NRIs, OCIs & PIO – JEE Admissions?
Admission process of JEE exam 2018 for Indians carries many tidbits as part of its eligibility. Among all other available eligibilities there is one essential pointer that often makes a huge tension in the hearts of the foreign/abroad students. After the issuing of Aadhaar Cards for every citizen of India as one of the prior source of identification; the board members of JEE exams have included the Aadhaar card as one of the mandatory eligibility for the Indian aspirants of JEE exam 2018.
But when the entire admission criteria come on the selection of foreign the eligibilities and criteria shift a little bit. In one word the admission criteria for NRI, OCI & PIO students for JEE exam is not a facsimile of the stated norms for Indian students. Most of the panic enters from the fake news of media and rest is done by rumors in person. And all this nuisance encapsulate the ground for an NRI, OCI &PIO student to step back from their decision of fulfilling the JEE admissions properly. Let’s debunk all the repercussions so far entwined foreign students with panic about getting JEE admissions!
An explicit tour towards the mentioned types of foreign students-
- NRI’s – NRI( NON-RESIDENT of INDIA), are the citizens who are residing or resided for continuous 183 days in a financial year.
- A benefit of NRI’s as students in India- NRI’s also 100% Indians and enjoys reserved NRI quotas to many reputed engineering colleges.
- OCI’s- OCI’s(Overseas Citizen of India) are the non-citizens of India but enjoys lifetime visa for a living and working by following few prescribed restrictions for them.
- A benefit of OCI as students in India – (a)Can enjoy the life of studentship even without a student visa,(b) Have more or less same reserved quotas lie NRI’s and enjoy same benefits of education
- PIO’s- PIO’s (Person of Indian Origin) are the ones who have at least one member linked with the Indian Origin, like father, grandfather or someone else being an Indian.
- A benefit of PIO- PIO has acquired a minute correction with the inclusion of the OCI’s existence. Seemingly a PIO cardholder will enjoy the same benefits same as an OCI member
Twists involved in the JEE admission for NRI, OCI & PIO!
With the impeccable entry of the ‘Direct Admission of Students Abroad’ system, the cloud of tensions regarding the admission hiccups for the foreign students is now on the way to languish. Direct Admission of Students Abroad aka DASA has efficiently opened a prevalent opportunity for the NRI, OCI & PIO category students. Now, these students can deliberately seat for the JEE exams and attain good scores for IIITs, NITs, SPA’s and all other Centrally aided and other Premier Technical Institutes.
A spotlight on the DASA based JEE admission!
- Tenure, of course, is 4 years superficially
- Colleges participating are NITs, IIITs, SPAs and other Centrally aided plus other premier technical institutes
- Online mode is available for application
- Payment for application either by SWIFT transfer or E-Payment
- DASA requires detailed information about your address, qualifying exams, passport details, contact details, Bank Account details for future refunds if required, personal details.
- DASA also demands some scanned documents like photograph and signature of the applicant.
- Students will also have to submit their SAT scores for the release of the ultimate merit list
There is nothing like the NRIs, PIOs & OCIs can’t get, unlike all other Indian engineering aspirants.Hence don’t miss the chances that are prosperously available to you and make the most of today. All the best!
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