The Union Health Ministry has released official video guides that take NEET UG 2026 candidates through the All India Quota (AIQ) counselling process on the MCC portal, step by step. The Ministry shared them on its official X account, @MoHFW_INDIA.
The guides cover three things: registration and choice filling, seat allotment, and the documents and process for NRI candidates. The registration and seat-allotment guides come in English and Hindi. Each one is a screen-recording of the real MCC portal, so you can see every page and button before you use it for real.
The timing matters. AIQ Round 1 registration on the MCC website opens on 5 August and closes on 12 August at 3 PM, with the first result on 17 August and reporting from 18 to 22 August. Watching the guides now means you are not seeing the portal for the first time when the clock is already running.
1. Registration and choice filling
The first guide covers everything up to locking your choices:
- Open the official MCC site, mcc.nic.in, and start a new registration.
- Enter your details exactly as they appear on your NEET UG 2026 admit card: roll number, application number, name, mother’s name and date of birth.
- Verify your mobile number or email with an OTP. The guide is clear that this verification is what completes your registration, and that every future message from MCC goes to the mobile and email you register here.
- Fill the application form: personal and qualification details, the seat categories you are applying for, your address and bank details, and a consent form.
- Upload your documents and do the final submit. Once submitted, these details cannot be changed, and they are used for seat allotment.
- Pay the registration fee. Choice filling does not open until the fee is paid.
- Fill and arrange your choices, then lock them.
Two warnings run through this part. Use only the official mcc.nic.in site and stay away from sponsored or look-alike pages. And fill only the colleges and courses you would really join if you got them, because careless choices lead to the trouble of withdrawing later.
On fees, the MCC information bulletin sets the registration fee at ₹11,000 for unreserved candidates and ₹5,500 for reserved categories at government institutes. For deemed universities it is ₹5,000, plus a refundable security deposit of ₹2 lakh.
▶ Watch this official MoHFW guide: English video or Hindi, or on the Ministry’s official X post.
2. Seat allotment and the upgrade choice
The second guide is the one to watch closely, because it explains the decision you make after a seat is allotted.
Once you have an allotted seat, the portal shows the full allotment details, including the name and contact of a Nodal Officer assigned to you. You then submit your willingness for upgradation. This can be done only once and cannot be changed:
- Choose “No” if you are happy with the allotted seat and do not want the next round. You accept the seat and report in person at the allotted college for document verification.
- Choose “Yes” if you want to try for a better seat in the next round. Here you report online and finish document verification through your assigned Nodal Officer, without going to the college in person to hold your current seat.
This online route for candidates who want to upgrade matches the counselling changes MoHFW announced for 2026, under which you do not have to report in person to hold a seat while choosing to move up.
The same guide shows how to leave counselling altogether. You can surrender an allotted seat online by giving consent and uploading a signed undertaking, and the system then generates a seat-surrender letter. So a candidate who wants to step away does not have to travel to the college to do it.
▶ Watch this official MoHFW guide: English video or Hindi, or on the Ministry’s official X post.
3. Documents for NRI candidates
The third guide lists the papers an NRI candidate has to upload. As shown on the portal, these include:
- A valid passport of the sponsor or legal guardian.
- An NRI certificate issued by the competent authority, meaning the Indian Embassy or Consulate.
- A certificate of relationship between the NRI relative and the candidate, issued by the competent Revenue Authority through a family tree.
- A notarised affidavit from the NRI parent promising to sponsor the full course fee and living expenses during the course, backed by an NRE (Non-Resident External) bank account passbook.
- Where a legal guardian is the sponsor, a similar notarised affidavit, plus proof of genuine guardianship under the Guardian and Wards Act, 1890.
▶ Watch this official MoHFW guide: English video, or on the Ministry’s official X post.
What to do now
- Watch the registration and seat-allotment guides before 5 August, so the portal feels familiar on the day.
- Keep your NEET UG 2026 admit card ready and register only on mcc.nic.in, nowhere else.
- Work out your realistic colleges first with our College Predictor and check category-wise closing ranks, then plan your choice order before you lock.
- See all the round dates and the full scheme on the All India Quota counselling hub.
Related: NEET UG 2026 MCC Round 1 schedule and dates · MCC 2026 information bulletin: Freeze, Float, fees and rules
Source: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), official X account @MoHFW_INDIA — Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) NEET UG 2026 tutorial videos; MCC NEET UG 2026 Information Bulletin and Round 1 schedule.
Reviewed and edited by Sahil Kakad. This report was drafted with the help of AI and checked against the official MoHFW videos and the MCC information bulletin before publishing. Sahil is a second-year MBBS student and a member of the IMA Medical Students’ Network.