The phrase "a formal application for" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a request or submission that follows official procedures or formats, typically in contexts like job applications, permits, or academic admissions.
Example: "I am submitting a formal application for the scholarship program to support my studies."
Alternatives: "an official request for" or "a formal request for".
Moreover, due to the extra work load involved in processing many requests for a particular drug, in all the visited hospitals the committee decided to formally include the medicine in the formulary without a formal application for the drug, or by asking doctors to submit a formal application.
Students on leave of absence do not have to file a formal application for readmission.
Radoslaw Sikorski, the Polish foreign minister, said Snowden's request did "not meet the requirements for a formal application for asylum.
To benefit from new help, the country will have to make a formal application for aid from the euro zone.
Just before Christmas Montenegro lodged a formal application for the status of candidate to join the European Union.
Morales said Bolivia had not received a formal application for asylum from Snowden yet, but hinted it would consider any request favourably.
A formal application of available statistical methods for assessing presence of this bias was not feasible for this broad review.
Officials in Brussels and Dublin said that Ireland had not made any formal application for a loan and that without such an application, no bailout could be approved or executed.
According to the officials' version, the American diplomats who oversaw his brief, bizarre stay pre-empted any formal application for asylum because of the difficulties of spiriting him out of the country and questions about his eligibility.
With the passage of the Farm Bill to legalize hemp production, this number will only increase, unless, of course, measures are taken to decrease the cannabis industry's carbon footprint". There is a formal application process for farmers interested in working with Flow Kana.
The process culminates in a formal application to FDA for official qualification of the DDT for a given use in product development.
