BIV Membership
1. Individual membership ($50):
As the name suggests, a single membership can be bought for $50.
2. Family membership ($100):
- Family is defined as: 2 adults and children. They don’t need to be related to each other. For example: 2 adults can register themselves as a “Family” along with their niece and nephew.
- A child is defined as: anyone who is less than 18 years old.
As children get free entry/membership, it doesn’t matter how many children a family has.
If a household has more than 2 adults, they can get a family membership for 2 adults and individual membership for the remaining adults. In terms of value, it makes no difference as it’s $50 for each adult. The term “Family membership” is a mode of membership by way of which children get free membership.
3. Senior and Student membership ($40):
People aged 60 and above and Students gets the membership for $40.
For senior members, they need to provide a government ID to prove their age. Students need to provide a copy of their School/University ID card which clearly shows when their student status ends.
BIV will keep a soft copy of these documents.
Benefits of Annual Membership
- Free entries to all the events year-round including Poush Parbon Mela 2025,
- Barshobaron 2025, Summer Picnic 2025, Durga Puja 2025
- Hugely discounted food price on Barshobaron & Picnic.
- Discounted cultural event ticket/ Dashami Food package for Durga Puja.
- Complimentary Food during Annual General Meeting (AGM)
- Voting rights in AGM
- Member only special events, Job guide and adda sessions
- Discounted coupons from the sponsors
- Ability to be part of the Volunteer group and Executive Committee
- Direct access to the Executive Committee and Board Members for any inputs & Feedback.
- Membership duration is for a calendar year – 1st January to 31st December.
- Complimentary Annual Magazine
Process to Register or Renew Annual Membership
- Simply E- transfer the membership amount as applicable (mentioned in the above table against each category) to Bengalis.in.vancouver@gmail.com
- During E-transfer mention your full name , the transfer reason as Membership fee, the Category (applicable as above) and contact number (mandatory)
- Our team will reconcile and respond back in a few weeks with the membership confirmation.
Annual Membership Benefits
