AFCAT (2) Application Form 2020 - Apply Online for Registration

AFCAT Application Form 2020 - Indian Air Force (IAF) released AFCAT (2) 2020 application form on June 15 at @careerindianairforce.cdac.in and @afcat.cdac.in. The last date to fill the application form of AFCAT 2020 was July 14, 2020. Applicants who fulfil AFCAT eligibility criteria can apply for the 256 vacancies of AFCAT. While filling the online AFCAT 2020 application form, candidates need to upload a scanned copy of their photograph, signature and thumb impression along with filling all the important details.
To do registration, aspirants have to first visit AFCAT Login window. Candidates have to pay an application fee of Rs. 250 for AFCAT. The AFCAT application form 2020 is for the Short Service Commission (SSC) in Flying Branch and Permanent Commission (PC) and Short Service Commission (SSC) in Ground Duty (Technical and Non-Technical) Branches. The steps to fill the AFCAT 2020 application form are detailed in the article below. Read the complete article to know how to register and fill the AFCAT application form 2020.
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IAF will conduct AFCAT 2020 (2) on September 19 and 20 in online mode across 104 cities in the country. Candidates who succesfully completed the AFCAT registration 2020 will be able to download admit card tentatively from September 1. A copy of the AFCAT admit card 2020 will also be sent to their registered email of the applicants.

What are the Steps to fill AFCAT Application Form 2020?

1. Sign Up

2. Fill AFCAT application Form

3. Upload Photo, Signature and Thumb Impression

4. Pay Application fee of AFCAT

What are AFCAT 2020 Application Dates?

Applicants can keep track of the application deadlines as well as other events from the table below. The relevant dates for AFCAT have been listed below.

Important Dates of AFCAT 2020

What are the Documents and details needed to fill AFCAT 2020 Application Form?

Applicants must keep certain documents like images as specified to be uploaded with the application form of AFCAT 2020. In addition, some details about the qualifying exam, Aadhaar card will be required. It is advisable to keep them on hand before filling the AFCAT application form 2020 to avoid errors and to fill it at one go.

Documents required for AFCAT Application Form 2020

Details to keep on hand before applying for AFCAT

• Class 10 and 12 certificate and details

• Valid Email

• Valid working Mobile Number

• Aadhaar Card details

How to fill the application form of AFCAT 2020?

Step 1: AFCAT registration 2020/Registration or AFCAT Sign Up:

• Candidates must click on “Candidate Login’’ on afcat.cdac.in/

• Next, they must click “Not Yet Registered? Register here.

• They must fill the following details

AFCAT 2020 Sign Up Format

After a successful sign up of AFCAT, candidates will create their log-in ID and will receive a password to their registered email id. They must note keep the details safely.

Step 2 - Filling the AFCAT Application Form 2020

• Candidates must log in using their ID created during sign up and use the password sent to their email ID.

• The following are sections in the application form of AFCAT 2020 to be filled one after the other.

What are the Personal Details to be filled in AFCAT Application Form?

Qualification Details for AFCAT registration 2020

Course Preference
Here candidates must fill the courses as per their preferences from the list given
They will have to choose from

• Flying

• Ground Duty (Technical)

• Ground Duty (Non-Technical)

Note: IAF reserves the right to allocate branches as per their suitability and availability of vacancies irrespective of choices filled

NCC Details: Candidates must fill in their NCC Air Wing “C” Serial No, Name of NCC Unit and Year if applicable.

AFSB/SSB appeared Candidates: Batch no, place of passing, Days and Source of AFCAT 2020 information

GATE qualified candidates: Year of appearing and GATE score

Communication Details - both permanent and correspondence address must be filled in

Step 3: Uploading Photo, Signature and Thumb Impression

After filling all the details in the AFCAT 2020 application form, candidates need to upload documents given below. The files size is specified as 10 to 50 KB and file format must be JPEG/JPG.

• Signature of candidate

• Recent Photograph

• Thumb impression - Male applicants must upload the left thumb impression while female candidates must upload their right thumb impression

Select Exam City: Candidates must choose a total of 5 cities in the order of their preference from the list of 104 AFCAT exam centres. The list of exam centres for AFCAT is given below

Step 4: Payment of AFCAT 2020 Application Fee

Candidates need to pay the application form of AFCAT 2020 in online mode through Debit/ Credit Cards or Net Banking. NCC Special entry candidates are exempt from paying the application fee. Candidates may note that offline payment mode like DD or challan is not available.

What is the AFCAT Application Fee?

AFCAT 2020 Registration Number - After successful payment, a registration number of AFCAT 2020 will be generated. Candidates must note this down for their reference.

How to check AFCAT 2020 application status?

To check the status of AFCAT application form 2020, candidates must follow the below steps -

• Visit the official website

• Click on the Candidate login tab

• Select your AFCAT year cycle

• Enter your credentials and click on submit

• A new page will open which will be candidate’s personalised login window

• Here candidates can check their AFCAT application form status

Forgot password? Steps to retrieve AFCAT password

If you have forgotten your AFCAT 2020 password, you can retrieve it by following the two options given below

1. Check your email - The password is generally sent by IAF to the candidate’s registered email ID after completing the AFCAT sign up.

2. Use the “Forgot Password” Option

• Go to candidate AFCAT login tab in the home page of afcat.cdac.in

• Click on the year cycle

• Click on forget password

• Enter your registered email address

• Your first 4 digits of your phone number will auto-filled

• Answer the secret question entered during sign up

• Enter the captcha and hit submit

AFCAT 2020 Eligibility Criteria

How many AFCAT 2020 Exam Centres are there?

IAF will conduct AFCAT 2020 examination in 104 cities across the country. Candidates need to fill five cities in the online application form of AFCAT 2020. A list of all the exam cities for AFCAT 2020 is given in the table below.

Exam Centres for AFCAT 2020

AFCAT Admit Card 2020

IAF will release the admit card of AFCAT 2020 tentatively on September 1. Candidates can download the same by entering their login credentials like User Name and password. The steps to download the AFCAT admit card 2020 are as follows

• Go to the candidate login

• Enter the User name and password

• Download the admit card

After downloading the admit card, check that the details mentioned are correct.

Candidates have to carry the following to the exam hall

1. e-Admit Card for AFCAT 2020

2. Aadhaar Card.

3. Another valid photo identity card such as PAN card/ passport/ driving licence/ voter identity card/ college identity card or any other valid photo identity proof, with details of name, father’s name, date of birth and a clear photograph.

4. Two passport size colour photographs- same as the photo uploaded during online application

5. Ballpoint Pen (Blue or Black) for signing on the attendance sheet and rough work.

What is the AFCAT 2020 Selection Process?

IAF prescribes the selection process of AFCAT 2020 according to which candidates have to appear for an online exam for after successfully submitting their AFCAT Application form 2020. The online exam will consist of 4 sections (Verbal Ability in English, Reasoning and Military Aptitude Test, Numerical Ability, General Awareness). Apart from this, there is also an Engineering Knowledge Test (EKT) for candidates who will be opting for the technical post. It is important to know the AFCAT Exam sections, Exam pattern, marking scheme and syllabus filling the AFCAT 2020 application form and start the preparations.

Candidates selection for AFCAT 2020 will be conducted in three stages:

1: AFCAT Online Test/ EKT Online Test (Only for Technical Post Aspirants)

2: AFSB (Air Force Selection Board) Testing

3: Medical Examination

How many AFCAT 2020 Vacancies are released?

In AFCAT 2020 a total of 249 vacancies have been released by IAF. In the below table we have presented the break-up of the vacancies as mentioned in the official notification of AFCAT 2020.

AFCAT 2020 - Branch-wise Vacancies

AFCAT 2020 Payscale

IAF is one of the most challenging jobs but the authorities take great care of the recruits which also makes IAF one of the most well-paid jobs in the world. After qualifying the AFCAT, an officer can earn a salary of Rs. 56,100-1,10,700. Apart from the salary IAF also provides the officers with In the below table we have shared the post-branch-wise pay scale of AFCAT.

AFCAT 2020 - What is the AFCAT Branch-wise Payscale?

AFCAT 2020 - What are the Benefits given to shortlisted candidates?

After joining the Indian Air Force you enjoy the luxury of working for one of the best defence organisations in the world. This jobs comes with challenges, a handsome paycheque and more than that endless benefits and facilities for you and your family. Few of the benefits are mentioned in the table below:

AFCAT 2020 - Various Benefits

What is the AFCAT 2020 Application Helpline?

• AFCAT Cell on 020-25503105 or 020-25503106 Monday to Friday from 9:30 am - 1 pm & 2 pm - 5:00 pm

• E-Mail queries may be addressed to afcatcell@cdac.in.

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