Hi

No, you cannot change your category from general to ews while filling jee advanced application form.

But yes,

What you can do is change your category from general to ews in jee main itself now that correction window is open .

Correction Window for jee main is  open from 9 to 12 July 2021 (upto 09:00 PM).

To use the correction window you need to visit the official page of JEE Mains i. e jeemain  . nta  . nic  . in  and  login using your registration number and password and then you will be able to rectify your mistakes

The direct link to correction window is provided below

https://testservices.nic.in/examSys21/root/Home.aspx?appFormId=101032111

You can edit/correct in JEE main application form details like.

• Your personal details :- You can correct your personal details like  spelling mistakes in your name, your date of birth etc

• your academic details

• You can even edit or change the choice of your paper:- For Instance, if you have chosen paper 1, you can edit it and choose paper 2 instead of 1 or vice-versa . You can also select both paper 1 and paper 2 but you will have to pay the application fee for the same.

• Number of sessions you want to appear in, you can edit the sessions you want to appear in and you can add more session by paying the application fee for each new added session

• language of the jee main question paper :- you can change the medium or language of the examination from the list of available options of language i. e English,Hindi ,Gujarati , Assamese, Bengali, Kannada, malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu

• your state of eligibility

• your category

But yes , while using the correction window you should make sure that all your details are correct because once you use the correction window , you won't get another chance to use the correction window again as it is a single time facility. So, do check all the details twice.

For detailed information you can visit our page the link for the same is provided below

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-application-form-correction

Thank you