How the association is run

AFMGP is a member-led organization with a clear and accountable structure.

The association is governed by an elected board and conducts its work through standing committees. What follows is the framework it operates under — the bodies and roles that carry its work, and the principles that govern how that work is done.

Operating principles

• Member-led. The association exists for its members and answers to them. Direction is set with members, not handed to them.
• Accountable. The board is elected by and answerable to the membership, and committees report through it. Authority in the association is delegated by members, not assumed.
• Discreet. Citizenship and residence are sensitive matters, and the association handles its members' affairs accordingly. Discretion is the default in everything it does.

The board

The association is directed by a board of directors elected by the membership. Elections are held annually, and every member in good standing may vote. The people the network exists for choose the people who steward it.

Committees and groups

The board's work is carried out through standing committees and member groups, each chaired by members and reporting to the board. The Membership Committee reviews applications, confirms eligibility, and oversees vetting — the body that keeps the network's shared circumstance genuine. Regional Focus Groups are member-led groups organized around particular countries or regions, keeping the conversation active where members actually live and work, and surfacing what's specific to each jurisdiction.

Roles

Beyond the board and committees, the association recognizes the following roles within the membership.

• Member. The foundation of the network. Every member who can document multiple citizenship or settled residence holds an equal voice and an equal vote.
• Star Contributor. A distinction awarded by member vote to those who consistently contribute work of real quality — well-documented accounts, useful additions to the recognition repository, generous help to others. It is recognition earned from peers, not appointed from above.
• Facilitator. Members who lead a local group or a country-specific channel, keeping the conversation in their corner of the network active and useful. Facilitators are the connective tissue between the wider association and the places its members actually live and work.
• Recognized Expert. A standing held by select professional affiliates — the immigration, tax, and recognition specialists — whose expertise the network has come to rely on. The designation signals trust earned within the network; it does not make them the association's advisers, and they continue to act in their own independent capacity.

Conduct

Members engage in good faith, respect others' discretion around citizenship and residence, and are clear when they're sharing personal experience rather than authoritative guidance. Experience shared here is member-to-member and carries no warranty.

The advice boundary

AFMGP and its members, acting in the association's name, do not provide legal, immigration, or tax advice. Any member who is professionally qualified and chooses to advise does so in their own independent capacity, not on behalf of the association.