Hello dear aspirant,

You don't have to worry right now for the EWS certificate as the certificate should be issued after 1st April, 2026 (in your case). Also you can also directly go to the collectorate office with all the documents required and they will apply for the certificate.

Thank you, hope this helped.

Hello dear aspirant,

You don't have to worry right now for the EWS certificate as the certificate should be issued after 1st April, 2026 (in your case). Also you can also directly go to the collectorate office with all the documents required and they will apply for the certificate.

Thank you, hope this helped.

The form on Jossa now shows the previous year. You need a certificate issued on or after April 1, 2026. It must mention the financial year 2025-2026

https://josaa.nic.in/certificate-format/

This is the link to download certificate format.

As you can see that the pdf in the website is only a format. Which means you have to take the hard copy of the certificate written in this format only. For example, in the given GEN-EWS certificate format the financial year given is 2024-25 but you are appearing for JEE Main 2026 so you need to edit the certificate and write that the gross annual income of his/her family” is below

Rs. 8 lakh (Rupees Eight Lakh only) for the financial year 2025-2026