How to register

How to apply

Please read our full guidance before submitting your application.

Read regulatory advice 3: Registration guidance

All applications must be submitted through the registration application portal.

Providers must make an application that contains all the information set out in our guidance.

If a provider does not submit all the necessary information, we will not be able to progress our assessment.

Registration checklist

We recommend providers follow our registration checklist (available from the regulatory advice 3 webpage).

Before following the process below, providers should consider the following questions:

  • Is my provider eligible to register?
  • Which benefits does my provider want to access?
  • In which category of registration does my provider want to register?
  • Will my provider be able to show that it satisfies the initial conditions of registration?
  • Will my provider be able to satisfy the ongoing conditions of registration if its application is successful?
  • Will my provider be able to meet the other ongoing requirements of registration if its application is successful?

Application process

  1. Request an access key for the registration application portal by contacting [email protected].
  2. Download an application form from the portal.
  3. Complete the application form – see ‘How to submit your application for registration with the OfS’ (part 1) - available from the regulatory advice 3 webpage.
  4. Gather other relevant information needed to make an application – see ‘Regulatory advice 3’.
  5. Submit your application by uploading your application form and other relevant supporting documents to the OfS portal – see ‘How to submit your application for registration with the OfS’ (part 2) - available from the regulatory advice 3 webpage.
Submit your application online via the OfS portal
Last updated 14 October 2022
14 October 2022
Content refreshed - updated version of regulatory advice 3 published
16 December 2020
Update to the latest information about applying to register with the OfS.
23 April 2020
Note added about registration applications during the coronavirus pandemic

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