National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (PG)
Admission MD/MS/PG Diploma, Post MBBS DNB, Direct 6 Years DrNB, NBEMS Diploma Courses for the academic session 2025-26 [NEET-PG 2025]
NEET-PG 2025
[National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test - Post Graduate (PG)]
conducted by National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences
Admission MD/MS/PG Diploma, Post MBBS DNB, Direct 6 Years DrNB, NBEMS Diploma Courses for the academic session 2025-26
NEET PG is a national-level eligibility and entrance examination for medical graduates seeking admission to postgraduate medical courses, including MD, MS, and PG Diploma programs. It's a single-window entrance test for these courses, determining eligibility for government and private medical colleges, as well as institutions like the Armed Forces Medical Services.
| Processes |
Timelines |
| Online Submission of Application Form |
17th April 2025 (03:00 P.M. Onwards)
to
07th May 2025 (till 11:55 P.M.) |
Edit Window for All Payment Success Applications
(Any information/documents can be edited except Name, Nationality, Email, Mobile number and Test City) |
09th May 2025 to 13th May 2025 |
Pre-Final Selective Edit Window to rectify Deficient/Incorrect Images
- Photograph
- Signatures
- Thumb Impression
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17th May 2025 to 21st May 2025 |
Final Selective Edit Window to rectify Deficient / Incorrect Images
- Photograph
- Signatures
- Thumb Impression
(No further opportunity shall be given) |
24th May 2025 to 26th May 2025 |
| Informing the Test City to the candidates |
02nd June 2025 |
| Issue of Admit Cards |
11th June 2025 |
| Examination Date |
15th June 2025 |
| Declaration of Result |
By 15th July 2025 |
| Cut-off date for completion of internship towards eligibility for NEET-PG 2025 |
31st July 2025 |
The eligibility criteria to appear in NEET-PG 2025 is as follows:
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ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR INDIAN MEDICAL GRADUATES:
Candidates who have completed their MBBS from India must:
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Possess MBBS degree or Provisional MBBS Pass Certificate recognized as per the provisions of the NMC Act, 2019 and the Post Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023,
and
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Possess Permanent or Provisional registration certificate of MBBS qualification issued by the NMC/ the erstwhile Medical Council of India or State Medical Council,
and
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have Completed one year of internship or are likely to complete the internship on or before 31st July 2025.
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Candidates found to be ineligible at any stage of NEET-PG 2025 will not be permitted to appear in the examination and/or counseling. In an unlikely event of any ineligible candidate appearing and/or being successful in the NEETPG 2025, the results/candidature of such candidate shall be cancelled and/or are deemed to be cancelled.
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Requests for appearing in NEET-PG 2025 from candidates completing internship after 31st July 2025 or having qualifications that are not recognized as per the NMC Act, 2019 and the repealed IMC Act, 1956 shall be summarily rejected. Candidates are further advised not to canvass for the same.
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The dates indicated by candidates with regard to 12 months Compulsory Rotating Resident Internship in the application form (i.e. internship starting and completion date) shall be treated as final and candidates will be required to submit the original Compulsory Rotating Resident Internship completion certificate at the time of counseling/admission in allotted Medical College/Institute.
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The cut off dates for the recognition of the Medical Colleges, from where the candidates have passed their MBBS Degree Course and completed compulsory rotatory Internship for the year 2025 will be as prescribed by the NMC. The Colleges recognized after the cut- off date prescribed by the NMC will not be considered.
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Registration with the NMC/ the erstwhile Medical Council of India or State Medical Council is necessary and its documentary proof should be furnished by the candidates on the day of examination and at the time of counseling/admission.
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Some of the Universities/Institutions are having regulations that candidates who are already pursuing the PG Course in their University or in another University are not eligible for admission till they complete the course. The candidates who are already pursuing PG Courses either through All India Quota or State Quota and are applying for a seat under All India Quota / State quota seats may confirm the eligibility conditions of that University in this regard. NBEMS / MoHFW / Designated Counseling Authority shall not be responsible if such candidates are refused for admission. Such candidates may opt for the subject and the college at their own risk and cost.
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The definition of NRI for admission to Deemed University shall be as per Hon’ble Supreme Court order dated 22/08/2017 in WP 689/2017.
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Eligibility of candidates issued admit card for the examination shall be purely provisional. Appearance in NEET-PG 2025 does not confer any automatic rights upon the candidate for admission to MD/MS/PG Diploma courses.
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ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES: Indian citizens or overseas citizens of India who have obtained their Primary Medical Qualifications from Medical Colleges outside India should have qualified the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (Screening Test) as per Screening Test Regulations, 2002 which is conducted by National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences. Further, they should have been registered with the NMC / the erstwhile Medical Council of India or State Medical Council and should have completed their internship or likely to complete their internship on or before 31st July 2025.
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ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS:
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Their basic Medical Qualification, equivalent to MBBS, should be recognized by the NMC.
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Foreign Nationals desirous of appearing in NEET-PG and those, who are required to have security clearance as per the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) requirements, shall obtain the security clearance from Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India before applying for NEET-PG. The security clearance shall be required to be submitted while applying for NEET-PG.
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The NMC may, on payment of the prescribed fee for registration, grant temporary registration for the duration of the Post Graduate course limited to the medical college/institution to which he/she is admitted for the time being exclusively for pursuing postgraduate studies. Provided further that temporary registration to such foreign national shall be subject to the condition that such person is duly registered with appropriate registering authority in his own country where from he has obtained his Basic Medical qualification, and is duly recognized by the corresponding Medical Council or concerned authority and Permission/No Objection Certificate from the medical council of that country to allow undertaking Post Graduation in India has also been obtained.
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Candidates are advised not to canvass with NBEMS for eligibility in NEETPG or issuance of admit card. Queries, if any, can be submitted through
Communication Web Portal only. Canvassing in any form shall invite rejection of the application.
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Examination Fee:
| Category of Candidate |
Examination Fee* |
| General, OBC and EWS |
Rs. 3500/- |
| SC, ST, PWD |
Rs. 2500/- |
*Excluding charges as may be applicable by various payment gateways.
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Applications forms once submitted cannot be withdrawn. Fee shall neither be carried forward to a future date nor refunded under any circumstances. Any claim for refund, adjustment or carrying forward of Application fee will not be entertained.
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How to pay: The prescribed exam fee should be remitted through payment gateway provided using UPI or Credit Card / Debit Cards issued by banks in India or other modes as may be made available and have been provided on the web page. Fee can not be deposited through any mode other than the payment gateway available while submitting online application form submission.
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Examination fees in respect of candidates who are absent or have been declared ineligible due to any reason shall be forfeited. Candidates are advised to read the information bulletin for NEET-PG 2025 carefully and satisfy the terms and conditions for fulfilment of eligibility criteria before proceeding for payment of fees.
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Kindly ensure that the payment made for examination fee is successful and confirmation of the same can be seen in the application form under payment status reflected as "S" (for successful). In case the status is shown as pending, the payment might be stuck with your bank and might be cleared at a later date. The application submission process in not completed till such time the status of payment is reflected as "S" in application form. NBEMS shall not be responsible for rejection of your application due to delay in settlement of the payment by your bank to NBEMS.
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In an event of receipt of duplicate/multiple examination fees towards the same application ID, NBEMS shall refund the excess fees received for an application retaining the prescribed examination fee, after closure of application window.
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NEET-PG 2025 shall be conducted on 15th June 2025 through computerbased examination in a single day. There will be Two examination shifts on 15th June 2025. Candidates will be allotted to one of the two shifts by NBEMS.
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The candidates shall not be able to exercise the choice of shift (Morning or Afternoon) in which they shall be allowed to take the examination. The allotment of the shifts to the candidates will be done by NBEMS purely randomly.
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Syllabus: The syllabus for the exam shall comprise of subject/knowledge area as per Graduate Medical Education Regulations issued by the National Medical Commission/the erstwhile Medical Council of India.
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The examination shall be a multiple-choice questions based test delivered using computers network (CBT) as per scheme prescribed.
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The exam comprises of 200 Multiple Choice Questions with each question having 4 response options/distractors in English language only. Candidates are required to select the correct/best/most appropriate response/answer out of the 4 response options provided in each question. Time allotted is 3 hrs 30 minutes.
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Marking Scheme: Allocation of marks for each MCQ shall be as follows:
| S. No. |
Response |
Marks |
| 1 |
Correct Response |
4 Marks |
| 2 |
Incorrect Response |
1 Mark shall be deducted |
| 3 |
Unattempted Question |
Zero |
There shall be 25% negative marking for incorrect answers. No marks will be deducted for unattempted questions.
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During the examination candidates are given an option to mark any question, whether attempted or not, for review which means that candidate has been given an option to go through these questions again before the examination time ends. Candidates may note that such questions which are marked for review shall be evaluated as per the marking scheme mentioned above.
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The question paper for NEET-PG will be divided into five time bound sections, namely Group A, B, C, D & E. The questions from subjects of MBBS curriculum shall be distributed across these five sections of 40 questions each. Each section will have 42 minutes of time allotted for the section. Candidates would be restricted to proceed to the next section till completion of the allotted time of the previous section and candidates would not be allowed to review the questions/ modify the responses of a section after the completion of the allotted time of that section. Questions of the next section will start automatically after the completion of the allotted time of the previous section.
*The actual number of such time-restricted sections may vary based on the total number of questions in the question paper and operational feasibility in making such sections.
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Allocation of time for NEET-PG 2025 shall be as follows:
| Activities |
Shift-I Timings |
Shift-II Timings |
| Allow Candidates to enter the examination centre and Commence Registration for the test |
07:00 AM |
01:30 PM |
| Entry closes at Examination Center |
08:30 AM |
03:00 PM |
| Grant access for Candidate Login |
08:45 AM |
03:15 PM |
| Candidates log in to read instructions |
08:50 AM |
03:20 PM |
| Exam Start Time |
09:00 AM |
03:30 PM |
| Exam End Time |
12:30 PM |
07:00 PM |
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Submit Online Application Form
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Edit Application in Edit Window, if required
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Rectify Images in Final Edit Window, if asked
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Watch Demo Test (At NBEMS Website)
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Download Admit Card
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Report at Test Centre on Schedule Date &Time
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Security Check-in Process
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Registration for Test + Face ID & Biometric Capture
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Examination Begins
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During Exam FaceID/Biometric Verification
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Examination Ends
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New User Registration: All candidates desirous of applying for NEET-PG 2025 shall be required to create an online profile of themselves to generate a UserID and Password.
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Applicant Login: This User ID and Password so created will allow the candidate to login as an applicant for NEET-PG 2025 session and register an online application. The "Go to Application" link will allow the applicant to continue with the application submission immediately after user creation.
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If the Login password is lost, it can be retrieved by clicking "Forgot Your Password".
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Name of Candidate: Please mention your full name as in Primary Medical Qualification Certificate. Name as entered by the candidate while creating his/her User ID shall be reflected in a non-editable format in his/her examination application form. No change in the name shall be permissible under any circumstances after submission of an application. The candidate shall be required to produce his/her Govt issued ID proof bearing same name at the test centre on the test day to seek entry. It is strongly advised not to submit an application with an error in the candidate’s name as it shall not be allowed to be edited after application submission. If the user has entered his/her name wrongly while registering the user, please create another user with correct name.
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Gender and Date of Birth: Indicate your gender and Day, Month & Year of your birth. Please enter the correct date of birth carefully while registering the user.
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Nationality: Please choose your nationality amongst the options given: Indian, Non-Resident Indian (NRI), Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) and Non OCI Foreign Nationals. Indian Citizens who are not NRI should choose Indian. An Indian Citizen should choose Non-Resident Indian, if he/she is an NRI. If you are a Foreign National but also an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI), please choose OCI. Foreign Nationals who are not an OCI should choose Non OCI Foreign National.
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Email ID: Email ID chosen by the candidate shall be verified through a system generated OTP for user creation. Same email ID can not be used for registration of any other user concurrently. Please note that all email correspondence with the candidate shall be done at this email ID only. Email chosen by the candidate shall be the primary means to communicate with the candidate for examination purposes. Information related to examinations shall be sent at this email ID. Candidates shall also be able to communicate with NBEMS through this registered email only. Correspondence received from any other email ID of the candidate shall not be entertained. Therefore, candidates are advised to choose the email ID carefully. Candidates are required to use same Email ID for counseling Registration Form of designated counseling authority as used in NBEMS NEET-PG 2025 Application Form.
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Mobile No.: Please provide a unique mobile number for receiving Examinations related communications sent through SMS. Mobile number chosen by the candidate shall NOT be the primary means to communicate with the candidate for examination purposes. Same Mobile No. as used for NBEMS NEET-PG 2025 Registration will be used at the time of Registration for Counseling.
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The UserID / Application ID and password so generated shall be sent to the registered email ID of the candidate for future records.
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The index page of NEET-PG 2025 at NBEMS website https://natboard.edu.in provides a quick link, "Already Registered? To login". The online application form for NEET-PG 2025 can be accessed through this quick link after successful creation of User ID.
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The candidate can login using his/her User ID and Password.
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The application submission process can be completed either in a single sitting or in multiple sittings, as per the candidate's choice, during the application submission window. However, once an application is successfully completed & submitted, it shall be available for editing certain field only during the "edit window".
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Candidates are advised not to complete & submit their online application in a haste so as to avoid any errors in providing information. Request for making any changes in date of birth, name, category, nationality or any other information provided in the application shall be summarily rejected. NBEMS does not edit/modify/change any information provided by the candidates in their applications of its own. Candidates has the option to make corrections in any information except name, nationality, test city, mobile number and email ID during the edit window.
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The candidate shall be required to provide information as asked under various heads. It is strongly recommended to keep the required information handy before start filing the application. Please read the User Manual available at the index page of NEET-PG 2025 for step wise details asked in the application form.
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Upload of Prescribed Images (Photograph, Scanned Signatures and Thumb Impression): Please refer Image Upload Instructions available at NBEMS website https://natboard.edu.in and at the end of this information bulletin for details of specifications for uploading photograph, signatures and thumb impression. Images which are not as per prescribed specification shall not be considered and may lead to rejection of the application. Please ensure that uploaded photograph is a RECENT photograph and in any case should have not been taken more than 3 months before the date of application submission. Uploading a photograph which is not a recent one or which is not as per prescribed image upload guidelines as detailed in this information bulletin and/or failure to rectify the same in the final edit window shall invite rejection of the application.
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The test city can be selected from available choices on first come first serve basis. While the city will be chosen by the candidate himself / herself at the time of online submission of application form, allotment of test centre / venue in the chosen city shall be done by NBEMS.
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After selection of test city, the candidate shall be required to pay the prescribed examination fee online. The fee can not be paid through any mode other than the payment gateway available in online application form.
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Candidates shall be prompted to preview the entire application before submission in order to make any corrections, if so required. They shall be required to submit the application after agreeing to the "declaration". This shall complete the entire process of application submission.
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Acknowledgement of Application Submission: An acknowledgement email shall be sent to the registered email ID confirming submission of an application by the candidate. Submission of application shall be completed only after successful payment of examination fee. Candidate should confirm the status of payment in the application form PDF where ’S’ would stand for "Successful" and "F" would stand for "Failed".
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Edit Window: Candidates who have successfully submitted their payment for the application during Application Submission window shall only be allowed to edit their applications during 09th May 2025 to 13th May 2025. No new application can be registered or payment can be made during edit window. However, the balance fee required, if any, in case of change in candidate category and/or PwD status can be paid during the edit window. Any information/document can be changed/corrected during the edit window except for Name, Test City, Nationality, Mobile Number and Email ID. Information can be edited any number of times before the closure of the window. The last submitted information will be saved in records.
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All editable fields in the application form shall be open for the candidate to make any corrections, if so required. Details of field which can not be edited are mentioned below. Information entered in the application form can be changed during the "Edit Window". However, following fields in the application form shall remain non-editable:
- Name of the Candidate
- Email ID
- Mobile number
- Nationality
- Test City
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No editing in information provided shall be permissible in the application form,
once edit window is over.
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NBEMS disclaims any liability that may arise due to incorrect information provided by the candidate during online application form submission.
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Subsequent to closure of edit window, deficiency, if any related to images uploaded, in the application form shall be communicated to concerned
candidates:
Final Edit Window: Deficiency related to images uploaded (photograph, Signature, Thumb Impression) shall be intimated to the concerned candidates and same can be corrected during the Prefinal edit window i.e. 17th May 2025 to 21st May 2025. A list of such applicants who would fail to rectify their images in the application form shall be published on NBEMS website and a FINAL Edit window will be opened from 24th May 2025 to 26th May 2025 for them to enable them to rectify the images as per image upload guidelines. Applications of such candidates who would fail to rectify their images even during this FINAL edit window shall be rejected. No further opportunity shall be given to make corrections. Candidates are advised to submit the images in their application as per prescribed image upload guidelines. Failure to submit images as per guidelines and/or failure to rectify the images shall invite rejection of the application.
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If a candidate updates his/her category or PWD status during the edit window which requires him/her to make any payment of the difference in Examination Fee to NBEMS, that difference of examination fee needs to be deposited online during the edit window itself.
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NBEMS does not edit /modify/alter any information entered by the candidates at the time of online submission of application form under any circumstances. Any requests for change in category, Date of Birth, PWD status etc by NBEMS shall not be entertained. Candidates are advised to carefully enter the information in the application form. The Category/PwD status filled by the candidates while applying for NEET-PG 2025 will not be changed by Medical Counseling Committee (MCC) of DGHS, Govt of India at the time of counseling. The details of the candidates will be pre-populated in Counseling Registration Form as provided by them while filling up the NBEMS Application form for NEET-PG 2025. Any representation in this regard will not be entertained by MCC.
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Candidates who fail to submit duly completed applications with requisite documents and/or fail to rectify the deficiencies in their applications by the last date prescribed for rectification shall be declared ineligible. Admit Card shall not be issued to candidates who are declared ineligible. In such cases, the entire fees will be forfeited.
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SUMMARY OF STEPS IN ONLINE APPLICATION FORM SUBMISSION:
The following sequence shall be observed while filing the online application form:
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Fill the user registration form to generate User ID / Application ID and Password.
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User ID and Password will be sent through SMS and Email.
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Complete the application form and upload your Photograph, Scanned signature, Thumb impression & Prescribed documents.
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Choose your Test City and pay Examination Fee
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Agree to the declaration and Submit Application
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Take a print out of the filled Application form with Transaction ID printed on it and payment status mentioned as "S" (Successful) for records.
HELPDESK
In case of any difficulties you may contact the helpdesk through phone no: +91 79961 65333 from 09:30 A.M. to 06:00 P.M. on all days except Sunday and Gazetted holidays or raise a query from helpdesk tab which can be accessed after applicant login.
Information Bulletin
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Published By: Sahadeb
Published On:
30 Apr 2025
