CAT 2016 Admit Card not received, is blank or has errors? How to correct

Many CAT 2016 aspirants who had registered for the exam and are waiting to view and download their Admit cards have not been able to view and download the same, although the CAT 2016 admit cards were made available for all the candidates on CAT website on October 24, 2016 from 1PM onwards. Now the candidates are worried as to how they would be able to get their CAT 2016 admit cards even after making payment of the fee.
Another problem which may or may not have been caused due to incorrect submission of details in CAT 2016 registration form is that the Admit cards in many cases contain errors in the personal details of the candidates.
Such candidates may not be allowed to appear in the exam as their names or addresses might be having errors and unless the same are corrected in time, their dream to get into an IIM may not come true.

CAT 2016 Admit card with changed process to download it from CAT website has been released by IIM Bangalore and now the candidates are required to check all their entry details to confirm their candidature.
The candidates concerns, raised before Prof Rajendra K Bandi, convener CAT 2016 and faculty at IIM Bangalore have not yielded any response, however, going by the past experience and last year CAT conducted by IIM Ahmedabad, following process resulted in rectification of mistakes in CAT admit card and clarification by the then CAT convener also resolved the issue of non-receipt of CAT Admit Card.

Dont panic, if Admit Card not received or is Blank
A number of candidates have reported that they have not been able to view or download their admit cards while many other have found that their admit cards are blank without any information in it. There is nothing to worry about it. If the candidate has registered multiple times, CAT Centre 2016 will consider only the most recent (last) registration as the official application for CAT 2016. Admit Card generated for you is for the most recent (last) registration. Thus, if you login by using User ID of earlier registration attempts, you may not be able to view your Admit Card or it will be blank.

• -- The precaution therefore is that you should view the Admit Card only using the recommended browsers and not from your mobile phone.
• -- Do not login with your user id of earlier registration attempts. It may produce only blank admit card or no Admit Card.
• -- Use only the most recent CAT 2016 registration user ID. This will enable you to view the Admit card with details since CAT Centre 2016 recognizes only the most recent (last) registration as the official application for CAT 2015.

Please check whether you received the mail of successful submission of CAT 2016 application. If yes and still you didnt receive the Admit Card you should immediately contact the CAT 2016 help desk. Even in case you didnt receive the confirmation mail of successful submission of CAT 2016 registration and application and your fee amount was deducted from the account you should contact the said help desk on mail, phone to know the facts so that your admit card, if stuck due to one or other reason may be received by you at the earliest

Admit Card with errors
If you are unable to view your Admit Card post log in, or find your details mismatch to your application details which you can view along with the Admit card details, there is no need to panic. CAT Centre 2016 advises you to refer to the help desk over phone or on mail to get necessary corrections done.
Check the details with your application summary
Take at least 2-3 prints of the admit card after checking the details given in the CAT 2016 Admit Card. Please also ensure to check that all the details are available in it. If you find any information missing, please immediately contact the CAT 2016 help desk.

• Name: Your name as entered in the registration/application form of CAT 2016
• Registration Number : The registration number is same as your registered user id for CAT 2016
• Date of Birth : your date of birth as you entered in the application form
• Birth Category : Whether General, SC/ST, OBC etc.
• PWD/DA : In case the candidate is differently abled/physically challenged, it will have yes else No
• Date / Day of test: Date of your CAT 2016 exam
• Time / Session: Examination session (Before noon or after noon)
• Test City: Name of the test city where you should appear in the test
• Test Center: The exam centre in the city where you will be required to appear in the test

You will have to affix a recent coloured passport size photograph on the hard copy of the Admit Card in the given box. CAT aspirants can view, download and print the admit cards till their CAT 2016 exam date without any hurdle.
Test takers will have to carry the printed copy of their Admit Card for verification to the test venue at the time of taking the CAT 2016 test on December 4, 2016.