Government Jobs With Online Application 2026

Registration usually happens in two steps: a one-time basic registration (name, DOB, mobile, email — this generates a registration number and password), followed by the actual application form where you fill in education details, category, and upload a photo and signature in the exact size and format the notification specifies. Getting the photo/signature specs wrong is one of the most common reasons candidates struggle at the form stage, so it is worth reading the notification's technical instructions before you start rather than guessing.

After the form, most recruiters open a short "correction window" — usually a few days right after the application deadline — where you can fix mistakes in category, exam city preference, or similar details, but not usually your core education claim or category itself. Missing that window means living with whatever you originally submitted, so review your form carefully before final submission rather than treating the correction window as a safety net.

The fee payment step is where a lot of last-minute applications get stuck. Payment gateways can be slow or briefly fail during high-traffic hours (typically the final day of a deadline), and a failed payment sometimes still shows as "processing" for a while before the money is refunded — don't immediately re-attempt payment without checking your bank statement first, or you risk being charged twice for one application.

Once submitted, your registration number is your reference for everything that follows — admit card download, result checking, and any grievance you raise. Keep it somewhere safe outside the portal itself (a note on your phone, an email to yourself) since some portals don't let you recover it easily if you forget it and haven't saved the confirmation email.

Category-specific fee concessions (SC/ST/PWD/Ex-Servicemen, and often women candidates for state-level posts) are usually applied automatically once you select your category correctly in the form — double-check the fee amount shown before payment matches what you expect for your category, since a wrong category selection here is hard to correct later.