NTA allows all categories of candidates to appear for the JEE Main exam. Candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC-NCL community must provide their caste certificate (if applicable) while filling up the JEE Main application form in the right format. PWD and Economically Weaker Section (EWS) candidates must provide their medical or family income certificate as determined by the JEE Main authority.

To know JEE Main certificate format, go through the article which mentions the details to provide and the format of the certificate.

JEE Main 2025 Document Guidelines

While uploading the certificate, the format and size of the documents should be as follows:

JEE Main Caste Certificate Format 2025

The caste certificate format for SC/ST/OBC differs and candidates are required to follow the following format to upload the certificate during JEE Main Registration 2025.

JEE Main OBC Certificate Format

Students from OBC-NCL category need to fill up the following details in the OBC certificate.

• Candidate’s name
• Candidate’s Father's name
• Village or town
• District/Division
• State/Union Territory
• Community (As recognized by the Government of India)

The authority issuing the certificate will mention the Resolution number (Resolution of Government of India mentions the candidate's caste). The competent authorities that can issue the certificate are as follows. The certificate can be issued by any of the following authorities.

(i) District Magistrate/ Additional Magistrate/ Collector/ Deputy Commissioner/ Additional Deputy Commissioner/ Deputy Collector/ Ist Class Stipendiary Magistrate/ Sub-Divisional magistrate/ Taluka Magistrate/ Executive Magistrate/ Extra Assistant Commissioner (not below the rank of Ist Class Stipendiary Magistrate).

(ii) Chief Presidency Magistrate / Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate / Presidency Magistrate.

(iii) Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar’

(iv) Sub-Divisional Officer of the area where the candidate and/or his family resides

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JEE Main SC Certificate Format

SC/ST candidates are required to provide their category certificate in the prescribed format:

• Candidate’s name
• Parent’s name
• Village or town
• District/Division
• State/Union Territory
• Community (SC/ST)

The certificate can be issued by any of the following authorities:

• District Magistrate / Additional District Magistrate / Collector / Deputy Commissioner / Additional Deputy Commissioner / Deputy Collector / Ist Class Stipendiary Magistrate / City Magistrate / Sub-Divisional Magistrate / Taluka Magistrate / Executive Magistrate / Extra Assistant Commissioner.
• Chief Presidency Magistrate / Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate / Presidency Magistrate.
• Revenue Officers not below the rank of Tehsildar.
• Sub-divisional Officer of the area where the candidate and/ or his family normally reside(s).
• Administrator / Secretary to Administrator / Development Officer (Lakshadweep Island).

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JEE Main PWD Certificate

Candidates with less than 40% disability need to submit a medical certificate to appear in the JEE Main 2025 exam. It is to be noted that the certificate is valid up to 6 months or less (as mentioned by the medical officer) from the date of issue. Details mentioned in the certificate are listed below:

• Recent PP size attested photograph of the applicant
• Name of the candidate
• Parent’s name
• Nature of disability

The certificate should also mention the name of the Government Hospital/Health Care Centre. The medical certificate can be issued by the Chief Medical Officer/Civil Surgeon/Chief District Medical Officer. In addition, the candidate can also provide a letter of undertaking for using their own scribe. For this, they must submit a certificate mentioning the following details.

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• Name of the candidate
• Disability name
• Name of the examination
• Application number
• Exam center
• State and district name
• Qualification
• Name of the scribe
• Qualification of the scribe
• Self-attested photograph of the scribe with ID of the scribe and number

The JEE Main PWD certificate format is provide below:

JEE Main EWS Certificate

EWS students need to provide the following details in the income asset certificate. Candidates must note that the income of the family must be less than 8 lakhs per annum.

• Name of the candidate
• Photograph of the candidate
• Parent’s name
• Village or town
• District/Division
• State/Union Territory
• Post Office
• Pin code of the state or territory

JEE Main EWS Certificate Format

The following image is a format of the EWS certificate acceptable by the JEE Main authority.