JEE ADVANCED 2019: IIT-ROORKEE STARTS APPLICATION PROCESS FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS

JEE Advanced 2019: The application exam began at jeeadv.nic.in. Exam to be conducted by IIT-Roorkee on May 27, 2019. For the JEE Main qualifying candidates, the applications will begin from May 3, 2019 (Friday).

The registration process for Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced, a national-level entrance exam for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) is open at the official website jeeadv.nic.in. For JEE Advanced, only the candidates who secure a rank in top 2.45 lakh are eligible to appear for the exam, according to official notification. The ranks scored in JEE Main 2019 will be announced along with the result. Thereafter, based on the score secured in JEE Advanced, candidates are given admission to IIT and those who do not qualify can apply.

He application process is only for foreign candidates and the same facility is yet to begin for Indian students. Only those Indian nationals who clear the cut-off for the JEE Main can appear for the JEE Advanced. The National Testing Agency (NTA) is yet to announced the JEE Main 2019 result. For the JEE Main qualifying candidates, the applications will begin from May 3, 2019 (Friday).

JEE Main 2019 result dates announced

For foreign nationals, the last date to apply is May 9 (Thursday), 2019, however, candidates can continue paying the fee till May 10 (Friday).

This year the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee is conducting the entrance exam. It is scheduled to be held on May 27, 2019. Earlier, it was to be held on May 19 but was rescheduled on the pretext of elections.

This year, NTA is conducting the JEE Main. A total of 9,29,198 students registered for the JEE Main in January against 9,35,741 appearing for the same in April session. In the April session, a rise of 6,543 candidates for engineering courses has been registered. However, an exact reverse trend was observed in architecture courses where the number of registered candidates dropped from 1,80,052 in January to 1,69,767 in April with a dip of 10,285 students was registered.

JEE Advanced 2019: Eligibility

Age limit: Candidates should have been born on before October 1, 1994. Further relaxation of five years is allowed for SC, ST, PwD candidates.

Education: Among Indian nationals, only the candidates who secure a rank in top 2,45,000 are eligible to appear for the exam, according to official notification. Those who cleared the exam last year can also apply.

JEE Advanced 2019: Documents required

For Indian nationals:

• Class 10 certificate or birth certificate
• Class 12 result certificate
• Category certificate
• Additional category certificate
• PwD certificate
• scribe request letter
• DS certificate
• OCI card/PIO card

For Foreign Nationals:

• Photograph
• Signature
• Class 10 certificate
• Class 12 certificate
• Identity proof
• Passport of mother
• Passport of father
• Testimonial as applicable

JEE Advanced 2019: How to apply-

• Step 1: Visit the official website, jeeadv.nic.in
• Step 2: On the homepage, click on register for JEE advanced ‘click here’ link
• Step 3: You will be redirected to a new page
• Step 4: Register using basic details
• Step 5: Log-in using the registration number
• Step 6: Fill form, upload images
• Step 7: Make payment

JEE Advanced 2019: Fee

Candidates will have to pay Rs 2600 as registration fee. For SC, ST and PwD candidates and Indian and PIO female candidates (all categories) the fee is Rs 1300. For foreign nationals, the fee is $150 and for SAARC nationals it is $75. Additional GST will be applicable on all the fees.