You don’t have to pay local society dues, they just need to approve you…
They don’t even need to approve you. CFAI lets days run out if the society doesn’t approve within that time.
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Submitted my application on Monday.
CFAI approved it on Thursday.
Waiting for society to approve.
*EDIT: Society approved on Friday.
Same here but in 2014… Got my charter on 21st and applied on Aug 12th