As a parent, your job in JoSAA is to make sure nothing is missed: certificates with the right dates, ₹30,000 for the seat acceptance fee (plus ₹45,000 for an NIT seat), daily portal checks, and the float-or-freeze call after each round. You must also sign if your child withdraws a seat.
This plain-language checklist follows the official JoSAA 2026 rules, step by step.
Your child makes the choices and clicks the buttons; you make sure nothing is missed: deadlines, documents, payments and the decisions after each round. JoSAA is strict: the Business Rules say plainly that no deadline is extended and many steps can't be undone.
If your child wants to withdraw an accepted seat, the withdrawal form must carry the signature of a parent or guardian, or it is not processed. Withdrawal is allowed from Round 2 (until Round 4 for IIT seats) and returns the fee minus ₹7,000 (JoSAA 2026 Business Rules (1 June 2026), clause 66 and Annexure 8).
One more decision only a family can make: if your child might drop a year to retake JEE Advanced, decide before Round 5. A seat received for the first time in Round 5 without exiting earlier counts as accepted, and accepting a JoSAA seat makes a student ineligible for the next JEE Advanced (clause 70).
IIT seats: report at the IIT after JoSAA ends; certificates are re-checked and there is biometric verification. NIT, IIIT and GFTI seats: physical reporting happens after the CSAB special rounds. The institute then collects its balance fee. Check each institute's own website for fees and fee waivers; JoSAA does not set them (clauses 39, 54 and 55).
Ishaan Singh, one of our students, got JEE Advanced 2026 AIR 2,046 and chose IIT Delhi Mechanical Engineering, a program that closed at 2,205 in the 2026 final round (OPEN, gender-neutral).
JoSAA reporting for seat acceptance is online. Physical reporting is at the allotted institute after JoSAA (IITs) or after CSAB special rounds (NIT+). Check the institute's own reporting notice for who must attend.
Yes, the seat withdrawal form must be signed by a parent or guardian, or it is not accepted.
₹30,000 (₹15,000 for SC, ST, PwD) for the seat acceptance fee, plus ₹45,000 (₹20,000) Partial Admission Fee for NIT, IIIT or GFTI seats, before the institute's own fee.
Choices are filled on the candidate's JoSAA login. JoSAA advises candidates not to share login details, so sit together and let the student enter the list.
Missing a deadline or a document query. JoSAA does not extend deadlines and raises queries only on the portal.
Sources: JoSAA 2026 Business Rules (1 June 2026) (clauses 39 to 70, Annexures 2, 3 and 8); JEE (Advanced) 2026 Report, Volume I; JoSAA 2026 Opening and Closing Ranks.
