Check here the list of documents needed for JoSAA counselling 2026. Note that JoSAA counselling document verification is done online, and hence candidates have to upload the scanned copies of the required documents in the JoSAA counselling. Failure to upload the required documents for JoSAA counselling 2026 can lead to elimination from the JoSAA counselling. Hence, candidates must check the list of documents needed for JoSAA counselling 2026 and all details related to the document verification process.
Documents Required for JoSAA Counselling 2026
Documents Required for JoSAA Counselling 2026: In the JoSAA counselling 2026, registered candidates have to upload various documents to get verified for the JoSAA counselling process. The JoSAA document verification will be held online as per the schedule, and candidates will be required to upload documents under their JoSAA 2026 login at josaa.nic.in. The list of documents needed for JoSAA 2026 counselling is now out and is given below.
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In the process of online JoSAA document verification, candidates have to address the queries raised by the document verification officers. The document verification officer may raise certain queries online under the respective login of the candidates against the documents uploaded. These queries must be addressed by the deadline. If the queries remain unanswered, then the candidates shall not be allowed to take part in the further counselling process, and they will lose their seats. The candidates need to check the JoSAA login for queries regularly during the online JoSAA document verification process.
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- Documents Required for JoSAA Counselling 2026 for Admission to NIT+ System
- Documents Required for JoSAA Counselling 2026 for Admission to IITs
- Certificate Formats Required for JoSAA Counselling 2026
- JoSAA 2026 Document Validity and Verification
- What Happens if Documents Are Found Invalid in JoSAA Counselling?
Documents Required for JoSAA Counselling 2026 for Admission to NIT+ System
Check below the list of documents to be uploaded by candidates for admission to NIT+ System bu candidates who have ranks in JEE Main 2026. These documents will be needed at the time of JoSAA 2026 registration and online reporting.
- Class X Mark Sheet/Certificate or Aadhaar Card or Birth Certificate (for Date of Birth)
- Class XII Mark Sheet and Certificate (Qualifying Examination)
- JEE Main 2026 admit card
- Certificate of category (SC/ST/OBC-NCL/GEN-EWS), if applicable, as per Government of India format, available on the JoSAA website, issued by the competent authority.
- Original Certificate for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwD), if applicable, issued by the competent authority.
- Original Certificate for persons having less than 40% disability and having difficulty in writing, if applicable
- Crossed Bank Cheque copy / Image of Passbook with bank account details
- Medical Certificate
- OCI certificate/ PIO card, if applicable
- Passport/Citizenship certificate, if applicable
Documents Required for JoSAA Counselling 2026 for Admission to IITs
Check below the list of documents to be uploaded for admission to IITs by candidates with ranks in JEE Advanced 2026 exam. These documents will be needed at the time of JoSAA 2026 registration and online reporting.
- Class X Mark Sheet/Certificate or Aadhaar Card or Birth Certificate (for date of birth)
- Class XII Mark Sheet (Qualifying Examination)
- Certificate of category (SC/ST/OBC-NCL/GEN-EWS), if applicable
- Original Certificate for Persons with Disabilities (PwD), if applicable
- Original Certificate for persons having less than 40% disability and having difficulty in writing, if applicable
- Crossed Bank Cheque copy / Image of Passbook with bank account details
- Medical Certificate
- OCI certificate /PIO card, if applicable
- Passport / Citizenship certificate, if applicable
Commonly asked questions
Candidates were able to make choices during JoSAA counselling till June 11.
The age limit will be applicable as mentioned in JEE Main/JEE Advanced brochure and official website. There is no seperate age limit criteria prescribed for JoSAA counselling.
The courses offered by the 23 IITs, 31 NITs, IIEST Shibpur, IISC Bangalore, 26 IIITs and 40 Other-Government Funded Technical Institutes (Other-GFTIs) via the JoSAA counselling includes:
The institutes that participate in JoSAA counselling are:
- 23 IITs
- IISc Bangalore
- 31 NITs
- IIEST Shibpur
- 26 IIITs
- 40 Other-Government Funded Technical Institutes (Other-GFTIs)
Certificate Formats Required for JoSAA Counselling 2026
During the JoSAA counselling process, candidates might have to upload various certificates in the format prescribed by the authorities. We have provided the formats of such certificates below that the candidates can download, fill in, and then upload as required.
| Title | Download |
|---|---|
|
FORM-CATEGORY CHANGE FROM SC-ST to GENERAL 2026
|
Download Certificate |
|
FORM-CATEGORY CHANGE FROM OBC-NCL and GEN-EWS to GENERAL 2026
|
Download Certificate |
|
FORM-UNDERTAKING FOR OBC 2026
|
Download Certificate |
|
Medical Certificate 2026
|
Download Certificate |
|
FORM_WITHDRAWAL_EXIT_2026
|
Download Certificate |
|
TOP_20_PERCENTILE_SCORE_CERTIFICATE_BY_SCHOOL_BOARDS
|
Download Certificate |
| FORM-SC-ST | Download Certificate |
| FORM-PwD_IV | Download Certificate |
| FORM-PwD_III | Download Certificate |
| FORM-PwD_II | Download Certificate |
| FORM-OBC-NCL | Download Certificate |
| FORM-GEN-EWS | Download Certificate |
| FORM-DYSLEXIC-2 | Download Certificate |
| FORM-DYSLEXIC-1 | Download Certificate |
|
FORM – DISABILITY AND HAVING DIFFICULTY IN WRITING
|
Download Certificate |
|
FORM – DISABILITY AND HAVING DIFFICULTY IN WRITING
|
Download Certificate |
|
UNDERTAKING FOR CASTE VALIDITY CERTIFICATE FOR MAHARASHTRA STATE CANDIDATES TAKING ADMISSION IN THE NIT+ SYSTEM 2026
|
Download Certificate |
Commonly asked questions
No. You are only allowed to fill choices once before entering the first round of counselling and that choice list is final. Candidates are given only one chance to enter their choice, edit the choices, rearrange them before the choice filling deadline. All candidates have to save and lock their choices within the prescribed deadline. No more chances to fill.edit/rearrange the choices will be provided in the subsequent rounds of JoSAA counselling.
A JEE rank of more than 70,000 is typically regarded as low, and applicants frequently give up on getting into the NITs and B.Tech programmes of their choice. The good news is that a number of universities, such as NITs and IIITs, accept JEE Main low scores up to 2,000,000. Based on the data from the previous year, NIT Mizoram has the lowest cutoff with a closing rank of 678406 for B.Tech. Civil Engineering (Gender-Neutral). It is followed by NIT Sikkim, which has a JEE Main rank of 639272 for B.Tech. EEE, and NIT Agartala, which has a JEE Main rank of 287950 for B.Tech. Biotech & Bio Chem Engineering. Therefore a rank of 9 Lacs can also have a chance of getting into colleges.
NO. Once you are allocated a seat of higher preference based on your float/slide option, your accepted seat from the earlier JoSAA counselling round will be automatically cancelled and you cannot get the previously allotted seat.
If you have already acceptd seat via the JoSAA counselling but want to withdraw the admission then you can do so. The withdraw option is made available starting from the 2nd round and up to the second last round of seat allocation.
If a candidate withdraws a seat, the candidate’s allotted seat will be cancelled and offered to another candidate in a subsequent round of counselling. The candidate withdrawing shall be excluded from the JoSAA process, which means the candidate shall not be considered for subsequent rounds of seat allocation (if any).
Seat acceptance fee will be refunded to these candidates after deducting the withdrawal processing charges of INR 7000. Thus the candidate will forfeit the eligibility for admissions to any of the institutes through JoSAA.
JoSAA 2026 Document Validity and Verification
While document verification, if there is any mismatch between the document uploaded earlier by the candidate [JEE (Main) 2026 registration site for NIT+System and JEE (Advanced) 2026 registration site for IITs] and the document uploaded by the candidate on the JoSAA portal, and the same is found to be due to willful forgery/act of cheating, the offer of admission will be withdrawn and the candidate shall be debarred from further rounds of seat allocation. Thus, the candidate will forfeit eligibility for admission to any of the institutes through JoSAA 2026. The decision of JoSAA on this issue shall be final and binding
It is the responsibility of the candidate to keep the valid certificate or document for JoSAA 2026 counselling ready and upload the same at the time of application/registration. All the certificates/documents will be verified at the time of online reporting and thereafter physically, at the time of reporting at the admitting Institute.
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What Happens if Documents Are Found Invalid in JoSAA Counselling?
For candidates whose category document is found to be invalid OR who do not produce a (valid) category document [as per the format given on the JoSAA web portal], the category tag will be changed (for seat allocation) as shown below.
| Category Tag |
Reason |
|
|---|---|---|
| Assigned |
Changed to |
|
| GEN-PwD |
GEN |
Invalid PwD certificate |
| GEN-EWS |
GEN |
Invalid EWS certificate |
| GEN-EWS-PwD |
GEN-PwD |
Invalid EWS certificate but valid PwD certificate |
| GEN-EWS-PwD |
GEN-EWS |
Invalid PwD certificate but valid GEN-EWS certificate |
| GEN-EWS-PwD |
GEN |
Both PwD certificate and GEN-EWS certificate are invalid. |
| OBC-NCL-PwD |
OBC-NCL |
Invalid PwD certificate but valid OBC-NCL certificate |
| OBC-NCL-PwD |
GEN-PwD |
Valid PwD certificate but invalid OBC-NCL certificate |
| OBC-NCL-PwD |
GEN |
Both PwD and OBC-NCL certificates are invalid |
| SC-PwD |
SC |
Invalid PwD certificate but valid SC certificate |
| SC-PwD |
GEN-PwD |
Valid PwD certificate but invalid SC certificate |
| SC-PwD |
GEN |
Both PwD and SC certificates are invalid |
| ST-PwD |
ST |
Invalid PwD certificate but valid ST certificate |
| ST-PwD |
GEN-PwD |
Valid PwD certificate but invalid ST certificate |
| ST-PwD |
GEN |
Both PwD and ST certificates are invalid |
| OBC-NCL |
GEN |
Invalid OBC-NCL certificate |
| SC |
GEN |
Invalid SC certificate |
| ST |
GEN |
Invalid ST certificate |
[For NIT + System only] The following rules will be applied if there is an error in the state code of eligibility:
- The state code of eligibility will be corrected in the JoSAA 2026 database.
- Retention/cancellation of seats will be as determined by the following table:
| Eligibility |
Allocated seat quota |
Action |
|---|---|---|
| Other state quota |
Other state quota |
Seat will NOT be cancelled |
| Other state quota |
Home state quota |
Seat will be cancelled |
| Home state quota |
Other state quota |
Seat will be cancelled |
| All India quota |
Home state quota |
Seat will be cancelled |
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Yes, you are eligible for JoSAA counselling. JoSAA considers and includes up to two languages alongside your core Science and math subjects.
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The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) is a centralised counselling process for candidates with JEE Main and JEE Advanced ranks.
- Via JEE Main ranks, candidates get admission to NITs, IIITs and GFTIs.
- Through the JEE Advanced ranks, candidates are allotted seats in the IITs & IISc Bangalore.
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Army Institute of Technology does not participate in the standard JoSAA or CSAB center rounds for its BE course. The institute runs its own independent counseling portal to manage applications. Students must track notifications directly on the college website instead of central engineering portals.
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CSAB cutoffs are usually lower or higher in rank (i.e., less competitive) than JoSAA cutoffs.
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No, there is no need to apply separately at VNIT Nagpur after JoSAA counselling. BTech and BArch admissions at all NITs, including VNIT, are centrally managed through JoSAA and CSAB (for vacant seats). Aspirants only have to register for these counselling processes and keep VNIT in their college pre
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The JoSAA counselling for NIT Manipur BTech course admission usually takes place in June and July. This process starts after the declaration of the JEE Main and Advanced results. You will need to register on the JoSAA portal and fill in your preferences for colleges and branches. There are six round
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NIT Raipur admissions for the BTech course typically begin in June, right after the JEE Advanced results are announced. The JoSAA portal opens for registration and choice filling during this time. You usually have about ten days to finalize your list of colleges. It is very important to stay updated
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NIT Raipur partners with JoSAA to manage the seat allotment for the BTech programme in several rounds. The system looks at your JEE rank and your saved list of college preferences. If your rank matches the cutoff, you get a seat offer automatically. You can then choose to "Freeze" your seat or wait
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No, students do not need to apply separately at IIT Ropar site after JoSAA counselling. This is because the institute follows a common admission process for its BTech course just like the other IITs. Shortlisted students who get a seat through the JoSAA counselling, simply need to report for documen
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