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    NEET 2025 Eligibility Criteria For Foreign Nationals: Age Criteria, Education Qualification

    NEET 2025 Eligibility Criteria For Foreign Nationals: Age Criteria, Education Qualification

    Manisha TiwariUpdated on 11 Jun 2026, 11:58 AM IST

    The National Testing Agency (NTA) releases the NEET eligibility criteria for Foreign Nationals in the NEET information brochure. As per the NEET 2025 eligibility criteria for Foreign Nationals, candidates are eligible for admission to medical and dental undergraduate courses in India subject to regulations framed by respective state governments, institutions and the Government of India.

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    1. NEET 2025 eligibility criteria for Foreign Nationals
    2. NEET application process for Foreign Nationals
    3. Documents required by Foreign Nationals in NEET 2025
    NEET 2025 Eligibility Criteria For Foreign Nationals: Age Criteria, Education Qualification
    NEET 2025 Eligibility Criteria For Foreign Nationals

    Foreign National students wishing to appear for NEET 2025 must know about the eligibility criteria set by the authority. By adhering to the NEET 2025 eligibility criteria for Foreign Nationals, candidates can fill the NEET application form and appear for the NEET exam. Read the article on NEET criteria for Foreign Nationals to know more about the NEET 2025 requirements for international students.

    NEET 2025 eligibility criteria for Foreign Nationals

    The Foreign Nationals eligibility for medical seats in NEET are released in the NEET information brochure. Check the Foreign Nationals NEET UG 2025 eligibility requirements from the points mentioned below.

    • NEET 2025 guidelines for foreign nationals: Age criteria

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    As per the NEET eligibility criteria, candidates must have attained a minimum age of 17 years by December 31, 2025. There is no upper age limit for appearing in NEET, the age criteria is uniformly applicable to all candidates, including Foreign Nationals.

    • NEET criteria for Foreign Nationals: Qualifying exam

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    Foreign Nationals must have completed their 10+2 education in their respective country with Physics, Chemistry and Biology/ Biotechnology and must have passed in theory and practical tests of each subject. The qualifying exam must also include English as a subject.

    • NEET 2025 requirements for international students: Marks obtained in the qualifying exam

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    Foreign Nationals must have passed class 12 with at least 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry, Biology/ Biotechnology and English subjects. Also, their qualifications must be evaluated for equivalency by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) in accordance with the regulations set by the National Medical Commission and the respective university.

    • NEET 2025 guidelines for Foreign Nationals

    Foreign Nationals candidates in NEET 2025 are eligible to apply subject to rules and regulations set by the respective state governments, institutions and the Government of India. Candidates have to upload the relevant documents in support of their nationality in the NEET 2025 application form.

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    NEET application process for Foreign Nationals

    Foreign Nationals in NEET 2025 need to follow the instructions for NEET form filling. Check the NEET application process for Foreign Nationals below.

    Step 1: NEET 2025 registration

    Candidates have to register for the NEET 2025 application process. The registration can be done at the NEET official website. Foreign Nationals can do NEET 2025 registration by providing a valid email ID, phone number and other asked details.

    Step 2: NEET UG application form filling

    Once the registration is done, candidates need to fill the NEET application form. Foreign Nationals have to enter personal details, academic details, select the medium of question paper, select the NEET exam centre and other asked details in the NEET application form 2025.

    Step 3: Uploading documents in NEET application form

    Foreign Nationals have to upload the relevant documents in the application form of NEET 2025. Candidates must upload the required NEET documents in specified format. The photograph to be uploaded in the application form should be as per the NEET 2025 photo size requirements.

    Step 4: Paying application fee

    The last step in the NEET application process for Foreign Nationals is the payment of NEET application form fee 2025. The NEET form fee for Foreign National candidates is Rs 9,500 which can be paid in online mode through internet banking/ credit card/ debit card/ UPI.

    Documents required by Foreign Nationals in NEET 2025

    NEET 2025 Foreign Nationals admission process requires some documents to be uploaded in the NEET application form. The list of documents required by the Foreign Nationals in NEET 2025 can be checked below.

    • Class 10 marksheet and certificate

    • Class 10 CGPA conversion/ Equivalent certificate issued by board

    • NEET passport size photograph

    • Postcard size photo

    • Candidate’s signature

    • Candidates left and right thumb and fingers impression

    • Present and permanent address proof

    • Identity proof (Passport number/ Citizenship certificate number)

    • Scanned copy of first and last page of passport/ Citizenship certificate/ any other document issued by a Government Authority in the country of nationality of the Candidate

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    Hello Koushisk,

    Yes, you can absolutely attend NEET UG 2025 as an engineering student. There are no restrictions on appearing for NEET UG based on your current field of study. Since you've completed your 12th grade with the required subjects (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and English), you are eligible to reappear

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    I understand that you have a paramedical course without NEET cutoff and obtained a score of 172.

    However, I'd like to clarify a few things to provide the most accurate guidance:

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    Yes, you can participate in NEET Round 3 (Mop-up round) even if you skip Round 2 after not being allotted a seat in Round 1.

    However, you don’t need to re-register or pay the security deposit again, provided you didn’t get a seat in Round 1 and haven't opted

    Hello,

    If you did not get a seat in the first round of NEET counselling and also do not wish to remain in the counselling process in order to prepare for a long term instead of proceeding further, then you can follow these steps below to withdraw from the counselling: