Applying for Restoration to the Register – for doctors who did not apply for voluntary erasure

This page is to help doctors who:

• Have previously held registration with the GMC
• Did not relinquish their previous registration by applying for voluntary erasure

AND

• Want to apply to restore their registration after:
• A period spent outside medical practice (for example after retiring from medical practice)

OR

• A period spent working outside the UK.

If you are seeking to restore your registration for any other reason you should contact us (opens in a new window).

At the end of this guidance you will be given a link to download an application form to complete and an address to send it to.

Your steps to restoration

• Read this guidance (11 pages)
• Download and complete an application form (for example, if you were erased for failure to pay your fee or not maintaining an effective address)
  
• Send your completed application form along with copies of your supporting documentary evidence and your fee by post
• Visit one of our offices for an identity check

There is more information about these steps on the following pages of this guidance.