NOTICE

Based on queries received over telephone and email regarding the online form fill-up process for WBJEEM-2014, especially on Domicile/Residential Certificates, Income Certificates, Date of Birth (DOB) certificates and selfattestation of photocopies of such certificates, the WBJEEB advises the applicants to carefully note the following points:

Domicile/Residential Certificate 1. Domicile/Residential Certificate, if applicable, should be provided either in Proforma-A1 or in Proforma-A2 or in Proforma-B as given in the WBJEEM-2014 Information Brochure. Certificate in any of the three abovementioned proforma will serve the purpose, even if more than one proforma is applicable for the candidate. 2. If Proforma-A2 is used, Head of the Institution from which the applicant passed/will appear for his/her 10+2 level examination is the signing authority. In case Head of Institution is not available, the person officially holding the said position will be the signing authority. 3. If Proforma-A1 or Proforma-B is used, the signing authority must be a Government Official; a list of such authorized signatories is given in section 5.3.3 of WBJEEM-2014 Information Brochure (pages 8-9). Proforma-B should be used only if the applicant has not resided in West Bengal continuously for the last ten (10) years; even if he/she is residing in the state now. 4. In Proforma-A1 or Proforma-B, where the signatory is a Government Official, filling up of the following fields is not mandatory: Mobile number of the signatory ID number of the signatory However, the applicants should request the signatory to provide his/her office landline number so that, if necessary, for verification purpose the Board can contact his/her office. 5. Along with the Domicile/Residential Certificate the applicant should provide a photocopy of the voter ID card/passport (2nd page) of one of his/her parents (either father or mother). In case none of his/her parents possesses a voter ID card/passport, a photocopy of any valid photo ID card of one of the parents issued by either the Central or State Government bearing his/her address, should be provided instead. Note: In case none of the parents is the legal guardian of the applicant, all such documents pertaining to the parents ID should be substituted b y the corresponding ones of the legal guardian accompanied by an affidavit affirmed before a 1st Class Judicial Magistrate as a proof of his/her guardianship .

Income Certificate Applicants who want to avail of the TFW scheme must provide the duly filledin Income Certificate declaring the total annual family income for the year 2012-13. The certificate should be signed by a Government Official; a list of such authorized signatories is given in section 16.1.4 of WBJEEM-2014 Information Brochure (page 24). For those who do not want to avail of the TFW scheme, Income Certificate need not be provided. TFW scheme is available only for applicants seeking admission to undergraduate level Engineering/Technology, Pharmacy and Architecture courses and not to Medical/Dental courses. DOB Certificates The Confirmation Page generated after completion of the online form fill-up process, lists a handful of documents to be provided by the applicant. The first one of the list reads as: Photocopy of Admit Card of 10th standard/Registration Certificate of qualifying (10+2) examination duly attested for Date-of-Birth proof. The Birth Certificate issued by any Municipal Corporation/Municipality/Panchayat under a State/UT Government is a valid DOB proof. Applicants not possessing the Admit Card of 10th standard/Registration Certificate of qualifying (10+2) examination or for whom such documents do not record the DOB, should submit a duly attested copy of his/her Birth Certificate instead. Self attestation of photocopies of certificates All documents and photographs, including those pertaining to the parents of the candidate, to be self attested should be signed by the applicant only.

Note: Applicant found guilty of furnishing incorrect information to obtain a certificate or furnishing counterfeit certificate is liable to penal action including criminal prosecution.