CCMN Counselling 2026: Registration (Started), Allotment Dates, Eligibility and Procedure

The authority has announced the CCMN 2026 counselling dates online. Candidates can check the date for CCMN 2026 to avoid missing any events. 

Let us take a look at the step-wise CCMN 2026 counselling process.

• Registration & Choice Filling:

The first and foremost step of CCMN 2026 counselling is to register and enter the choice of seats in their preferred participating colleges and programmes. During the choice filling, the candidates can change, reorder, delete and add their choices of programmes or institutes as per their preference within the stipulated schedule. The candidate will not be able to add, remove or change their choices after locking the choice list or after the stipulated date. Candidates should take a printout of their registration form, which contains the locked choices and terms and conditions. This has to be signed and submitted by the candidate at the time of final reporting at the finally allotted Institute.

Also Read: IIT JAM 2026 result

• Seat Allotment:

The CCMN authorities have released the seat allotment for round 1. Selected candidates have to check the list and accept the offer by fulfilling the following formalities: pay seat acceptance fee, upload required documents, and submit willingness of taking admission to the allotted seat. In case candidates are unable to complete any of the above steps, their provisional admission offer will be withdrawn.

• Seat Acceptance Fee:

Candidates will have to pay the seat acceptance fee via ICICI Bank Credit/Debit card or Netbanking modes. The fee can also be paid at any of the ICICI bank branches through e-challan. The seat allotment fee is non-refundable. Candidates need to take printouts of the fee payment confirmation receipt, which has to be presented at the time of reporting at the finally allotted institute. After the fee payment process, candidates will have to download the Provisional Seat Allotment Letter (PSAL), upload the documents and submit willingness online.

The following table shows the category-wise seat acceptance fee.

• Submission of Willingness:

The next step is to submit the willingness by exercising one of the following three options: Float, Slide, or Freeze. In case candidates are not satisfied with the seat allotted to them, they can change their willingness or withdraw the offer. While in the former option, candidates will be able to participate in the further rounds of the CCMN 2026 counselling, in the latter, they will not be able to participate any longer. For the change of willingness option, candidates have to select ‘Surrender and Participate in Next Round’ and for the Withdrawal option, they have to select the option of the same name. 

• Online Document Upload & Verification:

Candidates had to upload the following documents to the CCMN 2026 website by logging in through their registration credentials. The list of documents to be uploaded, which will be verified online by the institutes, is as follows: Document for proof of date of birth - Class 10 mark sheet or certificate issued by the school last attended. Or any photo identity card carrying the date of birth such as Passport, Aadhaar Card, Driving License, Voter ID Card, PAN Card and Birth Certificate issued by Municipal Corporation/authority empowered to register the birth

The institutes will verify the documents uploaded by candidates online. In case the verifying officers have a doubt regarding any of the documents, then they will raise a query to the candidates, to which they have to respond by logging in to the website. In case of any discrepancy in the documents or lack of fulfilling the eligibility criteria, their provisional admission offer may be withdrawn or cancelled.

Candidates with a valid JAM score can participate in the counselling of CCMN. To participate, they have to complete the CCMN registration online. While registering for CCMN counselling, candidates have to provide IIT JAM registration details, upload required documents and pay the counselling fees.

Document Required for CCMN Counselling

Candidates have to upload the following documents to the CCMN 2026 website by logging in through their registration credentials. The list of documents to be uploaded online are: Document for proof of date of birth - Class 10 mark sheet or certificate issued by the school last attended. Or any photo identity card carrying the date of birth such as Passport, Aadhaar Card, Driving License, Voter ID Card, PAN Card and Birth Certificate issued by Municipal Corporation/authority empowered to register the birth

• Photo ID proof as per Govt. of India norms.
• Class 12 mark sheet
• Grade/mark sheet of qualifying exam for all semesters
• Degree/Provisional certificate. If the result of the qualifying degree is awaited, a certificate of course completion from the institute/university last studied must be provided in the prescribed format available on the CCMN 2026 website
• JAM 2026 scorecard
• Certificate of category (SC/ST/OBC-NCL/EWS), if applicable. ..
• Undertaking by the candidate on OBC-NCL status in the prescribed format available on CCMN 2026 website
• Original Certificate for Persons with Disabilities (PwD), if applicable, issued by the competent authority

The authority has declared the Round 1 seat allotment result for CCMN 2026 online. Candidates can check their allotment offer through the online registration portal. They have to provide their JAM registration id and password. Those who receive an offer must submit their willingness and complete the online document verification process before the last date. Students who have accepted the offer need to pay the seat acceptance fee.

CCMN 2026 Seat Acceptance Fees

The seat acceptance fee varies category-wise. Check the table to know the SAF.

Also Read: IIT JAM 2026 cutoff

On the day of the reporting at the finally selected institutes, candidates have to carry the hard copy of the following documents:

• All the documents in original which the candidate has uploaded for online document verification

• Proof of payment of Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF)

• Original Migration Certificate of Institute/University last attended

• Original Conduct Certificate from the Institute/University last attended

• Original Transfer Certificate from the Institute/University last attended

• Print copy of the Registration Form and the locked choices downloaded from the CCMN portal

• Provisional Seat Allotment Letter (PSAL) of the finally allotted seat in Round-3/Special Round-2, duly signed by the candidate.

• Online Document Verification Certificate (ODVC), duly signed by the candidate.

• One set of self-attested photocopy of all the original documents mentioned

• Three passport size colour photographs