Reporting for NEET PG 2026 Round 1 counselling begins today, Monday, October 26, and candidates who have been allotted a seat in the final list now have exactly one week to complete their admission formalities. The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has kept the reporting window open from October 26 to November 2, 2026, and the process must be completed through the official portal, mcc.nic.in, and the allotted institute.
The final Round 1 allotment list was published on October 24, a day after the provisional list, and covers 50 percent All India Quota seats in government, deemed and central universities for MD, MS and DNB programmes. If your name is on it, download the allotment letter, decide between Freeze and Float, and report within the window.
What to do first: check your allotment
Start by logging in to the MCC PG counselling portal at mcc.nic.in with your NEET PG credentials. Open the Round 1 final allotment result and check three things carefully: the allotted college, the course, and the category under which the seat was given. If anything looks wrong, contact the institute and MCC helpdesk immediately rather than waiting until the last day.
Download the allotment letter separately from the portal. You will need it at the time of reporting, along with the original documents you submitted during registration. Institutes verify every detail before confirming admission, so carry originals as well as photocopies, and follow the specific instructions issued by your allotted college.
Freeze or Float: the choice that decides your next round
This year, MCC has revised how the Freeze and Float options work, and the choice matters more than usual. Read both options before you click anything, because the decision shapes whether you keep this seat or stay in the race for a better one.
- Freeze: Choose this if you are happy with the allotted seat and do not want an upgrade in Round 2 or Round 3. You must report physically at the allotted institute and join within the window.
- Float: Choose this if you want to stay eligible for an upgrade in a later round. You give your willingness for upgradation and upload the required documents for online verification by the allotted institute, and you do not need to visit the institute physically at this stage.
There is also a money detail that many candidates miss. Under the revised NBEMS advisory, candidates who freeze a seat must pay the first-year annual course fee directly to the allotted NBEMS-accredited hospital and report within the prescribed window. Candidates who choose Float, on the other hand, do not have to pay the first-year fee while they wait for the upgrade outcome. If the seat is later upgraded, the fee is paid to the institute finally chosen. The fee exemption does not remove any other reporting or joining rule, so Float candidates must still complete their willingness and document steps on time.
Reporting dates you cannot afford to miss
The Round 1 schedule is tight, and the joining window will not be extended. Here are the dates that matter right now:
- Round 1 reporting and joining: October 26 to November 2, 2026
- Verification of joined candidate data by institutes: November 3, 2026
- Round 2 result: November 14, 2026
- Round 2 reporting: November 16 to 23, 2026
- Round 3 result: December 4, 2026
- Round 3 reporting: December 5 to 12, 2026
- Online stray vacancy round: result and reporting December 24 to 31, 2026
Documents and checks before you leave
Before reporting, run through this short checklist:
- Allotment letter downloaded from the MCC portal
- NEET PG admit card and rank details as submitted during registration
- Original certificates and identity proof, with photocopies
- Category, disability or NRI documents, if applicable to your seat
- The institute joining instructions, read in full, not just the headline
Keep a copy of everything you submit, including any online upload acknowledgement.
What happens if you do nothing
A candidate who neither reports nor completes the Float steps within the window can lose the allotted seat, and the schedule published by MCC does not promise an extension of the joining window. If you are unsure between Freeze and Float, decide early in the window so that a technical glitch on the last day does not cost you the seat.
FAQs
When does NEET PG Round 1 reporting start and end? Reporting runs from October 26 to November 2, 2026. Institutes verify joined candidate data on November 3.
Where do I check the final allotment result? On the MCC portal, mcc.nic.in, using your NEET PG counselling login. Download the allotment letter from the same portal.
What is the difference between Freeze and Float? Freeze means you keep the allotted seat and join it, with no upgrade. Float means you stay eligible for an upgrade in a later round while completing online verification.
Do Float candidates have to pay the first-year fee now? No. Under the revised NBEMS rules, Float candidates do not pay the first-year course fee while awaiting the upgrade outcome. Freeze candidates pay it directly to the allotted hospital.
When is the NEET PG Round 2 result? Round 2 result is scheduled for November 14, 2026, with reporting from November 16 to 23.
Round 1 is the first step from an exam rank to a hospital corridor. Check your allotment today, decide Freeze or Float deliberately, and finish the formalities well before November 2.
