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Apply for Research Membership

Approved professionals can use Lens, read research we have not published and get help from the team. We confirm every applicant's identity, profession and eligibility first — access is never automatic.

Membership fee

On application

Charged only once approved

← What membership covers
Your details

Your details

Your work

Your work

Closest description

What the access is for

What the access is for

Explain the work you need it for.

Purpose (tick all that apply)

What members can get

What members can get

Depending on approval, membership may include:

  • LensOur restricted research system for looking into people, companies and how they connect.
  • Research we hold backAccess, by permission, to desk research that has not been published.
  • Person and company searchesLook through the records we keep and the links we have mapped between them.
  • Case and court researchFollow related claims, prosecutions, regulator actions and the paperwork around them.
  • Sending us evidencePass further material and documents to the desk for checking.
  • Asking for a record reviewRequest a correction, update or amendment with evidence. You can ask for a review — you get no vote in editorial decisions.
  • Help from the teamSupport in reading complicated records, within what your membership covers.

Fee: On application · charged only once approved

Proof of who you are

Proof of who you are

Every applicant is checked. Your documents are kept privately, and only the staff who review applications can open them.

Professional ID

Emirates ID, passport, bar card or professional card

Second document (optional)

Practising licence, staff pass or similar proof

Five confirmations

Five confirmations

Each one has to be ticked.

No payment is taken unless you are approved.