NEET SS Admit Card 2026: Expected Date, Download, Exam Day Rules

NBEMS will release the NEET SS 2026 admit card on natboard.edu.in before the exam, which is tentatively set for 11 and 12 December 2026. It is not sent by post or email. In 2025 the admit card came on 22 December, four days before the exam, so the 2026 card is expected in December 2026.

NEET SS Admit Card 2026

This page explains how to download the NEET SS 2026 admit card, what it shows, what to carry and the exam day rules.

How to Download the NEET SS 2026 Admit Card

You download the NEET SS 2026 admit card from your NBEMS applicant login once NBEMS announces it by SMS, email and a website notice.

1. Open the official NEET-SS page on natboard.edu.in.
2. Click the applicant login link.
3. Enter your User ID (application ID) and password. If you forgot the password, use the “Forgot Your Password” link.
4. Open and download the NEET SS 2026 admit card.
5. Check your name, photograph, exam date, shift, test centre address and reporting time.
6. Print it in colour. The barcode or QR code must be readable.

What details are printed on the NEET SS 2026 admit card?

The admit card tells you where and when to report and carries the code that is scanned at entry. Admit cards are not issued to candidates found ineligible.

What documents should you carry to the NEET SS 2026 exam?

You must carry three things, as per the latest (2025) bulletin. Without an original ID you will not be let in.

• A colour printout of the barcoded or QR-coded admit card.
• A photocopy of your permanent SMC, MCI or NMC registration, which the centre keeps.
• One original, valid government photo ID: PAN card, driving licence, voter ID, passport or Aadhaar card with photograph.

Photocopies of ID and IDs shown in DigiLocker are not accepted. The name on your ID must match the admit card; if it changed after marriage or otherwise, bring the supporting document.

What are the NEET SS 2026 exam day rules?

• The reporting counter closes 30 minutes before the exam starts. Late candidates are not allowed in.
• In 2025 entry opened at 7:00 AM for the morning shift and 12:00 PM for the afternoon shift.
• Mobile phones, smart watches, calculators, pens, wallets, jewellery, belts, caps, water bottles and food are not allowed past the security check.
• There is frisking at entry, and your fingerprints and photograph are captured at registration and during the exam.
• Friends and relatives are not allowed inside the centre.
• Requests to change the exam date, centre or city are not accepted.

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