NAFSA is pleased to announce that we will now offer Group Membership that will provide your team with special savings. This new category is part of our enhanced NAFSA Membership Commitment to provide our members increased value and expanded benefits.
Group Membership allows you to add staff members and employees to the group membership account, giving them access to all the benefits of NAFSA membership at a discounted rate. If your institution or organization currently has two or more NAFSA members, you can take advantage of significant savings with this option. You will also benefit by receiving only one invoice for all memberships.
Group Membership dues are determined by the number of members included in the group. To determine your dues level, consult the group membership tiers.
Group Membership Tiers
| Tier |
Current Dues
(per individual) |
Group Discount Rate
(per individual) |
| Bronze- Group (2-5) |
$459 |
$409 |
| Silver - Group (6-10) |
$459 |
$389 |
| Gold - Group (11+) |
$459 |
$369 |
If you would like to create a group membership please fill out the Group Membership Enrollment form.
Eligibility
- Members of a group must all be located in the same physical location, e.g. a business office or university campus.
- New, International, Student, and Retired members already have reduced pricing and therefore do not count toward calculation of a pricing tier. They can, however, be included in the group invoice.
- Each group membership has a “group manager,” an individual (with a NAFSA account) who is responsible for:
- Forming the initial group
- Adding and removing group members
- Purchasing new memberships and renewing existing memberships
- Requesting membership transfers
- Finding a new group manager as necessary and notifying NAFSA Membership staff of the new manager contact information
- New, Student and Retired Professional memberships are not eligible in calculation of the pricing tier.
- Pricing tier discounts are applied at the time of purchase or renewal. The pricing tier is determined by the number of memberships purchased during the original group membership transaction. The purchase of group memberships cannot be split or staggered, e.g. a “Silver” group of 6 memberships where 3 memberships are purchased one month and the remaining 3 are purchased the next month.
- The pricing tier is locked for the 12-month membership period. The addition of new group members after the initial purchase or renewal will not change the pricing tier for the group. New group members will be offered the existing pricing tier. The tier will be recalculated on the group renewal date.
- Group memberships will be offered for purchase through the NAFSA Shop or through a paper form submitted with payment information.
Steps to Forming a Group Membership Purchase
- To begin a group membership purchase, an individual must first designate a group manager and group membership participants. Please complete the Group Membership Enrollment form.
- Group manager is responsible for providing NAFSA account information for group manager and all participants (NAFSA IDs, Name, Email). In the case that a group membership participant does not have a NAFSA account, NAFSA Membership staff set up the new accounts for the group manager.
- NAFSA Membership staff will review the accounts included in the group membership request to ensure they meet the criteria for group membership.
- NAFSA Membership staff then contact the group manager to confirm the group formation and the group membership purchase set-up.
- Once the group formation is completed, NAFSA Membership staff contact the group manager to let them know that they can now purchase the membership. Group membership purchase must be completed within 30 days of group formation.
If you would like to create a group membership please fill out the Group Membership Enrollment form.
