Steps before applying for GMC registration

  1. Summary
  2. Steps before applying for GMC registration
  3. Starting your application
  4. Registration and licensing history
  5. Works details and employer reference form
  6. Declaring your fitness to practise
  1. Insurance and indemnity
  2. How much does it cost to apply?
  3. How long will it take to process my application?
  4. Completing an identity check
  5. When will you make a decision on my application for registration?
  6. I am ready to apply

Before you are due to qualify, your AA course provider will provide us with your details. We’ll create a unique GMC reference number for you which you’ll keep for the rest of your career. We’ll email you with your GMC reference number.

Your course provider will tell us when you have been awarded your AA qualification.

For AA students that started their courses after September 2023

You’ll also need to pass both parts of the AA Registration Assessment (AARA) before you can apply for registration. It consists of a knowledge test (AARA-KT) and clinical capability assessment (AARA-CCA). 

Once you receive your AA qualification and where applicable, after you’ve passed both parts of the AARA, we’ll email you and invite you to start your application for registration. You will need to apply for registration within two years of passing the AARA. If you apply and one or both parts are more than two years old, we may ask to re-take these.

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