NEET PG round 2: register from 6 to 11 November, lock choices by 10 am on 12 November, and know when your deposit is at risk

Round 1 of NEET PG counselling is over: the final allotment came out on 24 October and reporting closed on 2 November. Under the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) schedule for the 50% all-India quota and the deemed, central university and AFMS seats, round 2 starts on 4 November 2026.

Round 2 dates

Step	Dates
Institutes verify the seat matrix	4 and 5 November 2026
Registration and payment	6 November to 12 noon, 11 November (payment until 3 pm, 11 November)
Choice filling	7 November to 10 am, 12 November
Choice locking	4 pm, 11 November to 10 am, 12 November
Seat allotment processing	12 and 13 November
Result	14 November 2026
Reporting and joining	16 to 23 November 2026

All times are server time. Round 3 registration follows from 26 November.

Do you need to register again?

• No, if you registered and paid in round 1 and got no seat, or if you resigned or did not report in round 1.
• Yes, if you did not register in round 1 with full payment. Fresh registration is open in this window.
• Everyone fills choices afresh. Round 1 choices do not carry over.

Upgrading from a round 1 seat

If you joined a round 1 seat and opted for upgradation, your seat shows to others as a virtual vacancy in round 2, and you keep it unless you are upgraded. If you are upgraded, you must take relieving online from the round 1 seat and join the new one, and you lose any claim on the round 1 seat.

The deposit rule changes now

The information bulletin says the security deposit is forfeited if you are allotted a seat in round 2 or any later round and do not join, or if your admission is cancelled for wrong information or missing documents. The deposit is ₹25,000 for unreserved and EWS candidates and ₹10,000 for reserved candidates in the all-India quota, and ₹2,00,000 for deemed universities, on top of the registration fee (₹1,000 or ₹500 for AIQ, ₹5,000 for deemed). If you apply for both, you pay only the deemed university amount. You can still resign a round 2 seat within MCC's time limit and move to round 3, but surrendering it also forfeits the deposit. Round 3 seats cannot be resigned at all.

What to do now: list only colleges you will actually join, because from this round an unwanted allotment costs money. Check the fee and bond of each deemed university on its own website before you lock. Our NEET PG counselling 2026 guide explains the four rounds.

CareerBox News Desk, reporting on the Medical Counselling Committee, DGHS: its tentative schedule for NEET PG 2026 counselling and the PG information bulletin 2026. Official portal: mcc.nic.in/pg-medical-counselling/. Dates and eligibility change; confirm them on the official portal before you act.