The National Testing Agency (NTA) has extended the NEET 2026 registration deadline for providing admissions to the in undergraduate medical courses such as MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS, BUMS, BVSc, and other related programmes Candidates who have not yet applied for the national-level medical entrance exam can now submit their NEET 2026 application form until March 11, 2026 by 9:00 PM on the official website, neet.nta.nic.in.

Earlier, the last date to complete the application process was March 8, 2026, but the agency decided to extend the deadline by three days after receiving requests from students who were facing technical issues and difficulties during the application process.

With this extension, medical aspirants now have another opportunity to complete their registrations and submit the required documents online. However, the testing agency has also advised candidates to complete the application process within the revised timeline, as no further extension is expected. The last date to pay the NEET 2026 registration fee is March 11, 2026, till 11:50 PM.

Candidates must complete all steps of the application process, including registration, uploading documents, and fee payment, before the deadline. Only candidates who successfully pay the registration fee will be considered to have completed the application process.

NEET 2026 Registration Updates:

Candidates can check out the latest information on NEET 2026 exam from here:

NEET 2026 Important Links

NEET UG 2026 Registration Link

https://neet.nta.nic.in/

NEET 2026 Notification

Click Here

NEET 2026 Information Brochure

Click Here

NEET UG 2026 Exam Dates

Class 12 aspirants who are planning to give the NEET exam for the academic session 2026-2027 can check out the NEET UG 2026 exam dates and all the released timelines for the application form, correction window, admit card and other dates from here:

NEET 2026 Exam Dates

Event Name

Date

NEET UG 2026 Exam Notification

8 February 2026

NEET Registration 2026 Start Date

8 February 2026

Last Date to Fill NEET Registration 2026 Form

11 March 2026 upto 9 PM

NEET Registration 2026 Fee Last Date

11 March 2026 upto 11:50 PM

NEET UG 2026 City Intimation Slip

To be announced later

NEET 2026 Admit Card Release Date

To be announced later

NEET UG 2026 Exam Date

3 May 2026

NEET Exam Result 2026

To be announced later

NEET 2026 Eligibility Criteria

It is very important for candidates applying for medical courses through the NEET exam to meticulously go through the NEET UG 2026 eligibility criteria to avoid losing their candidature at any stage of the admission process.

  • He/She has completed the age of 17 years as on or before 31st December of the year that the candidate shall be appearing for NEET-UG examination. Candidates must note that there is no upper age limit for them to appear for the exam.

  • Students who have completed Class 12 with Biology or Biotechnology as an additional subject, along with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and English, are eligible to appear for the exam. While submitting the NEET 2026 application form online, candidates must select the appropriate qualifying examination code based on their academic qualifications.

NEET 2026 Registration Fees

After filling in the details, the final step to successfully submit the application form is to pay the NEET UG 2026 registration fee. Check the category-wise registration fee details below.

Category

NEET UG 2026 Registration Fee (India)

Outside India

General

₹1,700

₹9,500

General-EWS / OBC-NCL

₹1,600

₹9,500

SC / ST / PwD / Third Gender

₹1,000

₹9,500

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