CAT 2015: Admit card delayed by 10 days; now to be issued on Oct 25 instead of Oct 15

Announcing the delay of 10 days in issue of CAT 2015 Admit cards, CAT Centre 2015 clarifies Admit Card for CAT 2015 will be available from 25th Oct 2015, 1 PM till exam day. Now the displayed heading icons under important dates on CAT 2015 site convey that Oct 25, 2015 is the date to download the CAT 2015 Admit card from 1 PM onwards instead of October 15.

The Admit Card was earlier proposed to be issued on October 15, 2015. In response to the query on CAT 2015 registration section in regard to issue of Admit Card, CAT Centre 2015 had replied Admit card will be available for view and print from Thursday, 15th October 2015, 1:00PM onwards. You will have to log onto the CAT website with your registered User ID. You will be eligible for an Admit Card only upon submission of online application form. You will receive an automated email confirmation upon successful submission.

2 main reasons
The delay of 10 days in issuing the CAT 2015 Admit Card is caused due to 2 major reasons. The first one is higher number of registrations which has gone to 2.18 lakhs in CAT 2015 from 1.97 lakhs in CAT 2014. In order to cope with the rush CAT Centre 2015 might have required few more days to finalise the issuance of CAT 2015 Admit Cards.

Another major reason in delay of issuing CAT 2015 admit card could be the extension of 5 days from Sep 20 to Sep 25, 2015 in CAT 2015 registration process. Now more checks & balances are required to be placed before issuing the CAT 2015 Admit Cards to 2.18 lakh candidates.

3 day delay last year
In CAT 2014 the issue of Admit cards was also delayed by 3 days. It was earlier announced that CAT Admit cards would be available for view and print from Thursday, 16th October 2014 onwards but on October 15, 2014, IIMs posted the massage that the Admit Cards would be available to view and print on October 19, 2014 from 1 PM onwards.

CAT 2015 Admit Card: A mandatory document
According to CAT 2015 convening IIM Ahmedabad, Admit Card is a mandatory document required to take the exam. You must bring a print out of your Admit Card to the exam centre.
Without Admit Card entry to test centre will not be permitted and an aspirant has to ensure to carry the print out of his CAT 2014 Admit Card with him

Check your eligibility
Please remember that you will be eligible for an Admit Card only upon submission of online application form. You must have received an automated email confirmation upon successful submission. It is imperative to know whether you were able to successfully submit the online application form and received the mail confirmation regarding the same. In case it didnt happen you wouldnt receive the CAT 2015 exam Admit Card.

No hard copy of Admit Card to be received
IIM Ahmedabad the CAT 2015 convening IIM has clarified that The admit card will be only available on the CAT Website when you log on using your CAT 2015 User ID. No hard copy of CAT 2015 Admit card will be sent to you.

Details in Admit Card
The Admit card for CAT 2015 when received on your mail should contain following information.

• -Your name as entered in the registration/application form of CAT 2015
• -Date of CAT 2015 exam along with slot of exam
• -Address of CAT 2015 test city and centre
• -User ID/registration number
• -PWD/DA status
• Refer and report

The Admit Card needs to be directly printed from the CAT 2015 website using your User ID and Password. The admit card will not be mailed to your postal address. If you are unable to view your Admit Card even on the mail, you should immediately refer and report to the CAT 2015 help desk.