Candidates should rank among the top candidates in Paper-1 of JEE (Main), broken down per category. For example, for JEE (Advanced) 2019, the top 250,000 were eligible, but only 46.5% of those were open for all, the rest being reserved for special categories. Candidates should be less than 25 years of age, with five-year relaxation for SC, ST, and PwD candidates.