JEE Main 2025 Application Form: Admit Card, Photo Correction Link, Last Date, Fees, Steps to Apply

Hello candidate, there is no such requirement of 75% marks in class 12 for appearing in JEE Mains. The eligibility criteria of minimum 75% marks in class 12 is required at the time of admission in NITs, IIITs and GFTIs. You can apply and appear in JEE Mains 2025 irrespective of your class 12 marks. The detailed JEE Main eligibility criteria 2025 can be checked on the respective official website. You are further advised to carefully check the detailed eligibility criteria before filling the JEE Main application form 2025.

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The JEE Main application form 2025 official website is jeemain.nta.nic.in. NTA has released the JEE Main 2025 application form in the official website on October 28, 2024. Candidates can fill the form from the website. Details regarding JEE Main application fee, documents required to fill the form, how to apply and other important details related to application process can be checked on this Shiksha page. NTA will release separate JEE Main application form for April session.

Aadhar enrollment number is a unique number which students can find in the acknowledgement receipt received at the time of applying for Aadhar. Students should know that Aadhar enrollment number is not same as Aadhar number. At the time of filling JEE Main application form, candidates have to fill Aadhar Enrollment number and not Aadhar number.

In case candidates do not have Aadhar enrollment number, students can apply through Passport, PAN or ABC ID (Academic Bank of Credit ID). 

JEE Mains correction window 2025 will start on November 26 on the official website. The facility to make correction is available up to November 27, 2024. During the correction window, candidates are allowed to change/modify details filled in their application form. Candidates must note that not all fields in the application form will be open for correction. Only certain information like category, address of correspodance/permanent address, exam city preference, paper choice, photo, signature etc. can be modified. Candidates might also be required to pay additional fees for making corrections in certain fields. 

No, candidates need not pay any fees for making corrections in JEE Main application form. However, if any candidate changes his/her category from SC/ST/OBC-NCL/PWD to underserved category, they need to pay the difference in application fees. For making any other changes, candidates don't have to pay any fees. JEE Main correction window will be active in December after the application process is closed.

The minimum marks required to clear JEE Mains depends on your category. If you are an SC candidate then your cut off is 48, for ST candidate your cut off will be 56, for OBC candidate the cutoff will be 72 and for OC candidate it is 100. This is based on the year wise analysis. This needs not to be same every year. But the variation will not be very large, it just varies by 2-3 marks.

Candidates need to fill details related to education, personal details like name, address, father & mother name, category. Beside this, candidates also need to upload scanned image of phot and signature in the application form. Candidates who belong to reserved category like EWS, OBC-NCL, SC or ST need to upload the category certificte issued by the competent authority. 

No, candidates are not required to send the prinout of JEE Main application form 2025 to the NTA office. Candidates have to fill and submit the application form online only. However, it is advised that candidates download, take a printout of their filled application form and keept it safe until the completion of admission process. JEE Main 2025 application form copy might be required at the time of counselling/admission process in the institute. 

The JEE Main question paper will have questions from Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as per the prescribed syllabus. Each Subject will have two sections. Section A will be of Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) and Section B will contain Questions whose answers are to be filled in as a numerical value. In Section B, candidates have to attempt any 05 (five) questions out of 10. There will be negative marking for both Section A and Section B. For each question in Section B.A. Candidate has to enter the correct integer value of the answer using the mouse and the on-screen virtual numeric keypad in the place designated to enter the answer. For Section B, the answer should be rounded off to the nearest integer.

The syllabus of JEE Main is similar to class 11 and 12. However, some topics may be extra in JEE Main. Syllabus which are not covered in class 11 or 12. Students preparing for the JEE Main exam need to study as per the official syllabus which is released by the NTA. Also, students can follow NCERT textbooks as the base for studying the syllabus of JEE Main.

Candidates need not have 75 percent marks in class 12 for appearing in JEE Main. As per the official brochure released by the NTA there is no minimum percentage required for appearing in the JEE Main. The requirement of 75 percent marks need not be associated with JEE Main. It is to be understood that 75 percent marks is required for admission to institutes which include NITs, IIITs, GFTIs and IITs. There are many institutes which offer admission on 60% and even less along with JEE Main. Candidates must clearly understand that the requirement of 75 percent marks in class 12 is only for taking admission in the institutes.

Candidates applying for JEE Main need to fulfill the following subject combination

• For Paper 1 (BE/BTech), candidates must have Physics and Maths in Class 12 and any one subject from Chemistry/Biology/Biotechnology/Technical vocational subject.
• For Paper 2A (BArch), candidates must have Physics, Chemistry, and Maths in Class 12.
• For Paper 2B (BPlan), candidates must have Maths in Class 12.

The application fees for JEE Main is

• INR 1,000 (Male unreserved/OBC/EWS category)
• INR 800 (Female unreserved/OBC/EWS category)
• INR 500 (SC/ST/PwD/Transgender category)

Candidates have the option of paying the application fee online through credit/debit card and internet banking. The application form will not be considered submitted until the application fees is paid. Once the application fee are paid, candidates receive a confirmation email at their registered email address confirming the payment of fees. 

Candidates can pay JEE Main application fees using any one of the following method

• Credit/debit card of any nationalised bank
• Internet banking
• UPI
• Paytm

Before paying the application fee, candidates should check whether there is requisite balance in the Bank Account / Wallet/Debit/credit card. In case any candidate faces difficulty in the payment of application fees, they can contact NTA helpline number.

Candidates can face difficulty in payment of application fees due to various reasons like

• Slow internet connectivity while paying the fees
• Slow bank server
• Insufficient balance in bank

In case any candiate faces issues while trying to pay JEE Main application fees, they should try paying the fees after some time. Candidates can also try logging out the application form process once and then try paying application fee again after logging in. If the situation still persists, students can contact NTA JEE Main helpline number.

No, JEE Main application fees can not be paid in offline mode. As per the directions of NTA, JEE Main application fees can be paid only in online mode. Candidates can pay the application fees using credit/debit card or internet banking. No other modes/medium of application fee payment is accepted.

NTA JEE Main eligibility criteria for candidates to appear in the exam is

• There is no minimum or maximum percentage required to appear in JEE Main. However, candidate need to have 75% marks in class 12 in addition to a valid JEE Main rank in order to get admission in NITs, IIITs and other CFTIs.  
• Candidate must have passed class 12 in 2022, 2023 or appearing in 2024
• Candidate must have Maths and Physics as a compulsory subejct in class 12 for Paper 1 (BTech)
• For Paper 2A (BArch), it is compulsory to have Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in class 12 and for Paper 2B (BPlan), candidate must have Mathematics in class 12
• There is no age limit to apply for JEE Main

 

Yes, Candidates who wish to appear in both the sessions of JEE Main 2025 need to fill application form separately for all sessions. However, the JEE Main registration need to be done only once. Candidates who applies for the first session of JEE Mains 2025 can use their login credentials while applying for the second session. During the second session application filling, candidates only need to enter details of paper for which appearing, exam centre preference and pay the application fees. Other details related to education, address, parents details documents uploaded are taken from the first session application process.

Candidates also have the option of filling the combined application form for both session 1 and 2 during session 2 application process.

No, JEE Main application form can only be filled online. The application form of JEE Main is released only in online mode on the website jeemain.nta.ac.in. There is no option of filling the application form in offline mode. Candidates who do not have a laptop/personal computer can visit the computer centre/common service centres to fill the application form. While filling the JEE Main 2025 application form, candidates will also have to upload scanned image of their photo and signature. Candidates belonging to reserved category (Gen-EWS/SC/ST/OBC-NCL) also need to upload the category certificate.

The documents required to fill JEE Main application form are

• Class 10 and Class 12 certificates (class 12 admit card in case appearing in the exam)
• Aadhar card details
• Scanned photograph and signature of the candidate for uploading
• Scanned copy of the category certificate (if applicable) for uploading
• Scanned copy of the PwD certificate (if applicable) for uploading
• Net banking, credit card, debit card, or UPI details for payment of the application fee

The documents which need to be uploaded has to be clearly visible, and exactly in the size, format as specified in the information brochure. 

As per the JEE Main eligibility criteria released by the NTA there is no maximum or minimum age to apply for JEE Main. Candidates of any age can apply and appear in the JEE Main exam. The only criteria which is applicable is that the candidate can appear in JEE Mains for three consecutive years from the year of passing class 12. For example, if a candidate is applying for JEE Main 2024, candidate must have passed class 12 in 2022, 2023 or appearing in 2024.

Yes, candidates can upload black & white photograph in JEE Mains application form. There is no restriction on the type of photograph. The conditions that candidates need to fulfill for uploading the photograph are

• Photograph should be in JPEG/JPG format
• Dimention has to be 3.5 cm x 4.5 cm
• Size has to be 10 KB to 200 KB

Also, the photograph should be clear with white background. The candidates are allowed to have spectacles in the photograph but sunglasses and caps are not allowed. JEE Main application form 2024 will be released in December.

When the application form is completely filled and submitted with fee payment, candidates receive the confirmation mail in their email address registered at the time of filling the form. Candidates can also check the status of their JEE Main application form by login to the official website jeemain.nta.nic.in. After login, the status of the application form will show "Application Submitted" if the form has been accepted by the NTA. In case the application form is incomplete, the status message will show the step to be completed to submit the application form.

Candidates who mistakenly fill any details wrong can modify/correct the details during JEE Main application correction facility. NTA allows the candidate to make corrections after the last date of application process. To make corrections, candidates need to login on the JEE Main official website during the specified dates and  modify the details. In case candidate has entered wrong category, he/she may need to apy the application fee as per the new category. Other details like photo, signature, exam centre preference, paper choice, address can also be changed during the correction window.