AIBE XXII Registration 2026 Started — Complete Schedule, Exam Date, Admit Card & Result
EduLaw EditorialLegal UpdatesThe Bar Council of India has opened AIBE 22 registration on 19 August 2026 at allindiabarexamination.com . The exam is scheduled for 29 November 2026. Here is the complete tentative calendar every law graduate needs to know. The Bar Council of India has officially opened the registration portal for the All India Bar Examination XXII (AIBE 22) on 19 August 2026. Aspiring advocates across India can now visit allindiabarexamination.com to begin their application process. This is the mandatory certification examination that every enrolled advocate must clear to obtain the Certificate of Practice and begin practising law in Indian courts. If you are a law graduate from a three-year or five-year LLB programme recognised by BCI, this is your window to act. Who Can Apply for AIBE XXII? Eligibility for this session extends to candidates who hold a law degree from a BCI-recognised university and have enrolled with their respective State Bar Council. Final-semester LLB students who have no pending backlogs are also permitted to apply, provided they submit an undertaking in lieu of the enrolment certificate. Law graduates who have completed their degree but are awaiting the physical certificate can also register. Importantly, candidates who appeared in AIBE XX or AIBE XXI but did not qualify are not required to create a fresh account — they can log in using their existing credentials and directly fill the AIBE XXII application form. Complete Tentative Schedule for AIBE 22 (2026) The BCI press release dated 18 July 2026 laid out the entire tentative timeline for AIBE XXII. Registration started on 19 August 2026 and will remain open until 27 October 2026. The fee payment deadline falls on 28 October 2026, giving candidates one extra day after the form submission window closes. Following this, BCI will open an application correction window from 28 October to 30 October 2026. During this brief two-day period, candidates can rectify errors in personal details, photograph uploads, or enrolment information. No changes will be permitted after 30 October 2026, so candidates must use this opportunity carefully. The admit card for AIBE XXII is tentatively scheduled for release on 14 November 2026. Going by the pattern of AIBE XXI — where the hall ticket was made available approximately two weeks before the exam date — this timeline aligns with BCI's established practice. Candidates must download and print their admit cards from the official portal, as no physical copies are dispatched. The AIBE 22 examination itself will take place on 29 November 2026. It will be conducted in offline mode across approximately 140 centres in 50 cities throughout India. The paper will consist of 100 multiple-choice questions covering subjects prescribed in the BCI syllabus, with each question carrying one mark and no negative marking. As with previous editions, AIBE 22 will be an open-book examination, meaning candidates are permitted to carry bare acts and unwritten legal texts into the examination hall. The tentative result declaration window is between 7 January and 10 January 2027. For reference, the AIBE XXI result — for the exam held on 7 June 2026 — was declared in July 2026, with an overall pass percentage of 65.92 per cent out of 1,75,701 candidates who appeared. Application Fee for AIBE 22 The registration fee for General and OBC category candidates is Rs. 3,500 plus Rs. 60 as bank processing charges, bringing the total to Rs. 3,560. SC and ST category candidates are required to pay Rs. 2,500 plus Rs. 60, totalling Rs. 2,560. Payment can be made through credit card, debit card, UPI, or net banking. Candidates are advised to retain their payment receipt and confirmation page for future reference. Key Documents to Keep Ready Before beginning the application, candidates should have the following documents scanned and ready: State Bar Council enrolment certificate (self-attested), LLB marksheets for all completed semesters, a recent passport-size colour photograph in JPG format (10–50 KB, white background), signature in black or dark blue ink on a plain white sheet (JPG, 10–20 KB), a valid government-issued photo ID such as Aadhaar or passport, and a category certificate if applicable. Final-semester students without an enrolment certificate must upload a signed undertaking in the prescribed format. Why You Should Not Wait Until October With over 1.75 lakh candidates appearing in the previous cycle alone, server congestion and last-minute technical issues are practically inevitable near the deadline. Starting your registration early ensures you have ample time to gather documents, resolve discrepancies, and avoid the correction window altogether. The two-day correction period is extremely narrow, and BCI has historically not extended it. Direct Link to Apply for AIBE XXII The official AIBE 22 application form is now live on the Bar Council of India's dedicated examination portal. Candidates can access the registration page directly at https:/