Can i change my category from General to OBC-NCL during JOSAA councelling

Hello

No, you cannot change your category from general to Obc - ncl or any other reserved categories in josaa counselling

Josaa counselling date has been announced according to which it will start from 16th October  2021 . josaa counselling is combined counselling for iits through jee advanced rank and NITs, IIITs& GFTIs through jee main rank.

For details checkout

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/josaa

For Josaa counselling, you will have to go through following steps to participate

---------) Registration :- First of all you will have to visit the josaa official website and then register with the help of your roll number and password .

---------) Choice filling:-You will have to fill the colleges and courses in order of your preferences

---------) Choice locking:-Then you need to lock the colleges you selected

---------) Mock seat allotment:- To help you understand the colleges in which you have chances ,mock seat allotment is conducted before final choice filling and locking

---------) Seat allotment result:- then on the basis of your rank seat allotment takes place.

---------) seat acceptance fees payment :- If you get a seat then you have to download seat allotment letter and then you have to pay 35,000 rupees  as your seat acceptance fees ( it's Rs15,000 if you are from reserved category)

---------) Reporting the report centre :- You have to report to the reporting centre to get your documents verified. You need to carry your original documents along with 2 copies of xerox of each.

---------) admission confirmation :- Finally you have to report to the alloted college  by at least the time of last date of reporting for the college mentioned on seat allotment letter for admission confirmation.

And .

To have a personalised report on your chances of getting a college you can go through our college predictor, it will give you complete list of colleges which you can get on the basis of the category you belong to,  your home state, your gender etc, the link for  jee main college predictor is provided below

https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor?icn=QnA&ici=qna_answer

with the help of predicted colleges you can make better choice while filling your choices of colleges during your counselling

List of documents which you need for verification is provided below :-

>>>>>>> For NITs, GFTIs and IIITs

*****Your 3 passport Size Photographs , same photograph as uploaded in the jee main application form

**** provisional seat allotment letter

**** Your Undertaking

****  Fee Payment proof by  for Seat Acceptance ( it is Rs. 35,000 and  Rs. 15, 000 if you belong to SC/ST/PwD  )

**** Your JEE Main 2021 result/Score Card

**** Jee main 2021 admit card of yours

**** 10th marksheet or date of birth proof

**** 12th/equivalent Mark Sheet & pass certificate

photo identity card

**** medical certificate

**** Your category certificate (if you belong to ews/obc/sc/st)

**** PwD Certificate (if you are pwd candidate)

**** Pio card /OCI Certificate  (if applicable)

**** Print out of the  choices filled for Seat Allotment

>>>>>>> For IITs

**** 2 passport size photographs, same photograph as uploaded in your jee main application form

**** provisional seat allotment letter

**** Undertaking by you.

**** Fee Payment proof by  for Seat Acceptance ( it is Rs. 35,000 and  Rs. 15, 000 if you belong to SC/ST/PwD  )

**** A  valid photo identity Card

**** Your jee advanced admit card

**** 10th marksheet or date of birth proof

**** 12th/equivalent Mark Sheet & pass certificate

**** Medical Certificate

**** Your category certificate (if you belong to ews/obc/sc/st)

**** PwD Certificate (if you are pwd candidate)

**** Passport of foreign national candidates and their parents or OCI Certificate or PIO Card (only if applicable)

**** DS Certificate (if applicable)

**** Print out of the registration cum choices locked for seat allotment

Thank you