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To change personal data such as names, date of birth, gender, or state/local government of origin in JAMB, you must visit a JAMB office, as changes cannot be made at a café or CBT center, and any errors in your bio-data likely originate from your NIN, which should be corrected at NIMC before proceeding to JAMB.
Some of you might have got the fact that you couldn't change institutions and courses at any café rather, you're to visit the nearest accredited CBT center for such changes.
But, that's for the changes in institutions and courses.
When it comes to changing other data as noted above, generally the personal data, do you use a café, a CBT center, or a JAMB office?
This post will strictly give you where to visit for the JAMB changes including names, DOB, etc., and will let you know why such changes are restricted to this center or office.
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Go to JAMB Office to Change Your Personal Data
In JAMB, bio-data include your names, date of birth, gender, and state/local government of origin. Any of these errors usually crops in from the data on your national ID card, through the NIN.
Remember, bio-data errors didn't just happen from the CBT center where you registered your UTME or DE. No! It was from the NIN.
When you texted your NIN to 55019, you'd just allowed JAMB to export all the information filled on your national ID card (NIN) to your JAMB form too.
So, if the exported information contains errors, JAMB won't allow you to correct that at a café or a CBT center. You're strictly required to visit any of the board's offices around you and apply for the changes.
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Changes on National ID Card Won't Automatically Reflect on JAMB Portal/Form
In case, you're thinking if you visit the NIMC and correct the errors on your national ID card, it should automatically reflect on the JAMB portal/profile or printout, you're wrong.
In fact, if there will be a reflection of such corrections, it may not be for the same year's admission activities/exercise.
Therefore, to see yourself through this trauma and confusion, proceed to the nearest JAMB office and correct things.
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The Cost of Correcting Names, Date of Birth, Gender, State/Local Government of Origin
The fee, being charged for the correction of personal data, at any JAMB office is #2,500. This may not include the remita or online transaction charges together with the office service charge. For all, prepare between #3,200 and #3,500.
This is a one-time payment for one-time activity. In other words, you're only allowed to pay for and change names, date of birth, gender, and state/LGA once.
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And if rejected or disapproved, there won't be a chance to make a new attempt. This is why you have to be sure of what you're doing before correcting any of the above items.
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You May Need to Correct it at NIMC First Though
Because personal data errors occurred originally from the National ID card, you may need to first correct that mistake with NIMC before proceeding to the JAMB office.
Although candidates are allowed to correct the bio-data errors at the JAMB office without necessarily correcting that at the NIMC until they deem it necessary or at a later date, some attending officials may prove stubborn that you should make the corrections at NIMC first.
We can't blame those officers. The information you're trying to correct at the JAMB office emanated from NIMC. It's still official and statutory if they insist the errors should be corrected at both ends to ensure the correlation of data across the board.
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Conclusion
JAMB offices, will, generally, not require you to do corrections at the NIMC. In fact, you may risk attempting to correct the errors at the JAMB office first, if the attending officer doesn't insist, you will be able to correct the personal-data errors and later do that with NIMC.
If however, he insists that you should attend to errors at NIMC first, you'll be left with no other choice than to do as instructed, before JAMB can attend to the same issues at their office.
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I registered jamb in 2019 and I got admission but the problem now is that my name was not spelt correctly, and also there was error in my date of birth.
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Their offices are open nationwide
DeleteIs it necessary for me to swore affidavit in any law court before going to jamb office?????
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DeleteI registered jamb 2019 and got admitted to university and I want to change my local government ..pls what's next to do now and what are the requirements.
ReplyDeleteI don't can do that again. You should have done that the year of your admission. Sorry.
DeletePlease what’s required to change that
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ReplyDeleteYes, you can change DE date of birth at JAMB office
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