Preparing For JEE? Useful Information You Should Not Miss Being a Foreign National:
1. Who can apply as foreign nationals?
Candidates who are NOT citizens of India (by birth or naturally), do not belong to the OCI/PIO (Overseas citizen of India/ Person of Indian Origin) category, and whose parents are not citizens of India and do not come under OCI/PIO category at the time of registering for JEE (Advanced) are treated as foreign nationals.
Seats allotted to foreign nationals are supernumerary with a cap of 10% of the total number of seats in every UG course/ engineering or architecture stream.
Foreign nationals are outside the ambit of reservation of seats under the OBC‐NCL, SC, ST, and PwD (Persons with Disability) categories as mandated by Govt. of India.
These candidates are not required to write JEE Main (First exam under JEE) and may register for JEE Advanced (Second exam of JEE for those who clear JEE Main) directly subject to fulfillment of other eligibility criteria.
Identity Proof: Identity proof of both the parents and the candidate is required in the form of a citizenship certificate/Passport
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2. Registration fee for JEE Main or JEE Advanced 2021
All NRIs and Foreign National candidates want to register for JEE Main, They can check here step by step complete video: How to register for JEE Main
All foreign candidates who desire to appear for JEE Advanced 2021 have to register online through the official JEE Advanced website, www.jeeadv.ac.in & the registration fee for JEE Advanced 2021 (applicable to foreign nationals) is given below.
Registration Fee for Examination Centres in India:
Candidates from SAARC countries USD 160 + GST*
Candidates from Non‐SAARC countries USD 300 + GST*
Registration Fee for Examination Centres in Foreign countries:
Candidates from SAARC countries USD 160 + GST*
Candidates from Non‐SAARC countries USD 300 + GST*
*Exact GST (Goods and Services Tax) amount will be specified as per Government of India rules at the time of registration.
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The registration fee shown above DOES NOT INCLUDE service charges, processing fees and any other charges that the banks may levy.
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Detailed instructions related to the payment of the registration fee will be given on the online registration portal.
3. Eligibility Criteria for appearing in JEE Advanced 2021
All foreign candidates must fulfill each and every one of the following four criteria to appear in JEE Advanced 2021, To Know JEE Main Eligibility Criteria Click here.
Criterion 1: Age limit: Candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1995. In countries where a minimum stint in the armed forces (or allied) for a certain period is mandatory (for instance South Korea) before/after the Class XII (or equivalent) exam, the candidate will be given a relaxation of the required number of years. In such cases, the candidate is required to upload a certificate/testimonial issued by a competent authority to this effect at the time of registration.
Criterion 2: Number of attempts: A candidate can attempt JEE Advanced a maximum of two times in consecutive years.
Criterion 3:Grade XII (or equivalent) examination: A candidate should have appeared for the Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in either 2019 or 2020WE.
However, if the examination Board of Class XII (or equivalent) declares the results for the academic year 2019-20 after June 2020, then the candidates of that board/grade who appeared for their grade XII exam in 2020 are also eligible to appear in JEE Advanced 2021, provided they meet the other eligibility criteria.
In case, the examination Board of Grade XII (or equivalent) declared the results for the academic year 2019-20 before June 2020 but the result of a particular candidate was withheld, then the candidate will not be eligible to appear in JEE Advanced 2021.
Criterion 4: Admission of the candidate at IITs in the previous year: A candidate should NOT have been admitted in an IIT irrespective of whether or not he/she continued in the program OR accepted an IIT seat by reporting at a reporting center in the past.
Candidates whose admission at IITs was canceled in the previous year after joining any IIT are also NOT eligible to appear in JEE Advanced 2021.
The candidates who paid seat acceptance fee in 2019 but (i) did not report at any reporting center OR, (ii) withdrew before the last round of seat allotment (total: 7 rounds), OR, (iii) had their seat canceled (for whatever reason) before the last round of seat allotment for IITs, during the joint seat allocation in 2019, are eligible to appear in JEE Advanced 2021.
However, in any of the above cases, the candidate is required to fulfill the conditions mentioned from criterion 1 to Criterion 3.
4. Performance in Grade XII (or equivalent) board examination
The candidates should satisfy at least one of the following two criteria for admission to IITs:
(1) Must have secured at least 75% aggregate marks in the Class/Grade XII (or equivalent) Board examination.
(2) Must be within the top 20 percentile of successful candidates in their respective Class/Grade XII (or equivalent) board examination.
The percentile calculation will be done for the required subjects in a single academic year only. Therefore, candidates appearing for improvement in Board examinations can EITHER appear in one or more subjects and secure 75% aggregate marks after improvement, OR, appear for improvement in ALL subjects to be in the top 20 percentile of the corresponding academic year.
A) The marks scored in the following five subjects will be considered for calculating the aggregate marks and the cut‐off marks for fulfilling the top 20 percentile criterion.
i. Physics
ii. Chemistry
iii. Mathematics
iv. A language (if the candidate has taken more than one language, then the language with the higher marks will be considered)
v. Any subject other than the above four (the subject with the highest marks will be considered).
B) For calculation of the total marks for five subjects, if the marks awarded in a subject is NOT out of 100, then the marks will be scaled (up or down) to
100 so that the total aggregate marks is out of 500.
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If a Board awards only letter grades without providing an equivalent percentage of marks on the grade sheet, the candidate should obtain a certificate from the Board specifying the equivalent marks and submit it at the time of acceptance of the allocated seat. In case such a certificate is not provided, the decision taken by the Joint Implementation Committee of JEE Advanced 2021 will be final.
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In case any of the subjects Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Language are not evaluated in the final year (e.g., in a 3‐year diploma course), then the marks for the same subject from the previous year/s will be used for calculating the percentage of aggregate marks.
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For candidates who appeared in the Class XII (or equivalent) Board examination for the first time in 2019 and reappeared in ALL subjects (for whatever reason) in 2021, the best of the two performances will be considered.
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If a Board gives aggregate marks considering both Class XI and Class XII examinations (in the 10+2 system), then only Class XII marks will be considered. If a Board gives aggregate marks considering the results of all three years of a 3‐year diploma or courses of equivalent duration, then only the marks scored in the final year will be considered. Similarly, for Boards that follow a semester system, the marks scored in the final two semesters will be considered.
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If a Board does not give marks scored in individual subjects but gives only the aggregate marks, then the aggregate marks given by the Board will be considered as such. Regarding the cut‐off marks for the top 20 percentile
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The cut‐off marks for the top 20 percentile are calculated based on the marks scored by candidates who pass in their respective boards in the particular year.
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It is reiterated that top 20 percentile cut‐off for the academic year 2021 will be considered for candidates who pass the Class XII (or equivalent) examination in 2021.
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Similarly, top 20 percentile cut‐off for the academic year 2019 will be considered for candidates who pass the Class XII (or equivalent) examination in 2019.
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Candidates who appeared in Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in 2019 and wish to (or have to) reappear in 2021 with the objective to qualify through top 20 percentile cut‐off criteria, should reappear in all the subjects. For such candidates, top 20 percentile cut‐off for 2021 will be considered.
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In case a Board does not provide information about the cut‐off for the top 20 percentile, the candidate will have to request to produce a certificate from the respective Board stating that he/she falls within the top 20 percentile of successful candidates. If the candidate fails to do so, then the cut‐off marks, in the respective categories, for the CBSE will be used.
Regarding the aggregate marks of 75%
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The aggregate marks scored by the candidate in the 2021 Class XII (or equivalent) Board examination will be considered for candidates who pass the Class XII examination in 2021.
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The aggregate marks scored by the candidate in the 2019 Class XII (or equivalent) Board examination will be considered provided the candidate does not reappear in the Class XII (or equivalent) examination in 2021 in any of the subjects.
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If a candidate has graduated his/her Class XII (or equivalent) in 2019 and wishes to improve his/her aggregate marks to meet the “aggregate marks of 75% criterion”, he/she can reappear for any number of subjects he/she wishes for improvement. The percentage marks in this situation will be calculated by considering the marks obtained in 2019 or 2021, whichever is higher, in the respective subjects, in his/her two attempts in 2019 and 2021.
Documents required for registration
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Birth certificate for age proof
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Class XII marks sheet/certificate for 75% cut‐off (if available at the time of registration)
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Identity proof of the candidate
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Citizenship certificate/Passport of both the parents
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Testimonial (if required)
5. Foreign centers where JEE (Advanced) 2021 will be held
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Dubai (UAE), Kathmandu (Nepal), and Singapore. To Know about JEE Main Test Centers in Abroad click here.
6. Architecture aptitude test for B.Arch. Program
Successful foreign candidates, if interested in B. Arch. the program, are required to come to one of the Zonal IITs to write the Architecture aptitude test for B.Arch. Program.
View here, the list of each center under all the 7 IIT Zones.
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