Step 1 — Online Registration

Go to josaa.nic.in and register with your JEE Main or JEE Advanced.

You will need:

• Enter your JEE Roll Number and Password.Fill JEE Roll Number and Password.
• Aadhaar card
• Class 12 mark sheet
• Registration fee: About ₹5,000 (lower in the reserved category).
  
  

Register early. Try to start on time, not on the last day.

Step 2 — Choice Filling (Most Important Step)

This step will determine where you will sit. Take it seriously.

It would be imperative to enter the Institutes in which you want to study and branches in the order of priority. The system allocates strictly according to the rank, category and the order of the choices you put on the list.

Critical tips for choice filling:

• Fill at least 30–50 choices. Students who fill only 5–10 options severely limit their chances.
• Place your dream choice at #1. Work downwards realistically.
• Use previous-year opening and closing ranks. Available on josaa.nic.in. This is your most important data source.
• For NITs — 50% of seats are reserved for home-state students. A lower rank may still fetch a good branch at your state NIT.
• Include safe choices. Do not fill only dream colleges — include realistic and backup options.
  
  

You can modify, rearrange, add, or delete choices multiple times before the June 11 deadline. After that — choices are locked.

Step 3 — Mock Seat Allotment

JoSAA holds two mock seat allotment rounds on 8th June 2026 and 10th June 2026 before the actual seat allotment. These are not binding.

To use mock allotments to:

• Know what you are currently putting in your choice list will get you.
• Determine whether there are other options in Your rank range.
• Update your list prior to the June 11th lock deadline
  
  

Please don’t skip the mock allotments. They are trial runs — and most of the students who do not take them make expensive errors in the real rounds.

Step 4 — Seat Allotment Rounds (Round 1 to 5)

There are 5 rounds of seat allotment in JoSAA 2026. Round 1 is on June 13. The last round (Round 5) is July 16.

At the end of every round (the system announces your assigned seat). Must respond within the time limit.

At every round — you must complete four steps:

1. Look at the car seat assigned to you.Look at the assigned Seat.
2. Select your response: Freeze, Float or Surrender
3. Submit documents online
4. Seat acceptance fee must be paid.
   
   

Failure to complete any of these before the deadline — means that their candidacy for that round is rejected automatically.

Step 5 — Freeze, Float, or Surrender — Explained Clearly

This is where most students will go wrong. Understand this clearly.

• Freeze You are happy with your allotted seat. You take and avoid any extra improvements. You move straight on to document verification and reporting is immediately put into place.
• If you accept your seat (don’t turn it upside down), you want to be eligible for a better seat in the subsequent round, when you can move around as you wish. If you want an upgrade, but don’t want to risk the current seat, this is the safest choice.
• Surrender You give up your assigned seat completely and you opt out of the process. If you fail to have a seat accepted, your seat acceptance fee will be lost.
  
  

The golden rule: When in doubt — always choose Float.

When you want to sit up better, always opt for Float, never go without accepting. Late submissions of confirmation will mean that the candidate is automatically withdrawn from the process.

Step 6 — Document Verification

Once the seats are accepted, the documents have to be submitted online via JoSAA portal.

Documents required:

• JEE Main 2026 admit card and score card
• JEE Advanced 2026 Admit Card & Rank Card (for IIT Aspirants)
• Class 10 certificate (for date of birth)
• The class 12 certificates and mark sheets are issued.
• Category certificate – SC/ST/OBC-NCL/EWS (issued by competent authority)
• PwD certificate (if available)
• Aadhaar card or any valid photo identity proof
• Photograph in passport size (white background)
  
  

Please scan all documents prior to the opening of registration. The primary reason for a delay and rejection is bad scans or wrong file formats.

Step 7 — Seat Acceptance Fee Payment

The NIT+ System candidates have to pay the Part Admission Fee (PAF) after final (Round 5) allotment.

• ₹45000 — General, General-EWS, OBC-NCL
• ₹20,000 — SC, ST, and PwD candidates
  
  

No Refunds will be made for this fee. It is adjusted with the complete admission costing of your allocated institute.

Payment through UPI, Net Banking, Debit Card, Credit Card & SBI e-challan.

Step 8 — Final Reporting at Allotted Institute

This is the last step. Report to your allotted institute within the prescribed deadline.

The institute will complete:

This is the last step. Report to the allotted institute on time within the time frame.

The institute will be finished:

• Final document verification
• Admission formalities
• Full fee submission

Miss this deadline — and you lose your admission seat.