Age, Gender, Marital Status:
(i) For Indian Military Academy (IMA-army) —Unmarried male candidates aged between 19 – 24 years (at the time of commencement of course) – In every notification a particular age criterion from particular Date+Month+Year is given, so your birth date must me fall in between that span.
(ii) For Indian Naval Academy (INA)—Unmarried male candidates aged between 19 – 24 years (at the time of commencement of course) – In every notification a particular age criterion from particular Date+Month+Year is given, so your birth date must me fall in between that span.
(iii) For Air Force Academy (AFA)— 20 to 24 years - In every notification a particular age criterion from particular Date+Month+Year is given, so your birth date must me fall in between that span.
(Upper age limit for candidates holding valid and current Commercial Pilot Licence issued by DGCA (India) is relax able up to 26 yrs. only are eligible.
Note: Candidate below 25 years of age must be unmarried. Marriage is not permitted during training. Married candidates above 25 years of age are eligible to apply but during training period they will neither be provided married accommodation nor can they live with family out of the premises.
(iv) For Officers' Training Academy— (SSC Course for men) unmarried male candidates aged between 19 – 24 years (at the time of commencement of course) – In every notification a particular age criterion from particular Date+Month+Year is given, so your birth date must me fall in between that span.
(v) For Officers' Training Academy— (SSC Women Non-Technical Course) Unmarried women, issueless widows who have not remarried and issueless divorcees (in possession of divorce documents) who have not remarried are eligible. They should have aged between 19 – 24 years (at the time of commencement of course) – In every notification a particular age criterion from particular Date+Month+Year is given, so your birth date must me fall in between that span.
Note: Male divorcee/widower candidates cannot be treated as unmarried male for the purpose of their admission in IMA/INA/AFA/OTA, Chennai courses and therefore they are not eligible for these courses. The date of birth accepted by the Commission is that entered in the Matriculation /Secondary School Examination Certificate or in a certificate recognised by an Indian University as equivalent to Matriculation or in an extract from a Register of Matriculates maintained by a University, which extract must be certified by the proper authority of the University or in Matriculation/ Secondary School Examination or an equivalent examination certificate. These certificates are required to be submitted only after the declaration of the result of the written part of the examination. No other document relating to age like horoscopes, affidavits, birth extracts from Municipal Corporation, service records and the like will be accepted at any circumstances.
The expression Matriculation/Secondary School Examination Certificate in this part of the instruction includes the alternative certificates mentioned above.
Sometimes the Matriculation/Secondary School Examination Certificate does not show the date of birth, or only shows the age by completed years or completed years and months format. In such cases a candidate must send in addition to self-attested/certified copy of Matriculation/ Secondary School Examination Certificate a self-attested/certified copy of a certificate from the Headmaster/Principal of the Institution from where he/she passed the Matriculation/Secondary School Examination showing the date of his/her birth or exact age as recorded in the Admission Register of the Institution.
Note: Candidates should note that only the date of birth as recorded in the Matriculation/ Secondary School Examination Certificate available or an equivalent certificate on the date of submission of applications will be accepted by the Commission and no subsequent request for its change will be considered or granted.
Note: Candidates should also note that once a date of birth has been claimed by them and entered in the records of the Commission for the purpose of admission to an Examination, no change will be allowed subsequently or at any subsequent examination on any ground whatsoever.
Note: The candidates should exercise due care while entering their date of birth in the respective column of the Online Application Form for the Examination. If on verification at any subsequent stage any variation is found in their date of birth from the one entered in their Matriculation or equivalent Examination certificate, disciplinary action will be taken against them by the Commission under the Rules.
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