NEET Counselling 2022 Begins Today: Know about Registration Process, Fees & Documents Required

NEET UG Counselling 2022: Counselling process is one of the most important parts of a competitive exam, and when the exam is one of the largest entrance exams in the country, the process becomes all the more important. The NEET counselling is the juncture at which most of the students get confused and make mistakes. This is also the phase that is "make or break" apart from the exam duration.

NEET counselling is the process where the students choose and organize their college preferences. Then, the counselling authority goes through their choices and allocates them a seat keeping their rank in consideration.

MBBS, BDS, AYUSH, BVSc & AH, and BSc Nursing admissions will be conducted online by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) for NEET 2022. 

All those candidates who register for the first-round for NEET counselling 2022 must provide their personal, academic, NEET-UG, contact, and other details. They must also pay the NEET 2022 counselling fee online. In addition, aspirants will need to select colleges for admission and courses during the MCC NEET counselling 2022. The step-wise process for the Mop-Up counselling is also explained further in the article.

NEET-UG seats will be allocated after the registration process, considering the NEET scores, choices filled out, seats available, reservation criteria, among others. As a result, there will be approximately 20,000 seats under the 15% All India Quota (AIQ) in NEET counselling. The counselling will provide the route to fill the seats in all deemed/central universities, ESIC/AFMS colleges, AIIMS, and JIPMER colleges.

Table of contents

• NEET UG Counselling 2022 Important Dates
• NEET Counselling Procedure 2022
• NEET Counselling Fees
• NEET UG Counselling 2022: List Of Documents Required
• NEET Official Seat Matrix
• Disability Certificate for NEET Counselling 2022
• How to change Nationality from Indian to NRI?
• NEET Previous Year Closing Ranks
• Frequently Asked Questions

NEET UG Counselling 2022: Important Dates

NEET UG Counselling Procedure 2022

Based on the AIR, the examination authorities have prepared the NEET Merit List 2022 which will identify the ranked names of the candidates who will qualify the NEET 2022 exam. The merit list will be forwarded to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) for MCC to implement NEET 2022 recommendation for 15% AIQ, Deemed / Central University seats, ESIC, AFMS and Center pool seats.

The remaining 85% of the state quota seats in government colleges will be managed and allotted by state counselling bodies. These sets will be allotted based on students' scores and ranks obtained in the NEET 2022 exam. . The state counselling body will also responsible for providing admission to private medical/dental schools in a particular state. 

NEET 2022 Counselling Fees

Once students are done with filing NEET 2022 counselling, they are supposed to deposit the required NEET counselling fee (refundable and non-refundable). The fee can be paid through an online medium like Credit Card/ Debit Card/ Net Banking. The NEET counselling fee 2022 in provided in the table below:

NEET UG Counselling 2022: List Of Documents Required

• NEET UG admit card, rank card
• Photograph of the candidate
• Signature of the candidate
• DOB Certificate (10th pass certificate)
• Qualification Certificate (12th Marksheet or Certificate)
• Category certificate (Other than general)
• Character certificate
• Medical Fitness certificate
• Identity proof(Aadhaar Card/Passport/Voter ID /Pan Card/Driving License/Ration Card)

NEET Official Seat Matrix

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) will release NEET UG 2022 Seat Matrix on the official website - mcc.nic.in. The Committee will release NEET Seat Matrix vacancy list before each round of NEET counselling 2022 for 15% All India Quota. The state-wise NEET Seat Matrix will be released by respective state medical committee during the time of NEET counselling. The NEET seat allocation for medical courses such as - MBBS, BDS, Nursing - is held on the basis of NEET rank, NEET score and NEET cut off decided by the participating institutes. The candidates can fill in their choices during the time of the online NEET counselling process.

NEET Seat Matrix Related Links

• Number of  MBBS Seats in Private Colleges
• Number of  MBBS Seats in Government Colleges
• Number of BDS Seats in Private Colleges
• Number of BDS Seats in Government Colleges

Check below previous year NEET seat matrix to get an ideal about expected seat matrix for NEET UG 2022:

Disability Certificate for NEET Counselling 2022

Disabled NEET 2022 applicants can contact the disability centers designated by the MCC across India to obtain a disability certificate after assessing their disability at the center, in order to benefit from a 5% reservation of PWD medical courses. Applicants have been asked to obtain a disability certificate for 21 Benchmark Disabilities in order to avoid any problems. 

Provided below is the list of designated centers that can be contacted to issue the required disability certificate. 

How to change Nationality from Indian to NRI?

Recently, the Medical Counseling Committee stated that candidates can also change their nationality from Indian to NRI by submitting the relevant documents. The list of documents to be submitted for the same has been also provided by the MCC. Candidates who wish to change their status will have to send the required documents via email to ug.nri.mcc@gmail.com.

NEET Previous Year Closing Ranks

NEET 2022 Related Links

NEET 2022 Counselling- Frequently Asked Questions 

Q1. When would the students need to furnish the documents for NEET counselling 2022?
Answer. The documents necessary for the counselling process are to be produced when the students report to the allocated college. However, the student doesn't need them during the registration process.

Q2. What happens when the caste certificate is not available during the NEET counselling?
Answer. The authorities cancel the student's candidature under the caste reservation, and the student is considered a candidate in the general category. If his/her merit is up to the required mark, then a college is awarded.

Q3. What happens if the candidate doesn't lock the choices in the counselling form?
Answer. It is very important to lock the choices in the counselling form. If the candidate doesn't lock the choices in the counselling, then the platform does that for him/her on the counselling date.

Q4. What is the NEET Seat Allotment letter?
Answer. NEET seat allotment letter is a document required to complete the admission process.once the seat allotment process is completed, a candidate is given NEET seat allotment letter. If the candidate is satisfied with the designated seat in the designated college, he/she can download the letter and report to the allotted college for document verification.

Q5. How many rounds are there in NEET Counselling 2022?
Answer. NEET 2022 Counselling schedule has been released on the official website of the NTA. Students can also refer to the NEET counselling dates provided above on the page. 

Q6.  Where will the NEET Official Seat Matrix be released?
Answer: The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has released the NEET UG 2022 Seat Matrix on the official website - mcc.nic.in.

Q7. Can I Apply for both the All India Quota and State Quota in NEET?

Answer: Yes one can participate in both NEET All India Quota Counselling and NEET State Quota Counselling as both the dates never clash with each other. It is done so that the students who are getting top colleges through any of the Counselling can take part in the Counselling process.

Q8. How Many Government Seats are there in NEET 2022?

Answer: There are a total of 91,927 MBBS seats, out of which a total of 48,012 are government seats.