AP NEET UG 2026 Counselling: Round 1 Registration Deadline and How to Apply

If you cleared NEET UG 2026 and want an MBBS or BDS seat in Andhra Pradesh, the state's Round 1 counselling registration window is open right now. This is the first and most important step in the entire admission process — miss it, and you cannot be considered for seat allotment in Round 1 at all. The registration is happening online, and there is a firm deadline followed by a short late window with an extra fee. This piece walks through the dates, the registration steps, and what an AP NEET aspirant should be doing this week.

What is open right now

Andhra Pradesh's medical counselling authority has activated Round 1 registration for NEET UG 2026 candidates who want to compete for MBBS and BDS seats in the state's colleges. This registration is separate from your NEET UG exam application — it is the step where you formally opt into AP's state counselling process and become eligible to be considered for seat allotment.

This is a portal-based process. Every eligible NEET UG candidate who wants an AP seat, whether under the state quota or eligible categories, needs to log in with exam credentials, fill in personal and academic details, upload the required certificates, and pay the counselling registration fee before the window closes.

Key dates to mark

There are two distinct deadlines here — one without penalty and one with. Candidates who register within the first window pay only the standard fee; those who register later pay an additional late fee, but they must still finish within the extended window or they drop out of Round 1 entirely.

How to complete the registration

The process is entirely online and takes roughly 20–30 minutes if you have your documents scanned and ready. Keep your NEET UG hall ticket, admit card, class 10 and 12 certificates, category certificate (if applicable), and a valid photo ID handy before you start.

• Go to the official portal, apuhs-ugadmissions.aptonline.in.
• Enter your NEET UG roll number, NEET rank, date of birth, and a working mobile number, then solve the captcha and click 'Validate'.
• Click 'Generate OTP' — a one-time password will arrive on your registered mobile number and email ID.
• Complete the online application form with your personal, academic and category details.
• Upload the scanned copies of your certificates as specified on the portal.
• Pay the counselling registration fee online through the available payment options.
• Download and print the confirmation slip once payment is successful — keep it safe for later stages.

What happens after you register

Registration is not the same as getting a seat. Once the window closes, the authority will release a provisional merit list of all successfully registered candidates, ranked according to NEET UG scores and applicable reservation rules. This merit list decides your position for choice filling and seat allotment in the rounds that follow.

The dates for choice filling, seat allotment and document verification after Round 1 registration have not been announced yet. Candidates should keep checking the official portal rather than relying on rumours or unofficial sources, since counselling schedules can shift by a day or two depending on how many candidates register.

What AP NEET aspirants should do this week

If you are eligible and interested in an AP medical or dental seat, treat this registration window as non-negotiable — a missed deadline in Round 1 usually means waiting for a later round with far fewer seats left, or losing this state's counselling cycle altogether for this round.

Double-check your category certificates, income certificates (if claiming reservation), and residence proof well before the last date, since certificate mismatches are one of the most common reasons registrations get flagged during verification.

• Register early rather than waiting for August 12 — server load typically spikes on the last day.
• Recheck your NEET UG roll number and rank details against your official scorecard before submitting.
• Keep multiple soft copies of certificates ready in the file formats the portal accepts.
• Note down your login password and confirmation slip number — you will need them for every later step.
• If you also plan to enter All India Quota (AIQ) counselling by MCC, remember AP state registration and AIQ registration are separate processes with separate deadlines.

Frequently asked questions

The safest approach is to register now rather than waiting for the last hour of August 12, since portal traffic tends to peak right before the deadline. Keep an eye on apuhs-ugadmissions.aptonline.in for the provisional merit list and the choice-filling schedule, and don't ignore the parallel AIQ registration if you're also targeting central-quota seats.