Hello aspirant,

While the OBC status of a candidate might change only when the community of the individual candidate is removed from the OBC list, his/her creamy layer status may change any time. Therefore, it is not possible to ascertain a fixed validity period for the OBC certificate.

Although, for most reasonable purposes, the validity of an OBC NCL Certificate is considered to be as 1 year. If the OBC NCL certificate was procured before 1 year, it is always better to get a new OBC NCL before applying for various exams. Also, it is advisable to obtain the OBC NCL Certificate in either English (prefered) or Hindi.

Hope this helps,

All the Best!!