Gujarat’s admission committee (ACPUGMEC) has opened document verification for first-year MBBS and BDS admissions for 2026-27. Verification at help centres runs from 3 August to 13 August 2026, till 4 pm, and needs a prior appointment. Online registration is still open and closes on 12 August. If you have registered on the Gujarat counselling portal, this is the next step you have to complete.
Key dates
- Online PIN purchase: 31 July to 12 August 2026, till 12:00 noon.
- Online registration: 31 July to 12 August 2026, till 4:00 pm.
- Document verification at help centre: 3 August to 13 August 2026, till 4:00 pm.
How document verification works
Finish your online registration first. After that, you have to book a prior appointment for verification. When you print your registration slip, you can pick the date and the help centre yourself. At the centre you must show the original documents and hand in a set of self-attested photocopies.
Help centre working hours: Monday to Friday, 10 am to 4 pm; Saturday, 10 am to 12 noon. Help centres stay closed on Sundays and public holidays. The full list of help centres is on the committee website, www.medadmgujarat.org.
What the PIN costs
The registration PIN is bought online for a total of ₹11,000: ₹1,000 (non-refundable) plus a ₹10,000 refundable security deposit. Keep this in mind before you start, and check your likely seat chances against the Gujarat MBBS closing ranks and Gujarat BDS closing ranks so you register with a clear picture.
Local quota candidates: an extra step with its own deadline
If you want a local quota seat at Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, or SMIMER, Surat, there is a separate step at the college itself, on top of the ACPUGMEC registration. Both colleges have released their local-quota forms for 2026-27.
NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad: collect the local-quota certificate from the college between 31 July and 12 August 2026, up to 5 pm (the same window as PIN distribution). The counter runs Monday to Friday, 11 am to 2 pm and 2:30 pm to 5 pm, and Saturday 11 am to 1:30 pm; it stays closed on Sundays and public holidays. The form and the list of documents are on the college website, nhlmmc.edu.in.
SMIMER, Surat: to qualify you must have passed Class 10, 11 and 12 from a school within Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) or SUDA limits, and be a resident within SMC limits for at least the last three years. Apply on the prescribed form at the Dean’s office, SMIMER, within the stated window. Keep these proofs ready: a certificate from your school principal that the school is within SMC/SUDA limits, SMC residential property-tax bills of the parents, grandparents or the candidate for the last three years (2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26), the NEET 2026 qualifying percentile marksheet, and Aadhaar copies. The form counter runs 11 am to 2 pm and 3 pm to 5 pm on working days.
NRI candidates: read this carefully
The committee has also put out updated instructions for NRI-category candidates. The process is different from the general one on two points:
- Where you verify: NRI document verification and submission is done only at the ACPUGMEC office, GMERS Medical College, Gandhinagar. Not at the regular help centres.
- Processing fee: after the online application, you have to submit a demand draft of ₹10,000 (non-refundable) in favour of “ACPUGMEC”, payable at Gandhinagar, at the time of document verification. The application will not be considered for admission if this demand draft is not submitted.
Who can apply under the NRI quota: the candidate, or the parents (or legal guardian in their absence), must be a Non-Resident Indian. The candidate must have qualified in NEET-UG 2026 and completed 17 years of age on or before 31 December of the admission year. A provisional eligibility certificate has to be obtained from the concerned university within one month of admission. NRI-seat admission is made on a merit list based on the NEET-UG 2026 score.
OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) card holders are eligible for NRI, management and government quota, following the Supreme Court order of 3 February 2023. But for government and management quota seats, current Gujarat rules also require Class 10 and Class 12 to have been done at schools in Gujarat, and the candidate to be born in Gujarat or hold a Gujarat domicile.
All NRI documents must be in English. If a document is in another language, get it translated by a competent authority and submit the notarised copy of both the original and the translation. Passport copies must be notarised colour photocopies of every page, including blank pages, with page numbers clearly legible. For queries, the committee lists a helpline: 9099074536, and the email medadmgujarat.nri@gmail.com for NRI candidates only.
What to do now
- Complete online registration before 12 August (4 pm) if you have not already.
- Book your verification appointment while printing the registration slip, and pick a date well before 13 August.
- Carry originals plus one set of self-attested photocopies; SEBC/SC/ST candidates need two copies of the school leaving and caste certificates.
- NRI candidates: keep the ₹10,000 demand draft ready and go to the Gandhinagar office, not a help centre.
- Not sure which colleges your rank can reach in Gujarat? Run the college predictor before you lock your choices.
Related: Gujarat NEET UG 2026: Round 1 counselling registration opens, closes 12 August.
Source: Admission Committee for Professional Undergraduate Medical Educational Courses (ACPUGMEC), Government of Gujarat — Advertisement for Online Registration (UG 2026-27) and Important Instructions for NRI Category Students.
Reviewed and edited by Sahil Kakad. This article was drafted with AI assistance and reviewed and edited for accuracy by Sahil Kakad, a second-year MBBS student at Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Memorial Medical College, Amravati, and a State Council Member with the IMA Medical Students Network (MSN). Having been through NEET counselling himself and guided other students through it, he offers honest, numbers-first advice with no sugarcoating.