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Registration forms

You can download some registration forms from this page, all other forms are available on their relevant pages as listed below.

All documents are in PDF format.

Please note: All forms must be scanned and emailed as the office is closed and post may not be collected.

Registration forms
Applications to join the dispensing optician or optometrist registers Fully qualified registration application form Low income form Applications to join the student dispensing optician or student optometrist register Student registration application form Any applications received for courses starting from September 2019 will be cancelled. Applications to join the body corporate register
Application for registration (body corporate) 2020-21 Application for Registration or restoration BC92c ‘Qualification under Section 9(2)(c) of the Opticians Act 1989 form’.This form should only be completed if you are applying under Category C on the body corporate form.
Restoration forms
Applications to restore to the dispensing optician or optometrist registers Fully qualified restoration application form Low income form Applications to restore to the student dispensing optician or student optometrist register Student restoration application form Any applications received for courses starting from September 2019 will be cancelled.
Application for restoration body corporate 2020-21
If you require a restoration form to restore your specialty only to the register please contact registration@optical.org.
Transfer form
Student transfer form
Specialty form
Entry of a specialty form
Other forms
Application for a registrant check - Certificate of Current Professional Status
Application for a registrant check (Letter of good standing)
Application for a registrant check - Body Corporate (Letter of Good Standing)

Find out more information about our fees.

If you have any queries about your application, email the registration team registration@optical.org or call 020 7580 3898 (option 1), Monday-Thursday 09.00-17.00, Fridays 09.00-16.45.

The information you provide to us, the GOC (as data controller), will be processed and used in line with our statutory purpose under the Opticians Act in order to maintain our Register and ensure our registrants are fit to practise. For more information regarding how we process your data please see our privacy statement.