diff --git a/orcid-core/src/main/java/org/orcid/core/manager/impl/RegistrationManagerImpl.java b/orcid-core/src/main/java/org/orcid/core/manager/impl/RegistrationManagerImpl.java
index c00ffa055b4..5de0ae5d3ab 100644
--- a/orcid-core/src/main/java/org/orcid/core/manager/impl/RegistrationManagerImpl.java
+++ b/orcid-core/src/main/java/org/orcid/core/manager/impl/RegistrationManagerImpl.java
@@ -16,15 +16,19 @@
 import org.orcid.core.manager.ProfileEntityCacheManager;
 import org.orcid.core.manager.ProfileEntityManager;
 import org.orcid.core.manager.RegistrationManager;
+import org.orcid.core.manager.v3.AffiliationsManager;
 import org.orcid.core.manager.v3.EmailManager;
 import org.orcid.core.manager.v3.NotificationManager;
 import org.orcid.core.manager.v3.RecordNameManager;
 import org.orcid.core.security.OrcidWebRole;
+import org.orcid.core.togglz.Features;
 import org.orcid.core.utils.VerifyRegistrationToken;
 import org.orcid.jaxb.model.common.AvailableLocales;
 import org.orcid.jaxb.model.common_v2.OrcidType;
 import org.orcid.jaxb.model.common_v2.Visibility;
 import org.orcid.jaxb.model.message.CreationMethod;
+import org.orcid.jaxb.model.v3.release.record.Affiliation;
+import org.orcid.jaxb.model.v3.release.record.Employment;
 import org.orcid.jaxb.model.v3.release.record.FamilyName;
 import org.orcid.jaxb.model.v3.release.record.GivenNames;
 import org.orcid.jaxb.model.v3.release.record.Name;
@@ -90,6 +94,9 @@ public class RegistrationManagerImpl implements RegistrationManager {
     
     @Resource(name = "recordNameManagerV3")
     private RecordNameManager recordNameManager;
+
+    @Resource(name = "affiliationsManagerV3")
+    private AffiliationsManager affiliationsManager;
     
     @Required
     public void setEncryptionManager(EncryptionManager encryptionManager) {
@@ -290,7 +297,12 @@ private String createMinimalProfile(Registration registration, boolean usedCaptc
             name.setGivenNames(new GivenNames(registration.getGivenNames().getValue()));
         }
         recordNameManager.createRecordName(orcid, name);
-                
+
+        if (Features.REGISTRATION_2_0.isActive() && registration.getAffiliationForm() != null) {
+            Affiliation affiliation = registration.getAffiliationForm().toAffiliation();
+            affiliationsManager.createEmploymentAffiliation(orcid, (Employment) affiliation, false);
+        }
+
         // Create email frequency entity
         boolean sendQuarterlyTips = (registration.getSendOrcidNews() == null) ? false : registration.getSendOrcidNews().getValue();
         emailFrequencyManager.createOnRegister(orcid, SendEmailFrequency.WEEKLY, SendEmailFrequency.WEEKLY, SendEmailFrequency.WEEKLY, sendQuarterlyTips);
diff --git a/orcid-core/src/main/java/org/orcid/pojo/ajaxForm/Registration.java b/orcid-core/src/main/java/org/orcid/pojo/ajaxForm/Registration.java
index 91f6ddb4cc1..5ef0e961f8f 100644
--- a/orcid-core/src/main/java/org/orcid/pojo/ajaxForm/Registration.java
+++ b/orcid-core/src/main/java/org/orcid/pojo/ajaxForm/Registration.java
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ public class Registration implements ErrorsInterface, Serializable {
 
     private String linkType;
 
+    private AffiliationForm affiliationForm;
+
     public Registration() {
         errors = new ArrayList<String>();
         password = new Text();
@@ -241,4 +243,12 @@ public String getLinkType() {
     public void setLinkType(String linkType) {
         this.linkType = linkType;
     }
+
+    public AffiliationForm getAffiliationForm() {
+        return affiliationForm;
+    }
+
+    public void setAffiliationForm(AffiliationForm affiliationForm) {
+        this.affiliationForm = affiliationForm;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/orcid-core/src/test/java/org/orcid/core/manager/impl/RegistrationManagerImplTest.java b/orcid-core/src/test/java/org/orcid/core/manager/impl/RegistrationManagerImplTest.java
index 720306254f6..e0a6b83b2b1 100644
--- a/orcid-core/src/test/java/org/orcid/core/manager/impl/RegistrationManagerImplTest.java
+++ b/orcid-core/src/test/java/org/orcid/core/manager/impl/RegistrationManagerImplTest.java
@@ -30,17 +30,23 @@
 import org.orcid.core.common.manager.EmailFrequencyManager;
 import org.orcid.core.manager.RegistrationManager;
 import org.orcid.core.manager.SourceManager;
-import org.orcid.core.manager.TwoFactorAuthenticationManager;
 import org.orcid.core.manager.read_only.EmailManagerReadOnly;
+import org.orcid.core.manager.v3.AffiliationsManager;
 import org.orcid.core.manager.v3.ProfileEntityManager;
 import org.orcid.core.manager.v3.ProfileHistoryEventManager;
 import org.orcid.core.profile.history.ProfileHistoryEventType;
 import org.orcid.jaxb.model.message.CreationMethod;
 import org.orcid.jaxb.model.record_v2.Emails;
+import org.orcid.jaxb.model.v3.release.common.Source;
+import org.orcid.jaxb.model.v3.release.record.AffiliationType;
+import org.orcid.jaxb.model.v3.release.record.summary.EmploymentSummary;
+import org.orcid.persistence.constants.SendEmailFrequency;
 import org.orcid.persistence.dao.ProfileDao;
 import org.orcid.persistence.jpa.entities.ClientDetailsEntity;
 import org.orcid.persistence.jpa.entities.ProfileEntity;
 import org.orcid.persistence.jpa.entities.SourceEntity;
+import org.orcid.pojo.ajaxForm.AffiliationForm;
+import org.orcid.pojo.ajaxForm.Date;
 import org.orcid.pojo.ajaxForm.Registration;
 import org.orcid.pojo.ajaxForm.Text;
 import org.orcid.test.DBUnitTest;
@@ -54,6 +60,7 @@
 @ContextConfiguration(locations = { "classpath:test-orcid-core-context.xml" })
 public class RegistrationManagerImplTest extends DBUnitTest {
 
+    private static final String CLIENT_1_ID = "4444-4444-4444-4498";
     private static final String CLIENT_ID_AUTODEPRECATE_ENABLED = "APP-5555555555555555";
     private static final String CLIENT_ID_AUTODEPRECATE_DISABLED = "APP-5555555555555556";    
     
@@ -65,13 +72,13 @@ public class RegistrationManagerImplTest extends DBUnitTest {
 
     @Resource
     EmailManagerReadOnly emailManager;    
-    
-    @Resource
-    SourceManager sourceManager;
-    
+
     @Mock
     SourceManager mockSourceManager;
-    
+
+    @Mock
+    org.orcid.core.manager.v3.SourceManager mockSourceManagerV3;
+
     @Mock
     EmailFrequencyManager mockEmailFrequencyManager;
     
@@ -89,24 +96,26 @@ public class RegistrationManagerImplTest extends DBUnitTest {
     
     @Resource(name = "notificationManagerV3")
     org.orcid.core.manager.v3.NotificationManager notificationV3Manager;
-    
-    @Mock
-    private TwoFactorAuthenticationManager mockTwoFactorAuthenticationManager;
-    
-    @Resource
-    TwoFactorAuthenticationManager twoFactorAuthenticationManager;
-    
+
+    @Resource(name = "affiliationsManagerV3")
+    private AffiliationsManager affiliationsManager;
+
     @BeforeClass
     public static void initDBUnitData() throws Exception {
-        initDBUnitData(Arrays.asList("/data/SourceClientDetailsEntityData.xml"));
-    }       
-    
+        initDBUnitData(Arrays.asList("/data/SourceClientDetailsEntityData.xml", "/data/ProfileEntityData.xml", "/data/RecordNameEntityData.xml", "/data/OrgsEntityData.xml"));
+    }
+
     @Before
     public void before() {
         MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
-        TargetProxyHelper.injectIntoProxy(registrationManager, "emailFrequencyManager", mockEmailFrequencyManager);        
+        TargetProxyHelper.injectIntoProxy(registrationManager, "emailFrequencyManager", mockEmailFrequencyManager);
+        TargetProxyHelper.injectIntoProxy(affiliationsManager, "sourceManager", mockSourceManagerV3);
+        TargetProxyHelper.injectIntoProxy(affiliationsManager, "notificationManager", mockV3NotificationManager);
         when(mockSourceManager.retrieveSourceEntity()).thenReturn(new SourceEntity(new ClientDetailsEntity(CLIENT_ID_AUTODEPRECATE_ENABLED)));
-        
+        when(mockSourceManagerV3.retrieveActiveSource()).thenReturn(new Source("4444-4444-4444-4441"));
+        when(mockV3NotificationManager.sendAmendEmail(Mockito.anyString(), Mockito.any(), Mockito.anyList())).thenReturn(null);
+        when(mockEmailFrequencyManager.createOnRegister(Mockito.anyString(), Mockito.any(SendEmailFrequency.class), Mockito.any(SendEmailFrequency.class), Mockito.any(SendEmailFrequency.class), Mockito.anyBoolean())).thenReturn(true);
+
         TargetProxyHelper.injectIntoProxy(registrationManager, "notificationManager", mockV3NotificationManager);
         doNothing().when(mockV3NotificationManager).sendAutoDeprecateNotification(Mockito.anyString(), Mockito.anyString());               
         
@@ -453,7 +462,21 @@ public void testRegisterCleanSpaceCharsOnEmailsTest() {
         }
                
     }
-    
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRegisterWithAffiliationTest() {
+        String email = "new_user_" + System.currentTimeMillis() + "@test.orcid.org";
+        Registration registrationForm = createRegistrationForm(email, true);
+        registrationForm.setAffiliationForm(getAffiliationForm());
+
+        String userOrcid = registrationManager.createMinimalRegistration(registrationForm, true, java.util.Locale.ENGLISH, "0.0.0.0");
+        assertNotNull(userOrcid);
+        assertTrue(OrcidStringUtils.isValidOrcid(userOrcid));
+        List<EmploymentSummary> employmentSummaryList = affiliationsManager.getEmploymentSummaryList(userOrcid);
+        assertNotNull(employmentSummaryList);
+        assertEquals(1, employmentSummaryList.size());
+    }
+
     private Registration createRegistrationForm(String email, boolean claimed) {
         Registration registration = new Registration();
         registration.setPassword(Text.valueOf("password"));
@@ -474,4 +497,45 @@ private Registration createRegistrationFormMultipleEmails(String email, List<Tex
         registration.setCreationType(Text.valueOf(CreationMethod.DIRECT.value()));                       
         return registration;
     }
+
+    protected AffiliationForm getAffiliationForm() {
+        Date created = new Date();
+
+        AffiliationForm form = new AffiliationForm();
+        form.setAffiliationType(Text.valueOf(AffiliationType.EMPLOYMENT.value()));
+        created.setDay(String.valueOf(created.getDay()));
+        created.setMonth(String.valueOf(created.getMonth()));
+        created.setYear(String.valueOf(created.getYear()));
+        form.setCreatedDate(created);
+
+        Date lastModified = new Date();
+        lastModified.setDay(String.valueOf(created.getDay()));
+        lastModified.setMonth(String.valueOf(created.getMonth()));
+        lastModified.setYear(String.valueOf(created.getYear()));
+        form.setLastModified(lastModified);
+
+        form.setDepartmentName(Text.valueOf("department-name"));
+
+        form.setRoleTitle(Text.valueOf("role-title"));
+
+        Date startDate = new Date();
+        startDate.setDay("31");
+        startDate.setMonth("12");
+        startDate.setYear("2019");
+        form.setStartDate(startDate);
+
+        org.orcid.pojo.ajaxForm.Visibility v = new org.orcid.pojo.ajaxForm.Visibility();
+        v.setVisibility(org.orcid.jaxb.model.v3.release.common.Visibility.PRIVATE);
+        form.setVisibility(v);
+
+        form.setSource(CLIENT_1_ID);
+
+        form.setCity(Text.valueOf("city"));
+        form.setCountry(Text.valueOf("US"));
+        form.setRegion(Text.valueOf("region"));
+        form.setAffiliationName(Text.valueOf("org-1"));
+        form.setOrgDisambiguatedId(Text.valueOf("1"));
+
+        return form;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/orcid-web/src/main/java/org/orcid/frontend/web/controllers/RegistrationController.java b/orcid-web/src/main/java/org/orcid/frontend/web/controllers/RegistrationController.java
index a3e86e1fce9..ec035366596 100644
--- a/orcid-web/src/main/java/org/orcid/frontend/web/controllers/RegistrationController.java
+++ b/orcid-web/src/main/java/org/orcid/frontend/web/controllers/RegistrationController.java
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 package org.orcid.frontend.web.controllers;
 
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatterBuilder;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoField;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -14,6 +19,7 @@
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.jasypt.exceptions.EncryptionOperationNotPossibleException;
 import org.orcid.core.constants.EmailConstants;
 import org.orcid.core.constants.OrcidOauth2Constants;
@@ -45,6 +51,8 @@
 import org.orcid.jaxb.model.v3.release.search.Search;
 import org.orcid.persistence.constants.SendEmailFrequency;
 import org.orcid.pojo.Redirect;
+import org.orcid.pojo.ajaxForm.AffiliationForm;
+import org.orcid.pojo.ajaxForm.Date;
 import org.orcid.pojo.ajaxForm.PojoUtil;
 import org.orcid.pojo.ajaxForm.Registration;
 import org.orcid.pojo.ajaxForm.RequestInfoForm;
@@ -321,6 +329,28 @@ public void validateRegistrationFields(HttpServletRequest request, Registration
         regEmailValidate(request, reg, false, false);
         registerTermsOfUseValidate(reg);
 
+        if (Features.REGISTRATION_2_0.isActive() && reg.getAffiliationForm() != null) {
+            AffiliationForm affiliationForm = reg.getAffiliationForm();
+            if (!affiliationForm.getAffiliationType().getValue().equals("Employment")) {
+                setError(affiliationForm.getAffiliationType(), "Invalid affiliation type");
+            }
+            if (reg.getAffiliationForm().getDepartmentName() != null) {
+                if (affiliationForm.getDepartmentName().getValue() != null && affiliationForm.getDepartmentName().getValue().trim().length() > 1000) {
+                    setError(affiliationForm.getDepartmentName(), "common.length_less_1000");
+                }
+            }
+            if (reg.getAffiliationForm().getRoleTitle() != null) {
+                if (!PojoUtil.isEmpty(affiliationForm.getRoleTitle()) && affiliationForm.getRoleTitle().getValue().trim().length() > 1000) {
+                    setError(affiliationForm.getRoleTitle(), "common.length_less_1000");
+                }
+            }
+            if (reg.getAffiliationForm().getStartDate() != null) {
+                if(!validDate(affiliationForm.getStartDate())) {
+                    setError(affiliationForm.getStartDate(), "common.dates.invalid");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         copyErrors(reg.getActivitiesVisibilityDefault(), reg);
         copyErrors(reg.getEmailConfirm(), reg);
         copyErrors(reg.getEmail(), reg);
@@ -581,4 +611,43 @@ private void processProfileHistoryEvents(Registration registration, String newUs
         }
     }
 
+    protected boolean validDate(Date date) {
+        DateTimeFormatter[] formatters = {
+                new DateTimeFormatterBuilder().appendPattern("yyyy").parseDefaulting(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR, 1).parseDefaulting(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1)
+                        .toFormatter(),
+                new DateTimeFormatterBuilder().appendPattern("yyyyMM").parseDefaulting(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1).toFormatter(),
+                new DateTimeFormatterBuilder().appendPattern("yyyyMMdd").parseStrict().toFormatter() };
+        String dateString = date.getYear();
+        // If the month is empty and day provided is an invalid date
+        if (StringUtils.isBlank(date.getMonth())) {
+            if (!StringUtils.isBlank(date.getDay())) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        else if (StringUtils.isBlank(date.getYear())) {
+            if (!StringUtils.isBlank(date.getDay()) && !StringUtils.isBlank(date.getMonth())) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            dateString += date.getMonth();
+            if (!StringUtils.isBlank(date.getDay())) {
+                dateString += date.getDay();
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (DateTimeFormatter formatter : formatters) {
+            try {
+                LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.parse(dateString, formatter);
+                if (PojoUtil.isEmpty(date.getDay()) || localDate.getDayOfMonth() == Integer.parseInt(date.getDay())) {
+                    // formatter will correct day to last valid day of month if
+                    // it is too great
+                    return true;
+                }
+            } catch (DateTimeParseException e) {
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
 }