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OCI MBBS Admission- Know Everything!

OCI MBBS Admission: OCI citizens are of Indian origin but they are having foreign passport and are not citizen of India. As per the latest notification MHA(Ministry of Home Affairs) has informed through gazette notification that OCI card holders can claim only NRI quota seats reserved in Medical colleges. On March 31,2023 NTA has released a new circular regading OCI admission in various courses like MBBS,BDS,AYUSH ect.

OCI MBBS Admission

Before going to starts our main topic we would like to discuss about NEET UG 2024 exam. If we talked about NEET UG 2024 it is scheduled by NTA on May 5,2024 (Sunday) and result will be declared by June 14 ,2024.

NEET UG 2024 exam date by NTA

NEET UG 2024 Registration Schedule

Click here to visit official website for filling  NEET UG 2024 Application Form.

OCI MBBS Admission latest update 2023

Click here to see the latest notice .

OCI MBBS admission latest update 2023

Click here to see the latest notification on official website.

Before going through the details , you must know about MBBS seats in India 2024.

MBBS seats in India 2024

As per latest information , at the time of 2024-25 counselling there will be more than 725 medical colleges with 125000 MBBS seats*( expected) in India .If we compare with last year data this year there will be 12000 more MBBS seats.

Last year 53 new medical colleges gets approval for MBBS admission for session 2023-24. Out of these 53 new medical colleges 31(Thirty one) were Government and 22 (Twenty Two) were deemed/private medical colleges.

If we check state wise new medical colleges ,highest 12 (Twelve) were in Telangana ,05 (five) each in Rajasthan ,Andhra Pradesh , Maharashtra ,04 (Four ) in Gujarat ,03 (Three) each in Assam, Haryana ,Karnataka , Tamil Nadu , 02 (Two) in West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha , J, K  and 01 (one) each in Uttar Pradesh , Nagaland .

As of now, as per official website of NMC ( January 1,2024) there are 706 medical colleges in India . Out of these 706 medical colleges there are 389 Govt./Semi Govt. , AIIMS , Central Universities/ Instituitions , 52 are deemed Universities and remaining 265 are private medical colleges in various states/UT’s of India. If we talked about number of MBBS seats ,till now there are 109015 MBBS seats (56268 in Govt. /Semi Govt. Instituitions , 51880 in private/Deemed medical colleges across India).

Total MBBS seats in India Till  January 1 ,2024
Duration Govt. Private
  Colleges Seats Colleges Seats
1947-50 22 4988 1 100
1950-60 35 7612 3 600
1961-70 34 5970 6 945
1971-80 8 1195 3 400
1981-90 7 1050 25 4370
1991-2000 13 2030 29 4500
2001-05 10 1520 43 7650
2006-10 25 3500 47 7950
2011-15 55 7384 48 7250
2016-20 83 9774 64 9500
2021-22 63 7025 26 3750
Total=109015 389 56268 317 51880

If we go through the official website data we find that 8420 MBBS seats are already updated on official website of NMC for coming session .

MBBS seats increased in 2023 | Newly Added MBBS seats in India 2023

S.No State College Type Seats
1 Andhra Pradesh GMC, Eluru Govt. 150
2 Andhra Pradesh GMC, Machilipatnam Govt. 150
3 Andhra Pradesh GMC, Nandyal Govt. 150
4 Andhra Pradesh GMC, Rajamahendravaram Govt. 150
5 Andhra Pradesh GMC, Vizianagaram Govt. 150
6 Assam Kokrajhar Medical College Govt. 100
7 Assam Nagaon Medical College Govt. 100
8 Assam Nalbari Medical College, Nalbari Govt. 100
9 Bihar GMC, Purnea Govt. 100
10 Jammu , Kashmir GMC, Handwara Govt. 100
11 Jammu , Kashmir GMC, Udhampur Govt. 100
12 Karnataka Chitradurga Medical College and Research Institute Govt. 150
13 Madhya Pradesh GMC, Satna Govt. 150
14 Maharashtra GMC and District Hospital, Ratnagiri Govt. 100
15 Maharashtra GMC, Parbhani Govt. 100
16 Nagaland

Nagaland Institute of Medical Sciences , Research

Govt. 100
17 Orissa GMC Bhawanipatna Govt. 100
18 Rajasthan GMC, Alwar Govt. 100
19 Rajasthan GMC, Bundi Govt. 100
20 Rajasthan GMC, Dausa Govt. 100
21 Rajasthan GMC, Hanumangarh Govt. 100
22 Rajasthan GMC, Karauli Govt. 100
23 Telangana GMC Jangaon Govt. 100
24 Telangana GMC, Jayashankar Bhupalpally Govt. 100
25 Telangana GMC, Kamareddy Govt. 100
26 Telangana GMC, Karimnagar Govt. 100
27 Telangana GMC, Khammam Govt. 100
28 Telangana GMC, Kumuram Bheem Asifabad Govt. 100
29 Telangana GMC, Nirmal Govt. 100
30 Telangana GMC, Rajanna Sircilla Govt. 100
31 Telangana GMC, Vikarabad Govt. 100
    MBBS seats increase in Govt.   3450
32 Haryana Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Medical Scs , Research, Sadopur Private 150
33 Maharashtra Dr. Rajendra Gode Medical College, Amravati Private 150
34 Uttar Pradesh SKS Hospital Medical College , Research Centre Private 150
35 Maharashtra Parbhani Medical College, Parbhani Society 150
36 Orissa DRIEMS Institute of Health Sciences and Hospital, Kairapari Society 100
37 Gujarat Ananya College of Medicine , Research Trust 150
38 Gujarat Kiran Medical College, Surat Trust 150
39 Gujarat SAL Institute of Medical Sciences, Ahmedabad Trust 150
40 Gujarat Swaminayaran Institute of Medical Sciences , Research Trust 150
41 Haryana Amrita School of Medicine, Faridabad Trust 150
42 Karnataka Sri Chamundeshwari Medical College Hospital , Research Institute Trust 150
43 Karnataka Sri Madhusudan Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Trust 50
44 Madhya Pradesh Ram Krishna College Hospital , Research Centre, Bhopal Trust 150
45 Maharashtra Mahatma Gandhi Mission Medical College, Vashi Trust 100
46 Tamil Nadu Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Institute of Medical Sciences and Hospital, Trust 150
47 Tamil Nadu Nandha Medical College , Hospital Erode Trust 150
48 Tamil Nadu PSP Medical College Hospital and Research Institute Trust 150
49 Telangana Arundathi Institute of Medical Sciences Trust 150
50 Telangana CMR Institute of Medical Sciences Trust 150
51 Telangana Neelima Institute of Medical Sciences, Medchal Trust 150
52 West Bengal JIS School of Medical Science , Research, Howrah Trust 150
53 West Bengal JMN Medical College, Nadia Trust 150
    MBBS seats increase in Private   3100

NEET UG 2023 exam date by NTA

NEET UG 2023 EXAM DATE BY NTA

OCI PIO Foreign Nationals MBBS Admission 2022 Latest Update

As per latest notification from official website of MCC –

“OCI/PIO/Foreign Nationals will only be eligible for NRI seats and not for Indian (All India Quota/ Central/ Deemed Paid/ Indian) seats.In this regard, it is advised that Deemed Universities/ Institutes where NRI seats are available should verify only citizenship card for OCI/ PIO/ Foreign National candidates at the time of reporting and not other NRI documents which are asked , verified for NRI Sponsored Candidates. Also, the Nationality of all candidates should be checked along with other documents. ” Source MCC Notice Dated 22.09,2022

Click here to read complete details.

Note: As per today’s (September 30,2021) order of Hon’ble Supreme court of India now OCI candidate are eligible for both Government and NRI seats for 2021-22 Session.

Here is the copy of Court order:

OCI can get Government and management MBBS seats 2021OCI PIO Foreign National MBBS admission 2022 latest update news

We want to make it clear that it is mandatory to qualify NEET UG examination .

In fact, OCI cardholders will have parity with NRIs in the matter of appearing of respective entrance examination like NEET for Medical, JEE Mains, JEE Advance.

They are eligible only for seats reserved for NRI quota or any supernumerary seats.

According to the fresh circular, India does not allow dual citizenship but provides certain benefits under Section 7B(I) of the citizen act.

This fresh notification replaces earlier three notifications issued in 2005,2007 and 2009.

 Click here to know in details about NRI Reservation Quota .

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Note :Please verify the same from official website.

On top of that, Medical admission for Maharashtra, Government mandates a 10-year domicile + 11th and 12th standard Maharashtra education requirement. 

On the other hand TamilNadu, Kerala, Gujarat and NCR have different rules. 

There is a huge problem of lack of uniformity and standardization in India.

So. we decided to write a brief article on this topic to enlighten students like you. In which we are going to talk about everything about OCI category students.

In our today’s article, you are going to  know,

  • What and Everything about OCI Mbbs admission
  • Process of mbbs admission via OCI quota
  • Cases and changed rules for OCI Students
  • Different rules, regulations and policies for state government for OCI admission in that state
  • Documents required for students to participate in OCI quota admission

Let’s start with the first knowing about who is eligible for OCI Quota.

Which candidates comes under for OCI Quota

In most simple words OCI students are Overseas Citizen of India, whose parents or Grandparents live in another country and have citizen of that county but originally belongs to India.

So these students are eligible to apply as OCI if he/she is granted with Overseas Citizenship of India and has an OCI card.

And as per Karnataka High Court, Students holding Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) cards must be treated as Indian citizens for the purpose of admission to professional courses and they are entitled to admission under the state quota.

OCI Quota Eligibility to Get Mbbs Admission

  • Students must fulfil OCI quota criteria
  • Applicants must be holding a valid passport
  • The seats offered under NRI Quota will only be allocated to the students have minimum Neet scores
  • Candidates must have qualified NEET exam
  • Candidates applying under NRI sponsorship must have a real blood relation to the financial supporter, be it the mother, sister, father, brother, aunt or uncle.

OCI Quota MBBS Admission Process

MBBS admission process for OCI candidates starts with the NEET entrance exam, where they have to score minimum qualifying marks for admission. As far as NEET UG 2021 is concerned , it is scheduled on August 1,2021 and result will be declared by the August month end.

After the results are announced, candidates need to register themselves on MCI official website for the counselling process.

Then students who ranked higher got their seats allocated first based on NEET scores and category.

Each state has a separate MBBS admission process, rule and regulations for admission in OCI quota, that we are going to discuss below.

Cases and changed rules for OCI Students

There are so many conflicts happening for OCI quota students who applied for Neet.

And many petitions filed in various state high Courts to make the admission process conflicts free.

One of the cases was Vasta Shah petition, 17-year-old Vatsa Shah, who was born in Gujarat and holds a British passport. She was denied participation in the admission process for medical courses after she scored 534 marks in National Entrance cum Eligibility Test (NEET) this year. She also passed her Class 10 and 12 exams from Gujarat.

But in the end, she wins.

As per results, In 2019, the Gujarat high court said that a student, who is an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI), would be treated at par with Non-Resident Indians (NRI) for admission to MBBS course.

And many more states like Karnataka also accept NRI.

But still, other states have their own rules of OCI quota candidates.

Let’s discuss that next section of this article.

Different rules, regulations and policies for state government for Oci admission in that state

Maharashtra: Maharashtra Government asks for a 10 year domicile with 11th and 12th marksheet for OCI quota students to take admission in professional courses.

TamilNadu: Whereas In some states,OCI is recognised as equal to Indian citizens by respective state governments. Tamilnadu is one example where OCI are the same as Indian citizens.

Karnataka , Gujarat: Both states consider OCI students as NRI.

Uttar Pradesh: In Uttar Pradesh state governments also treat OCI category students as NRI, but If the candidate is applying under OCI category, an OCI card issued by the embassy is required.We wanted to make it clear that there is no NRI quota MBBS BDS seats in Uttar Pradesh.

Other States: All remaining state colleges ask for different documents for this quota so it will be required to check first and confirm with respective medical councils.

Things to remember by OCI Candidates

Now, those who apply for an OCI card or PIO card would be able to appear in this exam like NRIs.  But they also have to bear in mind these points:

  1. A Valid Identity proof

They must have a valid Aadhaar card as their identity proof. It has been made compulsory for all natives of India. But yes, there are a few exceptions. The citizens of Assam, Meghalaya and Jammu , Kashmir are barred from this mandate.

In case they don’t have this card, the passport would be accepted as the authentic ID proof. The applicant must mention his/her passport number on the application form. 

And later also, they must take the same along while appearing in the exam.

  1. NEET mandatory for admission in medical

Taking admission before 2016 in Indian medical colleges was based on the scores for non-residents, persons of Indian origin and overseas citizens. 

But with the interception of the Supreme Court, the foreign residents have to compete with the indigenous aspirants in the NEET exam. 

They can’t skip it for getting admission as stated in the old law books.

  1. 15% institutional/management quota in private colleges

As told above, the aspirants can utilize the opportunity of claiming seats as per quota. But OCIs and PIOs shall be eligible to claim one out of 15% seats for which they have to sit in the NEET exams.

As far as the state’s reservation quota is concerned, the state would be a sole authority to provide quota or not. 

Kashmir government rejects entertaining any such request for quota. On the other hand, the Maharashtra government has nodded to provide quota seats for admission in private or government medical colleges.

  1. Choose the city for the exam wisely

it would be a wise idea to take an exam in the state wherein maximum numbers of sears are offered. 

Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra are the two main venues which maximize seat offering to take admission in medical college post entrance exam successfully. CBSE has validated around 80 cities of India to conduct this exam. While filling the form, the foreign students can mark three centres in a city for participating.

Documents required for students to participate in OCI quota admission

It will be advisable to curate all documents before participating in quota category counsellings.

  • OCI card is a must document for this quota candidates.
  • Passport
  • 10th , 12th mark sheets
  • Domicile
  • Valid Address proof
  • Online application form printout with passport size photographs
  • Neet scorecard
  • NOC from the Ministry of External Affairs, GOI (Government of India), New Delhi
  • Non-Objection Certificate (NOC) issued by the Ambassador/ competent authority of the candidate’s country to allow their stay and study in India
  • Health Certificate
  • Migration Certificate

OCI Admission Uncertain

As per news published in “The Hindu” in May 2021.

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Final Words

Hope, you find all the information that you are looking for in this post but still you think something is missing or inappropriate, please comment below and tell me your thoughts.

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8 Comments

  1. My relative, who was born in the USA, lives and studies in Chennai, India. She is an OCI card and American passport holder.
    What will be the total cost for her to pursue an MBBS degree from India?

    Thanks.

    Reply
    • Sir minimum Tuition fee $75000 (complete course)

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    • It will totally depends on NEET UG score, as according to latest notification , candidate is eligible for General seats also.

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  2. Sir/Mam,
    My query is for MBBS admission 2023 and for coming years then on .
    My daughter was born in US and holds OCI card. However we parents are Indian citizens born in TamilNadu and did schooling in TN . We returned to India and my daughter did schooling in TN since LKG and will continue to complete 11th and 12th ,currently she is giving her 10th boards CBSE.
    My question is
    1)Should or can ,my daughter apply for NEET 2025 as OCI under general category for Tamil Nadu MBBS state quota ?
    or will she come under NRI category because she is an OCI car holder?

    But the issue here is as we are Indians and stayed here for most our lives(including my daughter) except for 5 yrs in US, as went to work there where my daughter and son were born .

    We cant afford NRI fees as it is exorbitant, for we earn here in INR and pay tax here.

    Kindly suggest as what needs to be done or is there any petition already raised to challenge supreme courts decision of that OCI card holder can appear only under NRI seats

    Reply
    • Sir, as per latest Supreme court Ruling you can apply under NRI quota only.

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    • As per latest notification , candidate is eligible for General seats also.

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  3. Is there any provision (or private college) where the NEET score is not required for admission of a US Citizen with an OCI card?

    Reply
    • No, it is mandatory for all medical aspirants to qualify NEET UG examination to get admission in MBBS course irrespective of their category.

      Reply

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