AFCAT

Candidates are not allowed to carry certain items inside the exam centre. Candidates must follow the instructions provided in the AFCAT admit card. Candidates not following the guidelines are debarred from appearing in the exam. Following are the don'ts for AFCAT exam day. Candidates are not allowed to carry Bluetooth device, communication/ electronic/ digital/ wireless devices such as calculators, docupen, electronic watches with facilities of calculator, cellular phone, memory card/ stick, pager, organizer, personal digital assistant (PDA), concealed microphone or camera, earphones, radio, headset, walkman, recorder, translator, etc. Pencil-box, book, geometry box, paper, log tables, clip board, slide rule, etc. Are also not allowed inside the exam centre
Personal items such as wristwatch/wristband, bracelets, handbags, ornaments, wallet, purse, head gear, scarf, goggles, jacket, eatables items, etc. Are not allowed
Clothes with large buttons are not permitted
Closed footwear such as shoes is not allowed in the exam centre
Candidates wearing attire for religious purpose will be thoroughly frisked.

Candidates need to follow the guidelines laid down by the examination authority on the day of AFCAT exam. The examination authority prescribes the exam day guidelines in terms of reporting time, shift-wise exam timings, items allowed inside the exam centre, items not allowed inside the exam centre, COVID-19 related guidelines, etc. There are dos that candidates need to follow on the day of AFCAT exam day, check below for more details:
Candidates are required to report to the exam centre in batches from 07:30 am onwards (for first Shift) and 12:30 pm onwards (for second Shift) as per the time slot mentioned in the admit card
Candidates are required to put only the thumb impression on the admit card in advance, before proceeding to the exam centre. Signatures on the admit card are to be endorsed in front of the invigilator
Candidates should carry their admit cards along with one original photo-identity proof to the exam centre
Candidates are advised to familiarize themselves with the location of the exam centre in advance and ensure that they report in time
Candidates should take back-to-back printout of AFCAT admit card
Candidates can carry ballpoint pen to the exam centre.

AFCAT admit card is the important document as it serves as the entry ticket to the exam centre. To download the admit card, candidates need to enter email ID, password and captcha code. Candidates need to carry the admit card along with one photo-identity proof to the exam centre. After downloading the AFCAT admit card, candidates should check all the details carefully. In case of any discrepancy in details, candidates should contact the examination authority. The examination authority corrects the details and issues revised admit card. The details mentioned on AFCAT admit card are given below:
Candidates' name
Date of birth
Gender
Aadhaar number
Email ID
Mobile number
Exam timings
Address of exam centre
Exam day guidelines.

Candidates are not allowed to carry certain items inside AFCAT exam centre. The following items are prohibited inside the exam centre premises:
Blue tooth device, communication/ electronic/ digital/ wireless devices such as calculators, docupen, electronic watches with facilities of calculator, cellular phone, memory card/ stick, pager, organizer, personal digital assistant (PDA), concealed microphone or camera, earphones, radio, headset, walkman, recorder, translator, etc. Pencil-box, book, geometry box, paper, log tables, clip board, slide rule, etc. Personal items such as wristwatch/wristband, bracelets, handbags, ornaments, wallet, purse, head gear, scarf, goggles, jacket, eatables items, etc. Candidates are frisked by the exam centre officials before they are given entry to the exam centre. Candidates carrying these barred items need to deposit those at the entry. They can carry those while exiting the exam centre.

No. You cannot change the exam centre after AFCAT admit card has been issued. You cannot take the exam at any other centre other than the one mentioned in AFCAT admit card. Candidates should carefully think before selecting AFCAT admit card in the AFCAT application form. Select only those test cities which are convenient to travel. Candidates should choose the home city as the first test city. Candidates should not choose the test city that is far off from their home. The allotment of exam city depends on the examination authority. The examination authority try to allot test city as per their preferences. However, in case of unavailability of exam centres in the test city chosen by candidates, they are allotted to the different test city. There are cases where examination authority cancels the exam centres in case the number of applicants are less.

AFCAT admit card is released online on the official website of IAF. The direct link to download the admit card is also provided on this page. Candidates need to download their admit cards online as the hard copy of it is not sent to candidates by post. The steps to download AFCAT admit card are given below:
1) Visit the official website of IAF
2) Go to the Candidate Login section on the home
3) Candidates need to click on the AFCAT cycle for which they have submitted their application forms
4) AFCAT login page opens
5) In the login page, candidates need to enter their email IDs, password and captcha code
6) AFCAT admit card appears on the screen
7) Download AFCAT admit card and take its printout
8) Candidates should keep their admit cards safely till the completion of recruitment process.

AFCAT exam cities are prescribed in the notification. Candidates are required to choose five test cities while filling the application form. The details regarding AFCAT exam centres are mentioned on the admit card. AFCAT exam is conducted in cities such as Agartala, Ajmer, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Alwar, Allahabad/Prayagraj, Ambala, Aurangabad, Bareilly, Behrampur (Odisha), Bathinda, Belagavi, Bengaluru, Bhagalpur, Bhilai, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Bhuj, Bikaner, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Warangal, Delhi and NCR, Dhanbad, Diu, Dibrugarh, Durgapur, Faridabad, Ganganagar, Gaya, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Guntur, Gurugram, Guwahati, Gwalior, Haldwani, Hisar, Hyderabad, Imphal, Indore, Itanagar, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jalpaiguri, Jammu, Jamshedpur, Jhansi, Jodhpur, Jorhat, Kannur, Kanpur, Kakinada, Kochi, Kohima, Kolhapur, Kolkata, Kotak, Kurukshetra, Leh, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Bangalore, Meerut, Mumbai, Muzaffarpur, Mysore, Nagpur, Nashik, Chhapra, Nizamabad, Noida, Panaji, Patiala, Patna, Port Blair, Puducherry, Pune, Rajkot, Ranchi, Rourkee, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimla, Silchar, Srinagar, Solapur, Sonipat, Thane, Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirunelveli, Tirupati, Udaipur, Vadodara, Varanasi, Vellore, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam.

AFCAT 2 admit card 2023 was released on August 10, 2023. The admit card was released on the official website of IAF. The direct link to download the admit card is provided on this page. To download the admit card, candidates need to login with email ID, password and captcha code. The hard copy of the admit card is not sent to candidates by post. AFCAT admit card is an important document without which candidates are not allowed to appear for the exam. AFCAT admit card carries information such as candidate's name, roll number, details regarding exam centre, scanned photograph, signature, exam day guidelines, etc. Along with the admit card, candidates are required to take one photo-identity proof. At the entry GATE of the exam centre, the admit card and photo-identity proof of candidates are checked. Candidates should reach the exam centre early for the pre-verification process. Candidates should carry two photographs to paste on the admit card. The photographs should be same as the one uploaded during registration.

AFSB or Air Force Selection Board is held for candidates qualifying the online test of AFCAT. The AFSB interview is conducted in three stages at different centres-Dehradun, Varanasi, Gandhinagar and Mysuru. At AFSB, candidates need to undergo the following tests:
Stage-I: This stage comprises Officer Intelligence Rating Test along with Picture Perception and discussion test on the first day. This is the screening stage and qualifying the test are called for subsequent rounds of AFSB. In the first stage, the documents of candidates are verified to ascertain their eligibility for the branch they have applied for. Stage 2: This stage is conducted for five days. The tests that are conducted in this stage are Psychological Tests, Group Tests, Interview and Computerised Pilot Selection System (CPSS). The CPSS is conducted for Flying Branch and it is a once in a lifetime test.