V1 backing: this form can POST straight to a Google Form (each field maps to a Forms question via its entry.NNN id), so responses land in a Sheet for the team with zero backend work. The same fields translate 1:1 if we later swap to a native endpoint.
Review flow: the team checks responses, then grants the creator role to the applicant’s existing account via the internal admin tool (account lookup by User ID / principal — see admin-creator-access-states-gallery-2026-06-30.html). No accounts are created from this form.