcount (Employees) | Fees per Employee |
1 to 10 | 440.00 |
11 to 20 | 360.00 |
21 to 50 | 290.00 |
51 to 100 | 250.00 |
100+ | 140.00 |
NB: All membership applications incur a R590 exc. VAT non-refundable application fee, which is payable before the application is considered.
Professional Recognition Fees
Application Fee | Annual Recognition Fee | Reinstatement Fee | |
SAMRA Partner | 440.00 | 440.00 | 880.00 |
SAMRA Accredited Researcher | 720.00 | 720.00 | 1440.00 |
SAMRA Accredited Qualitative Researcher | 720.00 | 720.00 | 1440.00 |
SAMRA Accredited Quantitative Researcher | 720.00 | 720.00 | 1440.00 |
SAMRA Accredited Survey Interviewer | 1700.00 | 690.00 | 1380.00 |
SAMRA Accredited Participant Recruiter | 440.00 | 440.00 | 880.00 |