INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING & SUBMISSION OF ONLINE APPLICATION FORM FOR

REGISTRATION

Please read the following Instruction carefully before filling up the Application for
registration as an Architect under the Architects Act, 1972.
1. Fill up Application form in Proper Case.
2. After filling up the application take printout of form.
3. The duly signed Form may be sent to the council's office enclosing therein
requisite documents as per checklist.
4. Correction(s) can be made by the Applicant in the hard copy of
Generated/Printed Application form by countersigning at the place of correction
before sending to the council.
5. Also note that the printout should be taken on a good quality bond A4 size
paper (preferably colored one).
6. You have to register yourself as an Applicant and for that you would be
prompted for login details i.e. the Email id which would be your login id, year of
Admission, other relevant details and subsequently password would be generated
by the system.
7. Enrollment number i.e., (COA-Six digit Number) is mandatory / as applicable
(for admissions from the Academic Year 2008-09 onwards). Please make it sure
that the Enrolment number entered should be strictly in format as given in the
Enrollment number list as available on the website of the council.
8. Enrolment numbers of the students are already available with the respective
Institutions and the same may also be obtained from the website www.coa.gov.in.
9. Documents must be duly attested by a Gazetted Officer or Notary Public / Oath
Commissioner or self attested.
10. The documents should be properly stapled with the application form in the same
order as provided in the Checklist.
11. Incomplete Application shall not be processed further and no intimation shall be
sent in this regard.
12. Each application shall be accompanied by Registration Fee (Non-refundable) of
Rs.600/- by way of cash at the counter or by demand draft drawn in favor of
"Council of Architecture", payable at New Delhi or alternately the payment can
also be made online through login id details.
13. Do remember to press 'Submit to COA' Button after making it sure that the
application form is in order otherwise your application shall not be available for
further processing.
14. Mention the year of registration in the form after the undertaking correctly. The
registration is granted initially for two calendar years. Hence, an applicant
applying for registration in the year 2016 should mention the year as "2016 &
2017" in the form.
15. Council shall not be responsible for loss or mutilation of any original
certificate(s)/ Document(s) sent/received by post.
16. In case the final degree/diploma has not been awarded by a University,
applicant may submit the Provisional Certificate/Passing Certificate issued by the
competent authority of the University.
17. Please note that provisional degree/certificates shall not be accepted in cases
where the final degree/diploma certificate has already been awarded by a
University to the applicant's batch.
18. In case of change of surname consequent upon marriage, submit an attested
copy of your Marriage Certificate / Gazette Notification from the respective
State/Central Government or alternatively, an affidavit executed on a non-Judicial
Stamp paper of Rs. 10/-, and fill up your changed name in the form as per the
attached document.
19. In cases where first name is also changed upon marriage or name is changed
due to reasons other than marriage, only a duly attested copy of the Gazette
Notification from respective Central/State Government shall be accepted.
20. Also note that in case of change of name only new name has to be entered
under the column provided for otherwise if there is any correction in the details of
the name i.e., Name order (First name, Middle name and/or Surname or any
correction, the same can be done by cutting and correcting the same at the place
but it has to be countersign by the applicant.
21. The Applicant is also required to upload the Attested / Self Attested Scanned
copy of Provisional / Final Degree from the University, of the Recognized
Architectural Qualification, on the basis of which the Applicant is Seeking
Registration as an Architect under the Architects Act, 1972.
Checklist :-
Before submitting the form, please check whether you have:-
1. Uploaded your recent color photograph of size 3.5 x 3.5cm upto 10KB (max)
and Signatures upto 4 KB (max).
2. Enclosed (attested/self-attested) copies of the following certificates:-
i. Date of birth certificate
ii. 10+2 or equivalent examination mark sheet
 iii. Degree or provisional Certificate issued by the Competent Authority
alongwith original of the same for verification and return.
iv. Caste/Category certificate if applicable.
v. All semester/years marksheets of the recognised qualification (including
Fail/ATKT/Supplementary etc.) for all the semesters / years along with
Practical Training certificate, if any. Alternatively, consolidated Marksheet
for all semesters/years may be submitted.
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