Membership Application or Renewal Help Guide
Use this guide before completing the online membership form.
Before You Start
- Choose New Membership or Renewal, then Single, Family, Pensioner or Joint Pensioner membership. Check the fee beside your selection.
- Have your name, email, phone, postal address and breeds owned ready. Include your existing membership number for a renewal when available.
- If you breed cats, prepare your DACO breeder registration number, prefix/cattery name and the organisation that registered it.
- Read the Constitution and the breeding rules attached to the Membership PDF before making the declarations.
Applicant Details
Enter your first and last names separately, an email you can access, phone number, address, suburb, state and postcode. Include the breeds you own and answer the registered-cat eligibility question. The membership number and club-membership details are optional.
The Constitution defines family membership as more than one family member at the same address or breeding under the same prefix. The online form collects one applicant contact; ask FASA how to record any additional family members. For Junior, Life, Corporate or other membership classes not offered by this form, contact FASA for the appropriate process.
Go to applicant detailsBreeder Details
Select Yes if you breed cats. The online form then requires your DACO breeder registration number, prefix/cattery name and registering organisation. A prefix is your registered breeding name; it is different from your individual membership number. Selecting No hides the breeder-only fields.
The Membership PDF includes the Code of Conduct and Cat Breeding Rules. Read the sections on housing and care, planned breeding, records, sale of kittens, purchaser information and registration. Keep your breeder details current and ask FASA if your circumstances do not fit the choices on the form.
Go to breeder detailsDeclarations and Membership Review
All applicants must confirm that their details are correct and agree to the FASA Constitution and Rules. Breeders also agree to the Cat Breeding Rules and Code of Conduct within that acknowledgement. Both controls must be completed; the form supplies the declaration date.
Under sections 5 and 6 of the Constitution dated 9 February 2026, applications are subject to committee approval and payment. Annual subscriptions are due on 1 January; new members joining on or after 1 October are deemed financial until the end of the following calendar year. A submission confirmation alone does not establish approval or financial status.
Go to declarationPayment and the PDF Option
The online fee follows your membership type. Use the amount currently displayed on the form or Fees and Charges page; the PDF includes a fee table labelled 2012 even though its cover was updated in 2025.
If using the fillable PDF, complete the applicant page and the relevant signature/acknowledgement sections in the attached breeding rules. Check current Treasurer contact details on the Committee page before sending it. Choose one application route and retain a copy; do not send the same application online and by PDF unless FASA asks you to.
Go to fees and paymentUploads, Payment and Your Outcome
Pay by direct deposit using the current fee and bank details shown on the application. The payment reference and receipt are optional; enter the reference you actually used if you have paid. A saved application or receipt upload does not confirm that FASA has reconciled your payment. Older PDFs may list cheque or cash: the online forms use direct deposit.
Each selected file may be up to 20 MiB. You can select multiple files; the form uploads one file at a time and shows progress. Keep the page open until it displays the outcome. Review document-reader suggestions against your originals before declaring the application correct.
If details need correction before saving, the form keeps your entries so you can correct them. If the application has already been saved and an upload fails, use the offered retry for that application. Repeated applications are allowed. If you have already paid, you do not need to pay again. If the result is uncertain, keep the reference and contact FASA support. Email failure does not mean a saved application has been lost. Reloading the page may lose file selections.
The outcome page reports the saved reference and any notification warning. Save the reference for enquiries. A confirmation acknowledges receipt; FASA still reviews eligibility, evidence and payment. Use Start a new application to repeat this application or start a different one.
Current References
Guidance reviewed 24 October 2026 against the online form, its fillable PDF and the linked FASA documents. Use the current online fee and contact the relevant Registrar or FASA support if documents or circumstances differ. See the Committee contacts.