IES/ISS Application Procedure

Union Public Service Commission has released the "Indian Economic Service and Indian Statistical Service (IES/ISS) Notification on 12 February, 2025. The IES/ISS Examination will be conducted from June 20 to 22, 2025. Eligible and successful candidates are admitted after a interview conducted by the UPSC for those having qualified the written examination.

Verification of eligibility conditions with reference to original documents is taken up only after the candidate has qualified for Interview/Personality Test.

Candidates are required to apply online by using the official website of UPSC, i.e. www.upsconline.nic.in. It is essential for the applicant to register himself / herself first at One Time Registration (OTR) platform, available on the Commission's website, and then proceeds for filling up the online application for the examination. OTR has to be registered only once in the life time. This can be done anytime throughtout the year. If the candidate is already registered, he / she can proceed straightway for filling up the online application for the examination.

Modification in OTR Profile:

The Commission has decided to make the following charges in the One-Time Registration (OTR) for filling up of the online application.

(A) The following entries in the OTR profile has been made editable until the final submission of application and thereafter during the correction window:

• (a) Have you ever changed name?
• (b) Gender
• (c) Minority Status;
• (d) Class 10th Board Examination Roll No.

(B) The candidates are NOT allowed to make any change(s) in the columns relating to the following entries in the OTR profile.

• (a) Name (as per Class X)
• (b) Date of Birth
• (c) Father's Name
• (d) Mother's Name
• (e) Mobile Number
• (f) Email ID@

If a candidate has lost access to his / her registered mobile number but he / she has the access to his / her registered email ID, he / she can apply for change in the mobile number and in this case, an OTP sent to the registered email ID.

@If a candidate has lost access to his / her registered email ID but has the access to his / her registered mobile number, he / she can apply for change in the email ID and in this case, an OTP will be sent to the registered mobile number.

(C) However, if a candidate reports that he / she has lost access to his / her registered mobile number as well as registered email ID, the candidate will have to send a request to the Commission for making necessary changes at the (email ID: [email protected]) along-with the following four documents:

• (a) Matriculation Certificate
• (b) Aadhar Card or PAN Card or Passport or Driving License
• (c) Recent passport size photograph
• (d) Undertaking in prescribed format

(D) The eligible PwBD candidates, who wish to seek assistance of 'Own Scribe', will have to mandatorily provide the details of the 'Own Scribe' for Exam.

(E) In case, a candidate name has changed and there is a mismatch with the name given in his / her matriculation or higher educational certificate, the candidate is required to submit a Gazette Notification to that effect. However, if the Gazette Notification is not available with them at present, they may upload the copy of the same during the window, which will be made available to the candidates AFTER the declaration of the result of written part of the exam.

(F) The PwBD candidates may upload either the UDID PwD certificate issued by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment OR the valid PwBD certificate in format as available on the Commission's website.

(G) The candidates having Integrated Master Degree (Graduation and Post-Graduation) may fill the same course in their Graduation as well as higher qualification column.

(H) The candidates are advised to go through the entries made by them in relevant columns before finally submitting the same.

It may be noted that after submisison of the application, the changes / corrections, if any, in the entries, in the Application form, can be carried out only during the one week correction window, (except for the entries in Para B), which will be provided by the Commission after the closing date of the application.

Modification in Application Form (Other then OTR Profile):

The Commission has also decided to extend the facility of making correction (s) in any field(s) of the application form for this examination from next day of the closure of the application window for this examination. This window will remain open for 7 days from the date of opening of the same i.e. from 05.03.2025 to 11.03.2025. In case a candidates wants to carry out any change in his / her OTR (Registration) Profile during this period, then he / she should login to the OTR Profile (Registration) platform and do the needful accordingly. In other words, no change in the OTR profile (Registration) can be made by visiting the window for modification in application form.

Candidates are required to apply online by using the official website of UPSC, i.e. www.upsconline.nic.in, brief instructions for filling up the online application form are available on the official website.

Online application form containing two stages viz. Part-I and Part-II. So, candidates are advised to complete the form as per the instructions available on the official website.

The candidates are required to pay a fee of Rs. 200/- [excepting SC/ST/Female/PH candidates who are exempted from payment of fee] either by depositing the money in any branch of SBI by cash or by using the net banking facility of the State Bank of India or by using any Visa/Master/RuPay Credit/Debit Card.

Before starting filling up online application, a candidate must have his/her photograph and signature duly scanned in the .jpg format in such a manner that each file should not exceed 40 KB and must not be less than 3 KB each in size for the photograph and 1 KB for the signature.

Note:

• Applicants who opt for “Pay by cash” mode should have to print the system generated Pay-in-Slip during Part-II registration and deposit the fee at the counter of nearest SBI Branch on the next working day only.
• “Pay by Cash” mode option will be deactivated at 23:59 Hours on May 08, 2023, i.e. one day before the closing date; however, applicants who have generated their Pay-in-Slip before it is de-activated may pay at the nearest counter of SBI Branch during banking hours on the closing date.
• If the candidate is holding a valid Pay-in-Slip and who are unable to pay by cash on the closing date, the candidates didn't have offline or Internet Banking payment mode on the closing date, i.e. till 6:00 PM on May 09, 2023.

*No request for withdrawal from a candidate will be received under any circumstances after he/she has submitted his/her online application form.

Last date for Application:

• The online applications can be filled upto 04th March, 2025 till 6:00 PM.
• The eligible candidates shall be issued an e-Admission Certificate three weeks before the commencement of the examination
• The e-Admission Certificate will be made available in the UPSC website [upsc.gov.in] for downloading by candidates
• No e-Admission Certificate will be sent by post. So, all the applicants are required to provide valid E-Mail Id.

Guidance of Candidates:

If the candidates have the doubt regarding any guidance/information/clarification in their applications, candidature etc. candidates can directly contact UPSC’s facilitation counter near Gate ‘C’ of its campus in person or over telephone No. 011 - 23385271 / 011 - 23381125 / 011 - 23098543 on working days between 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.