How to fill CLAT application form 2026: Online Registration, Fee payment & Last Date

CLAT 2026 registration and application form is likely to be released in July 2025. Candidates can check 'how to fill the CLAT application form 2026' in detailed steps including registration, filling up details and fee payment below. CLAT 2026 is expected to be held in December first week,

CLAT 2026 Application Process

The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) is likely to open the CLAT registration window 2026 for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) in July 2026. The law aspirants seeking admissions through CLAT 2026 can fill CLAT Application Form on or before the last date. CLAT 2026 Exam Date has not been announced yet. First-time applicants might face some difficulties in filling up the CLAT application. Candidates learned how to fill out the application form for CLAT 2026, following each step to complete the form correctly. The Consortium will then open the CLAT Application Correction Window. 

Also Read: CLAT 2025 Registration Fees: Check category-wise CLAT fees

Key Points for CLAT 2026 Application Form

The application process became easier when below mentioned details were kept handy

• Keep signature and photograph ready as per the specifications
• Keep payment details ready (Credit Card/ Debit Card/ Net Banking)
• Keep education documents ready
• Check CLAT Eligibility Criteria

Before proceeding to fill up the application form of CLAT 2026, candidates were advised to read below to understand the step-by-step application process: 

Steps to fill CLAT 2026 Application Form

Candidates could follow the steps below to fill the application form of CLAT without making any errors:

Step 1 - CLAT Registration

• Visit the official website of CLAT Consortium - https://consortiumofnlus.ac.in/ and a message will appear on the homepage (see in the image below) and candidates had to click on ‘CLICK HERE’ to visit the application window
• On the left side of the application window, a login form was given and candidates registering for the first time had to click on ‘Don’t have an account? Register’ button
• The online registration form of CLAT 2026 poped-up on the screen and candidates had to provide following details to register:

Name – As mentioned on the academic documents (class 10^th certificate or name change certificate if any)

Mobile Number – Candidates had to enter a valid mobile phone number either their own or parents'/ guardian’s

Password – Candidates had to create a secure and strong password that has at least one numerical, one number, one symbol, an uppercase and a lower case alphabet and it should be at least 8 characters long

After this, candidates had to click on the ‘Register’ button and an OTP was sent on the registered mobile number. Candidates have to use this OTP to activate CLAT login account as under:

Step 2 - Account Activation

Candidates hadto enter the OTP received on their mobile number to access the CLAT application form.

After this, the account activation window displayed a message as under:

The login window for CLAT 2026 appeared as under: 

Step 3 - Filling up the application form

Candidates can then use their CLAT login to fill up the application form as under:

Upload photograph and signature – Candidates also had to upload their photograph and signature after they register for CLAT 2026. The photograph had to be front-facing and clear image. Signature had to be a scanned copy, and file format should be jpg/ jpeg only.

Fill up the form – Candidates had to fill the following details in the application form:

• Enter Applicant Name – as per the class 10+2 certificate
• Select gender
• Select Date of Birth in MM/DD/YY format
• Enter the father’s name
• Enter the mother’s name
• Select nationality
• Select All India Category – General/ OBC/ SC/ ST (If you select the category other than general then, a new field will open up for uploading a supporting document as issued by the competent authority. The document should be in pdf file format and the size should be less than 1.5 MB)
• Select if belonging to PWD or BPL (Below Poverty Line) category – If yes, then respective documents need to upload in pdf file format and size not more than 1.5 MB)

After this, candidates had to proceed on the next step as under:

Communication details – Candidates had to enter the communication address related information as under:

• Correspondence address – present residential address
• Select state/ UT, District
• Enter PIN code of your corresponding address
• Enter Permanent Address – fill the same details as correspondence if the address is same.
• Enter mobile number and email ID

Qualifying examination details – In this form, the candidates had to provide the following details related to their academics:

• Qualifying examination
• Board/ University
• Status of qualifying examination – whether already appeared, appearing or passed
• Select month of passing the examination
• Select year of passing
• Enter the qualifying marks in percentage

Test Centre Preference – Candidates had to select at least three cities from the list of CLAT 2026 test centres in order of preference.

College Preferences – In this step, candidates had to mark the National Law Universities (NLUs) in order of preference. All the 24 NLUs will be listed on this page.

Reservation – Candidates in this step were able to select the reservation quota available in each NLU. Fill in the required details if seeking admission under the reserved category.

Step 4 - Fee payment

After filling up the application form, candidates had to pay the CLAT application fee as under:

1. Click on green coloured ‘Make Payment’ button available on the dashboard
2. On clicking this, a pop up will appear as under:
3. Make the required select and proceed to pay the application fee

The application fee for each category is as under:

Candidates should note that additional bank charges INR 50 or more will be included in the application fee. After making the application fee payment, the message will appear as under: