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First Time Applicant Form

Before completing the application, please read the eligibility requirements. Read about the application process here.

Apply for Guiding Eyes training online by using the form below. Please note that these applications must be completed in full and submitted.  When you submit the form, a new page will appear on your screen indicating that your application has been successfully submitted and giving you further instructions.  This page will contain links to the remaining forms you will need to complete the application process.  If this page does NOT appear on your screen immediately, and you do NOT receive a call from the Admissions Department within 24 hours (including weekend if submitted on a Friday), your application did NOT submit properly.  Contact the Admissions Department by phone or email so that we may mail you the application materials, or try filling out the application and submitting it again online.  When working online, you are not able to save unfinished applications.

Note to first time applicants: We cannot process your application without receiving the signed Release Form. If we don’t receive the signed form within 3 weeks of receiving your application, your file will become dormant and no further action will be taken on it.

Other Ways to Apply: You can also download the forms needed to apply in PDF format, print them, complete them and mail them to the Admissions Department.  You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to access the forms. Download it for free here.

Forms as PDFs

First Time Applicants (PDF)
Letter to Doctor
Medical Form
Vision Report
Release Form

Can’t print these forms? Call the Admissions Department at 1-800-942-0149 and we will mail them to you.

Bev  Klayman
Manager of Admissions Services
800-942-0149 ext. 2222
admissions@guidingeyes.org

First Time Applicant Form Starts Here

Personal Information
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  8. Marital Status
Date of Birth
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Correspondence Preferences
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  1. Professional References

    The Admissions Department will contact all Professional References. Please provide complete names and addresses, including zip codes.
Orientation and Mobility Training
  1. If you have had Orientation and Mobility training within the past 5 years:
Rehabilitation Services
  1. If you have received Rehabilitation services within the last 5 years:
  1. Personal References

    We may contact your personal references to complete a short form about you. So please obtain their permission before listing them below. If they do not hear from Guiding Eyes, nothing is wrong.
  2. List three personal references (OTHER THAN FAMILY OR PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES):
Personal Reference 1
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Personal Reference 2
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Reference 3
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  1. Other Guide Dog Schools

    List any guide dog schools other than Guiding Eyes For the Blind that you have attended:
Other Guide Dog School 1
  1. Graduated?
Other Guide Dog School 2
  1. Graduated?
Other Guide Dog School 3
  1. Graduated?

  1. By submitting this application, I understand that Guiding Eyes for the Blind, Inc. will need further information before my acceptance for training, and that completing this application places neither Guiding Eyes for the Blind nor me under any obligation.
 

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