India - Apply for Unemployment Certificate

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Procedure

The Unemployment Certificate is required by the unemployed youth for self-employment, availing bank loans, etc.
Apply In-Person:

1. Please go to the respective employment registration office where the candidate registered already.
2. Obtain the application form from the respective counter or write in a plain paper.
3. Please submit the completed application form along with required documents to the staff at the receiving desk.
4. The submitted application form and documents will be verified by the authorities.
5. If all are OK, authority will process the application and provide you with unemployment certificate.

Note:

• In some states applicant shall approach over the counter services like CSC centres/e-seva etc to apply.
• In some states applicant shall apply using the respective state department online portal.
• Find the contact details and application form from the respective state portal procedures by using the link provided under respective states below.

Please select the state name for respective State Procedure.
Assam – Bihar – Chandigarh – Chhattisgarh – Daman and Diu – Goa - Gujarat – Haryana – Himachal Pradesh – Jammu and Kashmir – Jharkhand – Lakshadweep – Madhya Pradesh – Maharashtra – Manipur – Meghalaya – Mizoram – Nagaland – New Delhi – Odisha – Puducherry – Punjab – Rajasthan – Sikkim – Tripura – Uttarakhand

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Required Documents

• Application form
• Original Employment Exchange Registration Card (To be shown) and attested copy of the same to be submitted at the time of applying for Unemployment Certificate.
• 2 copies of Self attested recent Passport size photographs.
• Aadhaar card.
• Mobile number.
• Email Id (if available).
• Any other document to claim benefits offered by respective state government as advised by authorities.
  
  

Note:

• All original and copy of original with self attestation as advised by respective authorities to be submitted as per requirement.
• Apart from the above documents authorities may ask to submit additional information or documents. Please provide them for processing.

Office Locations & Contacts

Ministry of Labour & Employment,
Govt. of India,
Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg,
New Delhi-110001.
India
For contact details : online link

Eligibility

• To get Unemployment Certificate from Employment Exchanges of the respective state, the candidate must have registered his/her name in the concerned Employment Exchange.
• The Registration of the candidate must be valid.
• Candidate registered in Employment Exchange and remain unemployed for 5 years or the number of years as fixed by government

Fees

No fees required

Validity

This certificate will be valid till the unemployment certificate holder gets employed and shall surrender the said issued certificate to the issuing authority

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Processing Time

Same day

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Instructions

The candidate can register his/her name in the concerned District Employment Exchange within whose jurisdiction his/ her place of residence is situated.

Required Information

• Valid employment registration card
• Mobile number
• Address
• Passport size photograph

Need for the Document

• Any citizen of India is eligible for Registration at an Employment Exchange for assistance in securing Employment/job. There is no necessity to verify the employment /under employment / unemployment status of the applicant.
• The Departments of Employment in various States of India allow unemployed educated youth residing in the respective States to pre-register for impending job vacancies occurring in different sectors of that State.
• This certificate will be required by unemployed youths holding valid employment registration card for self-employment and to avail bank loan to start their business.

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• No candidate shall be allowed to register at more than one employment exchange
• Please take original valid employment registration card while applying

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