TNEA Eligibility

Yes, as an OCI cardholder, you are eligible to apply for TNEA (Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions) under the "Open Category". However, this eligibility does not apply if you were born in a foreign country after March 4, 2021

Candidates holding Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cards are permitted to participate in TNEA under the "Open Category". 

If you are a native of Tamil Nadu, you are also eligible to participate in TNEA. 

You are only eligible for TNEA if you have completed your Class VIII to Class XII in Tamil Nadu or If you are Native Tamil Nadu and have passed any of the VIII, IX, X, XI and XII outside Tamil Nadu.

In all these cases you need to show your domicile or related documents. 

To apply, you can simply fill out the application form.

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Different cources at this Institute have different eligibility criterias.Apart from TNEA you should have passed your 12 with 50 or 40 percent in some of the cases. If you are pursuing PG cources like MTech, You need to have a bachelor's degree on your specific feild from a recognised university. Also in engineering feild, exams like JEE advance is also accepted. Medical cources needs exams like NEET to be qualified. So the final answer is apart from TNEA you need to have passed your 12 th. 

Domicile residents of Tamil Nadu should have Qualified 8th,9th,10th, and 10+2th standard in the state. If the domicile Residents have completed above standard from Outside the state, then they will also be eligible provided They bring their copy of Navity Certificate. Children of government employees whose parents have been serving the state for the past 5 years from the Day of application will also be eligible even if they are not domicile residents. The children of All India Service Tamil Nadu cadre officers will also be termed eligible for Admission.