JEE Advanced 2026 Counselling – Registration, Documents, Seat Allotment, Fees, Procedure and Online Reporting

JEE Advanced Counselling 2026

The counselling process for the JEE Advanced exam 2026 is carried out between the first week of June and the last week of July 2026 to provide admission to the colleges based on preferences, ranks, and categories of candidates. The complete JEE Advanced 2026 counselling process is carried out by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA). Check the complete details related to the JEE Advanced counselling 2026, like dates, steps to check, JEE Advanced 206 result direct link and more on the page.

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Candidates should check the sections below for details regarding the counselling of JEE Advanced 2026.

JEE Advanced 2026 Counselling Process: Overview

Here is the detailed overview of the JEE Advanced 2026 Counselling Process -

JEE Advanced 2026 Counselling Dates

The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) released the dates related to the JEE Advanced Counselling Process 2026, which can be checked from the below table:

JEE Advanced 2026 Counselling & Seat Allotment Process

The detailed JEE Advanced 2026 counselling process will help the candidates right from the beginning till the culmination of the counselling process for JEE Advanced 2026. The step-wise counselling process for JEE Advanced 2026 is as follows:

Registration

This is the first step of the JEE Advanced 2026 counselling process where the candidates will be required to register themselves with the help of the application number and password which they received while applying for the JEE Advanced 2026 exam.

Option-Filling and Choice Locking

Once the candidates have successfully registered themselves for the JEE Advanced 2026 counselling, they will be required to proceed with filling up the options in the given text boxes. The candidates can alter their choices before the final submission. The candidates will have the liberty of selecting 50 choices during the online choice locking process. Once they have pressed on the “Submit” button for the final time, they must keep a copy of the same with them for future reference.

Note:

• The candidates must enter their choices before the final date and failing to do so will lead to automatic locking of choices

• Candidates applying for courses like Mining Machinery Engineering, Mining Engineering etc must also fulfil the fitness eligibility criteria

• Female students cannot apply for Mining Engineering and similar other courses at the Indian School of Mines (ISM) Dhanbad

• Only those candidates who have qualified for the Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT) can apply for Architecture courses offered by the different IITs

Allotment of Seats

The seat allotment process for the eligible candidates will begin with two mock allotments where the candidates will be able to modify their choices. Seat Availability, choices and merit will be taken into consideration during the seat allotment process. After the mock allotment process, the candidates will be able to modify their choices. During the final seat allotment process, the candidates will have three options- float, freeze and slide which will allow the candidates to do what they want to do with the seat allotted to them.

Post JEE Advanced Seat Allotment

After the seat allotment process is over, the candidates have to report to their respective Zonal IITs for document verification and admission fee payment.

Granting of Provisional Admission

After all, the documents are verified and payment of the fees, a final allotment letter will be issued by the Institute and the candidates will be granted provisional admission.

Note: Any candidate found to falsify any information, his/her candidature will be cancelled immediately and he/she will be barred from participating in the further counselling process.

Course-Wise Restrictions at IITs

The course-wise restrictions at different Indian Institute of Technologies (IITs) that will be effective for students belonging to certain categories have been mentioned below:

Documents Required for JEE Advanced 2026 Counselling

The candidates must have the following documents handy with them to participate in the JEE Advanced 2026 counselling process - 

• JEE Advanced 2026 Admit Card

• JEE Advanced 2026 Application Form,

• Seat Allotment letter from the JoSAA portal

• Medical Examination Report

• The class 10th mark sheet and certificate as proof of date of Birth

• Class 12th/SSC/any other equivalent examination Mark sheet and certificate of passing

• Category Certificate issued by the competent authority

• For the foreign national candidates Attested photocopy of the passport containing the name, photo, and nationality

JEE Advanced Seat Allotment 2026

Candidates qualifying the JEE Advanced 2026 exam must register for the JEE Advanced counselling process and seat allotment, which is undertaken by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA). Candidates will be allotted seats based on their JEE Advanced 2026 rank, filled choices, caste category, and the availability of seats at the JEE Advanced participating colleges in 2026. Candidates will have to choose between float, freeze, and slide options after every allotment across the 5 rounds. JoSAA will conduct a mock JEE Advanced seat allotment to provide candidates with an idea of their probable allotment on the basis of their filled choices. Thus providing them the opportunity to modify their choices.