Last verified: 6 October 2026. The AISSEE 2027 notification is 🔶 NOT RELEASED — NTA’s portal still carries 2026-cycle information (per EdexLive, 8 Sept 2026, and Buddy4Study, updated 1 Oct 2026). The exam date of 31 January 2027 is ✅ CONFIRMED (tentative) in NTA’s official exam calendar (notice of 16 Sept 2026). Everything else below is labelled clearly.
Every October, the same scene plays out in thousands of homes. The notification is “coming any day now.” Parents wait. And then one morning NTA opens the form — and the last cycle’s window lasted barely three weeks. Last year the form opened on 10 October and shut on 30 October 2025. Twenty days. That’s not a lot of time to discover your child’s domicile certificate has your old address on it.
So don’t wait for the bulletin. Get these five documents ready this week, while there’s no pressure.
The age cutoffs are the first gate, and they are strict. For Class 6, children born between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2017 are 🔶 PROJECTED eligible for 2027 (following the 2026 pattern). For Class 9, the projected window is 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2014. If the certificate has an error — a misspelled name, a wrong digit — fix it at the municipal office now. Corrections take weeks; the form window won’t wait.
AISSEE’s reservation system leans on the home state — ✅ CONFIRMED: 67% of seats in the 33 established schools go to home-state candidates. That makes the domicile certificate arguably the most important document after the birth certificate. If you’ve moved states recently, get a fresh one in the child’s name now — it’s the document most families silently lose seats over.
In the 2026 cycle, NTA required a “studying certificate” from the current school in its prescribed format — a repeat is 🔶 EXPECTED. Visit your child’s school office this week and ask what they need to issue it. On announcement day, schools get flooded with such requests; going early means yours is ready in a day, not a week.
Every year, applications get stuck at the upload step — the photo is too big, the signature scan is blurry. The bulletin will specify exact size and format (🔶 EXPECTED at notification time). For now: get a fresh passport-style photograph taken and scan a clean signature on white paper, and check the specs the day the form opens.
If your child applies under SC, ST, OBC-NCL, or a defence-services quota, the certificate must be valid and current — OBC-NCL certificates in particular can expire. The 2026 fee was ₹850 for General/OBC/defence and ₹700 for SC/ST; the same rates are 🔶 EXPECTED for 2027 but only ✅ confirmed in the bulletin.
Make one folder — physical and digital. Five documents, each scanned clearly, each name spelled exactly as on the birth certificate. Then check the NTA portal once a day. The notification is expected any time in October — nothing is official until NTA says so.
One more thing: if you’re a UP family, don’t wait on NTA at all. The UP-run Sainik Schools at Lucknow and Gorakhpur hold their own entrance exam, and their 2027-28 applications are already open — the deadline is 25 October (₹1,000) or 31 October (₹2,000 late fee). We covered the exam pattern here and the fine print you must read before applying here.
Has the AISSEE 2027 notification been released? No. As of 6 October 2026, NTA has not released the AISSEE 2027 information bulletin or opened applications. Based on the last three cycles, the notification is expected in October 2026 — check the NTA portal daily.
What documents are required for the AISSEE 2027 application form? Based on the AISSEE 2026 pattern: the child’s birth certificate, a domicile certificate, a school studying certificate in NTA’s prescribed format, a recent photograph and signature as per the bulletin’s specs, and a category certificate (SC/ST/OBC-NCL/defence) if applicable.
What is the AISSEE 2027 application fee? Not announced yet. The AISSEE 2026 fee was ₹850 for General/OBC/Defence wards and ₹700 for SC/ST candidates — the same fee is expected this year but will only be confirmed in the NTA bulletin.
Is the UP Sainik School 2027-28 application open now? Yes. The UP-run Sainik Schools (Lucknow and Gorakhpur) have a separate entrance; applications for 2027-28 are open now and close on 25 October 2026 with the normal ₹1,000 fee (31 October with a ₹2,000 late fee), per Buddy4Study’s 5 October update.
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