Terms and Conditions for Agencies Seeking AIRC Certification

By submitting an application form, the applicant (“Applicant”) hereby agrees to the following:

1.  Applicant will provide all information requested by AIRC for purposes of determining whether the application for certification will be accepted and the Applicant allowed to undergo the certification process; assuming acceptance, Applicant will provide all information required for the conduct of its self-evaluation and external review.

2.  All information submitted to AIRC by Applicant will be accurate and complete.

3.  AIRC may share all information provided by Applicant with AIRC’s employees, officers, directors and any person or entity that assists AIRC with conducting its certification process.  Except as otherwise provided in the prior sentence, AIRC will not share with any third party any non-public information (marked “confidential” or “proprietary”) submitted by Applicant to AIRC during the certification process.

4.  Applicant will comply with the terms of the AIRC Certification Manual, which AIRC will provide to Applicant and which AIRC may modify from time to time.

5.  If Applicant is certified by AIRC, Applicant will comply with all ethical standards and best practices guidelines provided by AIRC regarding the recruitment of international students for American educational institutions.

6.  AIRC may terminate Applicant’s certification upon written notice (which may be sent via email) if AIRC’s certification board decides that Applicant is in egregious non-compliance with AIRC’s standards.

7.  If AIRC terminates Applicant’s certification, then Applicant will immediately cease (a) representing itself as having AIRC certification; and (b) using any trademark, service mark or logo of AIRC.

8.  Applicant will indemnify, defend and hold AIRC, and its directors, members, officers and agents, harmless from and against any claims, losses, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including, but not limited to, attorney’s fees) arising out of (a) Applicant’s breach of these Terms and Conditions; and/or (b) AIRC’s efforts to enforce the terms of these Terms and Conditions.

9.  Applicant acknowledges that its $2,000 application fee is non-refundable.  If Applicant’s application is accepted by AIRC, Applicant will pay AIRC’s standard certification fee to cover AIRC’s certification process.  Such certification fee is due upon AIRC’s acceptance of Applicant’s application, and is non-refundable.  If AIRC grants certification to Applicant, Applicant will pay AIRC’s standard annual fee, which is due upon certification and annually thereafter.  For a schedule of AIRC’s current fee amounts, please click here. All payments made to AIRC will be in U.S. dollars, and will be made by check drawn on a U.S. bank, or by wire transfer in accordance with wire instructions provided by AIRC.

10. If Applicant is certified by AIRC, but fails to pay the annual membership fees for any period of certification following notification of non-payment by AIRC, then Applicant will immediately cease (a) representing itself as having AIRC certification; and (b) using any trademark, service mark or logo of AIRC.

11.  These Terms and Conditions will be governed exclusively by the laws of the District of Columbia, United States of America, without reference to the District of Columbia’s choice of law rules.  Any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any right arising out of, these Terms and Conditions must be brought against either of the parties in the courts of the District of Columbia and each of the parties consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts) in any such suit, action or proceeding and waives any objection to jurisdiction or venue laid therein.