Applying for Restoration to the Register – for doctors who applied to relinquish their registration and were granted voluntary erasure

This page is to help doctors who:

• Have previously held registration with the GMC
• Relinquished 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).

Your application will be an online application.  At the end of this guidance you will be given a link to enter our secure web portal which is called MyGMC.

If you do not have a PIN and password for MyGMC, you should contact us (opens in a new window).

Your steps to restoration

• Read this guidance (10 pages)
• Log in to MyGMC, complete your application and pay your fee (you will need your GMC reference number, PIN and password to do this)
• Send copies of your supporting documentary evidence 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.