NEET 2 Year Course
$2,333
About 800 hours · Start in Grade 11
Use this when both NEET years must be taught in order beside AP or Honors, not crammed after SAT season.
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Yes. An NRI, OCI, PIO or eligible foreign student living in the United States can sit NEET if they finish 12 years of school with Physics, Chemistry, Biology (or Biotechnology) and English, meet the age rule, and register on the NTA portal.
There is no exam centre in the USA. The family picks a city in India or another country NTA lists that year, then plans travel around the admit card, not around a guess.
They can. NRI, OCI, PIO and many US-passport students register the same way an India-based student does: on the NTA website, with a qualifying Class 12 equivalent that includes Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English.
The hard part is not the login. It is the centre city, the document set, and the travel week. Families who leave those three items to April usually rewrite the form under pressure. TestPrepKart counselors ask for them while Grade 12 is still running.
NTA does not run a US centre. A student in California or New Jersey still sits the paper in India or in another listed country. The list below is the set US families usually compare. Confirm the live bulletin before you book flights.
| Country / region | NEET centre? | What US families usually do |
|---|---|---|
| USA | No | Pick India or another authorised country. Do not wait for a US city to appear. |
| India | Yes | Most used option. Centres sit in major cities. Plan passport validity and who travels with the student. |
| United Arab Emirates | Yes | Common when the family already flies Gulf routes or has relatives in the UAE. |
| Qatar | Yes | Often easier from the US East Coast than a last-minute India hop. |
| Singapore | Yes | Fewer seats. Register early if this is the only realistic city. |
| Kuwait | Yes | Used more by Gulf-based families; still listed for US applicants who can travel there. |
| Saudi Arabia | Yes, selected cities | Only if a listed city matches the family’s travel papers. |
| Oman | Yes | Limited sites. Apply early if you need a specific city. |
Decide the country before mock season. Book the flight after the admit-card city is known. Those are two different decisions.
The eBook is for the second half: who can claim an NRI or OCI route, which papers colleges ask for, and how fees differ by college type.
Yes, when the transcript can show full-year Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English, plus labs. AP, IB, Honors and an accredited state diploma can all work. The cover page of the diploma is not enough.
AP science is accepted as the school subject if it is a full year with labs. IB works when Biology, Chemistry and Physics are taken in enough depth, usually Higher Level. Honors is only a level. It does not replace a missing subject. If you need the subject-by-subject check, use the American curriculum eligibility page.
Read that year’s NTA Information Bulletin. Age, accepted boards and centre lists move. This is the checklist TestPrepKart walks parents through before the form opens.
| Check | What NTA looks for |
|---|---|
| School subjects | 12 years of schooling with Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Biotechnology, and English |
| Age | 17 on or before 31 December of the exam year. No upper age limit in recent bulletins |
| Who may apply | NRI, OCI, PIO and eligible foreign nationals, under that year’s admission rules |
| Identity | Valid passport, or OCI / PIO card where that is the identity document |
| AIU (if asked) | AP, IB or US state-board files that do not map cleanly to Indian Class 12 PCB |
The form is online. The dates are not flexible. Confirm every row on the live NTA bulletin. The 2026 window below is the working calendar families used while planning. It is not a substitute for the notification.
| Event | Expected timing |
|---|---|
| Notification | February 2026 |
| Application opens | First week of February 2026 |
| Last date to apply | First or second week of March 2026 |
| Exam city slip | Early April 2026 |
| Admit card | Last week of April 2026 |
| NEET UG 2026 | 3 May 2026 (Sunday) |
| Answer key and OMR | Late May 2026 |
| Result and cut-off | Mid-June 2026 |
| MCC and state counselling | July to November 2026 |
| MBBS session starts | November 2026 |
The form and later counselling both ask for identity, school records and NRI proof. Collect the folder while Grade 12 is still running. Last-week scans are how families miss the photo spec.
| Document | Why it is asked |
|---|---|
| Passport | Identity and nationality on the form and at the centre |
| OCI / PIO card, if that is the status | Shows the category the student is applying under |
| Class 10 marksheet | Date of birth and name check |
| Class 12 marksheet or equivalent transcript | Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English |
| NRI status certificate | Needed later if the family wants an NRI-quota seat |
| US address proof | Shows the student lives in the United States |
| Photograph and signature | Form, admit card and counselling file |
| AIU equivalence, if asked | When the US credit pattern does not map to Indian Class 12 PCB |
Yes. NTA sets one paper. An NRI in Texas sits the same Physics, Chemistry and Biology as a student in Delhi. There is no “US version” of the syllabus. NCERT Class 11 and 12 is the book list.
| Subject | Class 11 (units) | Class 12 (units) | What the paper still asks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physics | 5 | 5 | Mechanics through modern physics, including chapters AP Physics C often skips |
| Chemistry | 14 | 16 | Physical, organic and inorganic in one paper. Inorganic tables are the usual US gap |
| Biology | 5 | 5 | NCERT wording and diagrams. AP Biology reasoning does not replace that memory work |
Class 11 Physics still includes kinematics, laws of motion, gravitation, thermodynamics and waves. Class 12 still includes electrostatics, current electricity, optics and semiconductors. Chemistry and Biology follow the same NCERT chapter order. If a chapter is missing from the US year, it is still on the paper.
These are the live U.S. prices on the course grid. Confirm the figure before you enroll. Hours are teaching hours, not a rank promise. The class covers the NCERT and MCQ layer the high school does not teach.
$2,333
About 800 hours · Start in Grade 11
Use this when both NEET years must be taught in order beside AP or Honors, not crammed after SAT season.
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$1,168
About 450 hours · Grade 12 or a focused year
Use this when PCB is already on the transcript and evenings can be protected for the missing NCERT chapters and mocks.
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$1,026
About 450 hours · Grades 8 to 10
Use this when you want science habits and early NCERT language before the two-year race, without dropping the US school week.
View course detailsThe paper does not change because the student lives in the USA. Same duration, same marking, same 720.
| Component | Detail |
|---|---|
| Mode | Pen and paper (offline) |
| Duration | 3 hours |
| Questions | 180 MCQs: Physics 45, Chemistry 45, Biology 90 |
| Maximum marks | 720 |
| Marking | +4 correct, -1 incorrect, 0 unanswered |
| Languages | 13 languages, as listed in that year’s bulletin |
The form fee depends on where the student sits, not on where the family lives. Confirm the rupee figure on the live bulletin. Ranges below are the band families budgeted from recent years.
| Candidate | Centre | Approx. fee |
|---|---|---|
| NRI / OCI / foreign (General) | India | Same as Indian General, about ₹1,700-₹1,800 |
| NRI / OCI / foreign (reserved categories, if applicable) | India | Same as the matching Indian category, about ₹1,000-₹1,700 |
| Any NRI / OCI / foreign student | Outside India | International centre fee, about ₹9,000-₹10,500 |
A valid NEET score is the exam result. An NRI-quota seat is a later counselling category. NRI, OCI, PIO and some NRI-sponsored candidates can be considered for those seats in many private and deemed colleges, and in a smaller set of government colleges.
Competition on those seats is usually thinner than the open Indian list. Fees are higher. The NRI quota MBBS admission guide covers who can claim the route after the score.
Tuition is usually quoted in USD and varies by college type. These are planning ranges, not an offer letter.
| College type | Approx. annual NRI fee |
|---|---|
| Government (limited NRI seats) | USD 10,000-25,000 |
| Private medical colleges | USD 25,000-40,000 |
| Deemed universities | USD 30,000-60,000 |
Most families we sit with should budget USD 25,000-60,000 a year for a private or deemed NRI seat, plus hostel, travel and reporting costs. Government NRI seats are fewer and still need a valid score and a clean file.
Names below match families who asked the apply-and-sit question. Scores still depend on the student and that year’s paper.
He was on an American high-school program. His parents wanted an Indian MBBS seat and did not know where he could sit the paper, or which scans the form would reject.
He joined the TestPrepKart 2-year NRI NEET program. The counselling desk walked the family through NTA registration, passport and photo specs, and an international centre they could actually reach. Travel was booked after the city was known, not before.
Score: 554 / 720. He sat the paper without a last-week document rewrite, then used counselling for an MBBS seat in India.
These boards include NRI students who registered from an American address. Open a year for the full list.
The form calendar and the study calendar have to share the same year. This is the stage list from the source blog, written so a parent can see what this month is for.
| Stage | What to do |
|---|---|
| 18-24 months out | Keep AP, IB or Honors science. Start NCERT PCB on purpose, not as a summer idea. |
| 12-18 months out | Finish the NEET chapter order with weekly tests. Do not leave Class 11 holes for Grade 12. |
| 6-12 months out | Past papers and timed sets. Speed and negative marking start here. |
| 3-6 months out | More full mocks. After each paper, fix the error type, not only the score. |
| Last month | Formula sheets and light mocks. Do not open a new book. |
| Last 2 weeks | Sleep, light revision, and the travel folder: passport, confirmation page, admit card, centre city. |
The class is live PCB on a US evening batch. The desk also helps with eligibility, the NTA form and the centre-country decision. Recordings stay for a miss. They are not the course.
Batches are planned on Eastern through Pacific evenings and weekends. Confirm daylight-saving before you enroll.
Sit a trial on the current US slot before you pay. Live first. Recordings stay for revision.
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Yes. NRI, OCI, PIO and eligible foreign students living in the United States can register on the NTA portal after 12 years of school with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English.
Yes, when AP, IB, Honors or a state-board diploma includes full-year PCB and English with labs. Ask for an AIU certificate if the credits do not map to Indian Class 12.
No. Choose a centre in India or another country NTA lists that year, such as the UAE, Qatar, Singapore, Kuwait or selected cities in Saudi Arabia.
Passport, OCI or PIO card if that is the status, Class 10 and 12 records, NRI status proof, US address proof, photograph, signature, and AIU equivalence if the school file is uncommon.
No. One paper, one NCERT-based syllabus. Living in the USA does not remove a Class 11 chapter.
An India centre is charged like an Indian candidate (recently about ₹1,700-₹1,800 General). An international centre is the higher outside-India fee (recently about ₹9,000-₹10,500). Confirm the bulletin.
Yes. After a valid score, eligible students can be considered for NRI-quota seats in many private and deemed colleges and in some government colleges. Annual fees often sit between USD 25,000 and 60,000.
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