JEE Main 2027 Session 1: Registration Steps and Documents

The National Testing Agency (NTA) opened the application form for JEE Main 2027 Session 1 on 24 October 2026. The form can be submitted until 22 November 2026 (11:50 pm), and the exam is on 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 28 January 2027. These dates are from NTA's public notice and information bulletin of 24 October 2026. Here is what the form needs, the identity checks NTA added on 28 October, and how to fill it without problems later.

Official NTA links

• Apply online: JEE Main 2027 Session 1 application form (jeemain.nta.nic.in)
• Information bulletin: JEE Main 2027 information bulletin (PDF)
• NTA advisory of 28 October 2026: registration instructions (PDF)
• NTA notice of 30 October 2026: submitting a fresh application form (PDF)
• Aadhaar Re-KYC on DigiLocker: NTA's step-by-step picture guide (PDF)

Use only these official pages. Ignore look-alike websites and links forwarded on WhatsApp that ask for payment.

Key dates (Session 1)

• Online application and fee payment: 24 October to 22 November 2026, up to 11:50 pm.
• Late submission with a late fee of ₹500: 23 to 26 November 2026.
• Correction window: 27 to 29 November 2026.
• Exam city announced: 30 December 2026.
• Admit card: 13 January 2027.
• Exam: 20–24 and 28 January 2027. Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech) is a 3-hour computer-based test, 9 am to 12 noon or 3 pm to 6 pm.

Session 2 is scheduled for 2–7 April 2027, with its own application window from 5 January to 3 February 2027. The Session 1 application number is used for Session 2 as well.

Before you start: DigiLocker, Aadhaar and name details

On 28 October 2026 NTA issued an advisory for this year's registration. Three points from it decide whether the form goes through smoothly:

1. Sign in with the student's own account. Registration works through the government's MeriPehchaan sign-in (DigiLocker, JanParichay or e-Pramaan). NTA asks candidates to use their own credentials, not a parent's, a sibling's or a cyber café's, to avoid identity and biometric mismatches at later stages. Biometric attendance is taken at the exam centre.
2. Do Aadhaar Re-KYC in DigiLocker first. This makes sure the latest Aadhaar details are fetched into the form. In the DigiLocker app: open Issued Documents, tap the three dots next to Aadhaar Card, choose Refresh, give consent, and enter the OTP sent to the Aadhaar-registered mobile number. Then refresh the other documents too. NTA's picture guide shows each screen.
3. Name and date of birth exactly as on the Class 10 certificate or marksheet. The application must match Class 10, letter for letter.

Common hold-ups, and what to do

• The OTP goes to an old or lost mobile number. The Re-KYC OTP is sent to the mobile number registered with Aadhaar. If that number is no longer in use, update it at an Aadhaar centre first; allow a few days for the change.
• The spelling on Aadhaar differs from Class 10 (initials, surname order, a missing middle name). The form must follow Class 10. If you are unsure how the difference will be treated, call the NTA helpline below before you pay.
• No Aadhaar. The MeriPehchaan sign-in also allows eKYC with PAN, a driving licence or APAAR, according to the bulletin.
• Disability (PwD/PwBD) claims. The UDID card details are checked against the government's UDID portal. A mismatch can only be fixed in the correction window (27–29 November); after it closes, NTA will not accept PwD claims.
• Category certificate (OBC-NCL, EWS, SC, ST). The form does not ask for it to be uploaded, but choose the category carefully: the certificate will be checked later, at JoSAA and MHT-CET CAP counselling, so keep a valid one ready.

NTA helpline: 011-40759000 / 011-69227700, 10 am to 5 pm, or e-mail jeemain@nta.ac.in.

Made a mistake in the form? (NTA notice, 30 October 2026)

NTA now allows candidates to submit a fresh application form for Session 1, even after generating an application number or paying the fee. The conditions:

• Only the last form that is paid for and has a Confirmation Page counts. If a fresh form is started but not paid, the earlier paid form stays valid.
• Everything is entered again: a new application number, and the photograph, signature and documents uploaded afresh.
• The fee is paid again. The earlier fee is neither refunded nor adjusted.
• Same deadline: 22 November 2026, 11:50 pm, or 23–26 November with the late fee.
• Small changes do not need a fresh form. Use the correction window, 27–29 November 2026.
• One exam per session. Holding two application numbers is not itself a problem, but appearing with more than one is treated as unfair means.

Read NTA's notice before deciding; for a spelling or category slip, the correction window is usually the cheaper route.

The three steps

1. Registration: on the official application page, sign in through MeriPehchaan with the student's own account, create a password and note the application number. This number is used for both sessions.
2. Application form: personal details, paper, choice of exam cities, educational details, and the uploads listed below.
3. Fee payment: online, by card, net banking or UPI. The fee depends on category and is listed in the bulletin. Print the confirmation page after payment.

Documents and photos to keep ready

• Live photograph: taken during the form through the webcam or phone camera, against a white background, in good light, with about 80% of the face visible, ears showing, no mask.
• Scanned passport-size photograph: recent, in colour, white background, JPG, 10–200 kB.
• Signature: JPG, 10–100 kB, clearly legible.
• Class 10 certificate or marksheet: PDF, 50–300 kB.
• Disability/UDID certificate, where it applies: PDF, 50–300 kB.

Upload only the student's own photograph, signature and certificates.

Mistakes that cause trouble later

• Treating a fresh form as a second chance to sit the exam. Since 30 October NTA allows a fresh form to fix mistakes (see below), but a candidate may appear only once per session. Appearing, or trying to appear, with more than one application number counts as unfair means.
• Using someone else's DigiLocker, mobile number or e-mail. All messages go there, and the identity check is tied to it; use the student's own (a parent's mobile number is fine for messages).
• Name or date of birth not matching the Class 10 certificate. Copy them exactly.
• Leaving it to the last two days. The site slows down near the deadline, and payment failures are common.
• Ignoring the correction window. Check the confirmation page carefully and fix anything between 27 and 29 November; after that, corrections are not possible.

On exam day, the bulletin asks candidates to carry the admit card, two extra passport-size photographs (the same as the one uploaded) and an original photo identity proof.

Always check the official source

Read NTA's information bulletin and notices on jeemain.nta.nic.in before submitting; they override anything written elsewhere, including this post. JEE Main 2027 Session 1: what to do in the weeks left covers the study plan up to January.

At DV40

Our JEE (Main & Advanced) coaching at the Panchavati centre in Nashik runs regular full-length computer-style tests through Class 12. If you have a question about the form, or want to plan the weeks before the exam, call or visit us.