Founded in Geneva in 1978, ACA produced two Presidential reports during the Carter administration that analyzed 60 issues facing Americans overseas. ACA continues to assist the US Government in developing cohesive national policies dealing with Americans abroad. ACA was instrumental in getting the laws changed concerning transmission of citizenship to children born or adopted abroad. It works with other groups and organizations to achieve common goals on many issues affecting Americans residing abroad, such as: fair taxation, Medicare, absentee voting and being counted in the next census.

ACA has members in over 90 countries and a system of Country Contacts spread over six continents. ACA's monthly electronic News Update and news flashes are available by free inscription or can be viewed on the website. Hits on the frequently updated ACA home page testify to its reaching an ever-growing audience of viewers. Every day, the ACA head office in Geneva handles requests for information on citizenship, taxes, and health insurance.

We are organized as a nonprofit association according to the Swiss Civil Code. Our Constitution and Bylaws can be seen here. Nonpartisan and nonprofit, ACA continues to grow and serve its members worldwide.

Joining us

If you would like to become part of the ACA association then join us. For only US$70 a year you can become a member of ACA and help support its cause.

Hands on contributions to ACA

NEWS UPDATE EDITORS.ACA is seeking to supplement its News Update staff. Work involves actually writing the News Update 2 - 3 times a year, under supervision of a Senior Editor, and monitoring raw material considered for the newsletter on a regular basis. Calls for e-mail access and an ability to write/edit succinctly and against a deadline. ACA takes pride in the global spread of its editors.

BOOK REVIEWS/REVIEWERS. ACA is interested in discovering books of particular interest to Americans abroad. It also seeks individuals willing to review such books. Reviewers get to keep the book, and to see their contribution in print. Click here for a list of books or contact the ACA office.

Contributing to ACA's financial success

ORDER BOOKS THROUGH THE ACA WEBSITE and we get paid for your business - at no extra cost to you. Go to the Book Review section and click on any link to amazon-com (USA) or amazon-UK. Any purchases you make when you have entered through the ACA portal, whether of items reviewed on the website or not, will generate a small revenue for ACA; Please make this extra click-to-give gesture to help us continue to help you. You can also order our new ACA book So far and Yet So Near directly from www.amazon.com USA or from www.amazon.co.UK and add your other orders.

JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL AUCTION. The FUNdraiser evening produces the single largest annual contribution to ACA's working budget. And the highest bids are for items ingenious and/or exotic. It's a good bet that someone in the attending crowd of internationals will be intrigued by even the most distant and/or unusual of objects or services. Next year's auction (in 2008) is now being organized. Be there!