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In WB JEE broucher, eligibility criteria says the candidate has to be Indian citizen. My son is a OCI card holder, but studied in WB from Class 3 to Class 12. Does it mean he is not eligible in WB JEE? If so what are other options to get admission in top ranking engineerig colleges? please advice


Ranjit Saha 18th Mar, 2021
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 18th Mar, 2021

Hi

Yes, your son being oci is not eligible for WB JEE examination as to be eligible one must be Indian citizen, you can check the same at

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/wbjee-eligibility-criteria

You don't need to worry at all even if you are not eligible for wbee  you can  still get admission in top engineering college like NIT Trichy NIT Surathkal NIT Warangal NIT Rourkela and more by appearing in JEE Mains examination as oci holders are also eligible for jee main and you can have West Bengal as home state as well to avail home state quota if you have passed 12th from West Bengal.

To be eligible  for JEE mains 2021 for BE or Btech you should be either appearing for 12th board exam or equivalent  in 2021 or should have passed it in 2020 or 2019 with Physics,  mathematics and anyone of Chemistry or Biology or Biotechnology or Technical Vocational Subject.

Jee main application form for the April session will be tentatively released in the last week of March and that time you can also apply for May session. Though there will be opportunity to apply for May session exam separately after April session.

You can check the same on

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-april

Once the application for window gets reopened you will be able to fill the application form following the given below steps

  • registration :- first vist jeemain. nta . nic . in then you need to register using your name, mobile number  and email id to generate your login credentials

  • then fill the details in the application form,

  • and after that you need to  go for uploading your documents

  • then pay the application fee : application fee is  Rs 650 for male candidates from  general /ews /obc category . For females  /sc/st/trans / pwd candidates application fee is only Rs 325

For detailed step by step information visit https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/how-to-fill-jee-main-application-form



Thank you


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