Declaration guidance for all student, fully qualified and body corporate applicants and registrants applying to join the register or to restore or retain their registration.
Identification form to be submitted with correctly certified identification as part of the application to apply to renew to the fully qualified registers.
For the 2024/25 registration period, there will be an increase in the main registration fee for optometrists, dispensing opticians, and body corporates of 6.6%, to £405, in line with inflation.
The GOC has launched a consultation on changes to its international requirements for registration, which affects overseas registrants who gained their qualifications outside of the UK or Switzerland.
For the 2023/24 registration period, there will be a below-inflation increase in the main registration fee for optometrists, dispensing opticians, and body corporates of 5.56%, to £380.
Updates to the process for European Economic Area (EEA) and Swiss optometrists and dispensing opticians who wish to join the GOC register from 1 January 2021.
This form is for registrants to give their consent for potential employers to check whether an optician is currently being investigated by us before completing an offer of employment.
