JOSAA 2025 Counselling Fees & Refund

JOSAA 2025 Counselling Fees & Refund: There is no registration or any fee taken during the JoSAA counselling process until an engineering seat is allocated to the candidates. After the allocation of the seat, candidates have to pay INR 35,000 as Seat Acceptance Fees (SAF), which can be refunded if the candidate exits or withdraws from the counselling process before the beginning of the last round of JoSAA Counselling 2025 . Check the detailed answer related to JoSAA 2025 counselling fees and refund policy to get the answer to questions like ‘Are JoSAA fees refunded?' and ‘Will 35000 be refunded in JoSAA?’.

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JoSAA 2025 Counselling Fee

The counselling fees by the JoSAA have been divided into two sections: the IIT and NIT+ systems. Check the JoSAA counselling for IITs and the NIT+ system below in the article.

JoSAA 2025 Counselling Fee for IITs

If you have got a seat in IIT in one of the JoSAA counselling rounds, then you will have to pay the Seat Acceptance Fees (SAF), which is INR 35,000 for the open and OBC categories. The detailed JoSAA 2025 category-wise counselling fee has been provided in the table below:

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JoSAA 2025 Counselling Fee for NIT+ System

If you get a seat in NIT, IIIT or GFTI, then in any round of JoSAA 2025 counselling, you will have to pay Seat Acceptance Fees (SAF) along with the Partial Admission Fees (PAF) before moving to the further rounds of counselling. Check the category-wise SAF and PAF for JoSAA 2025 counselling in the table below:

Check Also: JoSAA OBC Category Cutoff 2025

JoSAA 2025 Counselling Refund Policy

The refund policy for the JoSAA 2025 counselling has been provided below for the IIT and NIT+ system in the article.

JoSAA 2025 Counselling Refund Policy: IIT

If you get a seat in any IIT and you want to withdraw from the counselling process for any reason, then the processing fee will be deducted from the SAF (Seat acceptance Fee), and the rest of the amount will be refunded. However, you will have to withdraw from the counselling process before the last round of counselling, which is the 5th round of JoSAA counselling, to get the refund, or no money will be refunded. Check the amount which will be deducted from the SAF in the table below:

JoSAA 2025 Counselling Refund Policy: NIT+ System

Check the JoSAA 2025 counselling refund policy for the NIT+ system in the provided cases below:

Case 1: You got a seat in the NIT+ system in the JoSAA counselling in any round, and you are willing to participate in the CSAB counselling to get an upgrade for college; then:

• You will have to pay the seat acceptance fees and partial admission fees to block the seat that is allotted to you in the JoSAA counselling process, or you will not be eligible to move forward for the next round of counselling
• Before participating in the CSAB, you will have to withdraw from the JoSAA counselling before the last round of JoSAA counselling to get a refund. However, the refund will be given for the SAF, deducting the JoSAA processing fee.
• The Partial Admission Fee (PAF) is not refunded. If you want a refund for the PAF, then you will have to contact the college to request the amount paid. If the college has a refund policy, then the amount will be refunded (It completely depends on the college’s policy; JoSAA will not be responsible for the PAF refund)

Case 2: If you have secured a seat in JoSAA and move forward for the CSAB counselling without withdrawing from the JoSAA counselling, then:

• Before moving to the CSAB round 2 counselling, you have to surrender or withdraw your seat allocated in the JoSAA counselling. In this case, you will be refunded after the deduction of JoSAA processing fee, CSAB processing fee and the withdrawal fee, which approximately sums up to INR 12,000.
• If you do not surrender/exit, or withdraw from the counselling process before the CSAB round 2, then no amount will be refunded in any case

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