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.
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.
Fees for students will remain the same and the discount for low-income fees will increase by £20, from £100 to £120 meaning that the low-income fee will remain at £260.
For the last three years, registrant fees have remained frozen at £360. The changes to fees were agreed by Council at its 7 December meeting.
This increase in fees will ensure the GOC can continue to fulfil its statutory remit and protect the public by upholding high standards in the optical professions, while sensibly managing risks in a climate of increasingly financial and economic volatility.
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.
