Membership Renewal
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It’s time to renew your RID membership!
To ensure a smooth and hassle-free renewal process, we’ve created a handy step-by-step RID membership renewal checklist.
Don’t wait—renew today to continue enjoying exclusive benefits, resources, and professional opportunities through June 30, 2026!
Save the renewal steps below to ensure smooth sailing every year! HOW TO RENEW!!
1. Log in to your member portal
2. Click the “Renew Your ________ Membership” button under Individual Membership.
Note: If you are 55 years or older and have not already done so, remember to submit the Proof of Age form before renewing to receive the senior discount!
3. Complete the renewal form (communication preferences & self-disclosure)
4. Select FY26 dues and click “Pay Orders”
5. Follow the prompts to complete payment
6. Check your email for a receipt
7. Verify your expiration date is updated to 06/30/2026
Need assistance?
Missing your receipt or updated expiration date? Contact members@rid.org!
Questions about self-disclosure? Contact ethics@rid.org!
For Certified Members
Renewal Impacts Certification
Certification Maintenance Requirements
This is an important reminder that as part of RID’s Certification Maintenance Program (CMP) requirements, RID Certified Members must maintain the certification(s) they hold through:
Annual Certified membership with RID
Continuing education
Compliance with the RID Ethical Practices System Policy and Enforcement Procedures, including the Code of Professional Conduct.
Certified Members Need to Know!
RID offers a grace period from July 1 to July 31 for members to remit payment without penalty (certification revocation). However, during this period, your membership and certification will not be listed as in good standing. As outlined in the RID Certification Maintenance Program (CMP), one of the requirements for maintaining certification with RID is to maintain current RID Certified membership, and our policies require that certifications are revoked when one of the requirements for maintaining certification is not met.
Questions can be sent to the CMP Department at cmp@festive-ballyhoo.flywheelstaging.com.
Certified: Inactive Status Information
Certified: Inactive is a category for Certified members who are taking a break from interpreting due to a life-altering event or activity which precludes them from working as an interpreter. A member in this category may not represent themselves as currently certified.
To be switched to this category, you must be a currently Certified member in good standing. Status change requests must be made prior to membership expiration on 6/30. The grace period for membership renewal does not apply to status change requests – after 6/30, you are no longer considered “in good standing”.
After submitting your request, RID HQ will review it within 7-10 business days and send a letter via email if your request is approved. Dues for this category are $50 (as of FY 2024). If you are approved, your approval letter will include information about the
requirements for returning to active status for your records.
A member can be on Inactive status for up to eight years. After eight years on Inactive status, the RID certifications the individual on Inactive status holds will be terminated.
While you are on Inactive status, your CMP cycle is basically frozen. You cannot earn any CEUs, but no time passes in your cycle. When you re-enter active status, you enter with the same amount of time and the same number of CEUs you had when you went to Inactive status.
There are different requirements for returning to active status based on how long you were on Inactive status.
- Less than three years on Inactive status: Upon written announcement of intention to return to active status, the CMP cycle will resume and the
member will return to active status. - Three to five years on Inactive status: Member must announce, in writing, their intention to return to active status and complete 2.0 CEUs (in the
professional studies category) to be eligible for active status. - Five to eight years on Inactive status: Member must: a) announce, in writing, their intention to return to active status; b) complete 2.0 CEUs (in the
professional studies category) to be eligible for active status; AND c) pass the current generalist knowledge/written exam for RID certification.
Upon return to active status, you must submit the balance for certified membership for the current fiscal year.
To switch to Certified: Inactive status, please complete and submit the form at https://festive-ballyhoo.flywheelstaging.com/certification-inactive-form/.
Certified: Retired Status Information
Certified: Retired is a category for Certified members who, upon reaching the age of 55 or older, elect to retire from working as an interpreter or transliterator. A member in this category may not represent themselves as currently certified.
To be switched to this category, you must be a currently Certified member in good standing. Status change requests must be made prior to membership expiration on 6/30. The grace period for membership renewal does not apply to status change requests – after 6/30, you are no longer considered “in good standing”.
After submitting your request, RID HQ will review it within 7-10 business days and send a letter via email if your request is approved. Dues for this category are $50 (as of FY 2024). If you are approved, your approval letter will include information about the requirements for returning to active status for your records.
A member can be on Retired status for up to eight years. After eight years on Retired status, the RID certifications the individual on Retired status holds will be terminated.
While you are on Retired status, your CMP cycle is basically frozen. You cannot earn any CEUs, but no time passes in your cycle. If you re-enter active status, you enter with the same amount of time and the same number of CEUs you had when you went to Retired status.
There are different requirements for returning to active status based on how long you were on Retired status.
- Less than three years on Retired status: Upon written announcement of intention to return to active status, the CMP cycle will resume and the
member will return to active status. - Three to five years on Retired status: Member must announce, in writing, their intention to return to active status and complete 2.0 CEUs (in the professional studies category) to be eligible for active status.
- Five to eight years on Retired status: Member must: a) announce, in writing, their intention to return to active status; b) complete 2.0 CEUs (in the
professional studies category) to be eligible for active status; AND c) pass the current generalist knowledge/written exam for RID certification.
Upon return to active status, you must submit the balance for certified membership for the current fiscal year.
To switch to Certified: Retired status, please complete and submit the form at https://festive-ballyhoo.flywheelstaging.com/certified-retired-form/.
Timeline
Don’t Wait to Renew
The Renewal Timeline
Renewal Opens: April 30, 2025
Renewal Closes: June 30, 2025
Grace Period Starts: July 1, 2025
Grace Period Ends: July 31, 2025