AFMS Medical Officer SSC Recruitment 2026: 120 Posts, Apply by 18 November

AFMS Medical Officer SSC Recruitment 2026 has opened 120 posts for doctors who want to serve in the Armed Forces Medical Services, and the application window is short — nine days only, from 9 to 18 November 2026. Of the 120 posts, 90 are for men and 30 for women. You apply online only, through join.afms.gov.in, and the fee is Rs 200 for every candidate. There is no written exam. Shortlisting is done on your NEET PG score — from NEET PG 2025 or 2026 — and the shortlisted candidates are called for an interview at Army Hospital (Research and Referral), Delhi Cantt, from 2 December 2026 onwards. For an MBBS doctor with a valid NEET PG score, the exam already taken does the heavy lifting here.

At a glance	AFMS Medical Officer SSC 2026
Organisation	Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS), Ministry of Defence
Post	Medical Officer (Short Service Commission)
Posts	120 — 90 male, 30 female
Notification	Detailed notification released 7 November 2026
Application dates	9 to 18 November 2026
Application route	Online only at join.afms.gov.in
Application fee	Rs 200, all categories, non-refundable
Qualification	MBBS, final Part I and Part II in not more than two attempts; internship completed by 30 September 2026; permanent medical registration
NEET PG	Appeared in NEET PG 2025 or 2026
Age limit	MBBS holders below 30 years; PG degree holders below 35 years, as on 31 December 2026
Selection	NEET PG shortlisting, interview (50 marks), medical examination, document verification
Interview	From 2 December 2026 onwards (tentative), Army Hospital (Research and Referral), Delhi Cantt
Pay	Captain rank, basic pay Rs 61,300 (Pay Level 10B) plus Military Service Pay Rs 15,500 and allowances

What the job offers — Captain rank and Level 10B pay

The Armed Forces Medical Services look after the medical services of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force, so a Medical Officer here serves across the three services. Selected candidates are commissioned in the rank of Captain, or the equivalent rank in the Navy or the Air Force. The basic pay is Rs 61,300 under Pay Level 10B, and on top of that comes Military Service Pay of Rs 15,500 a month, along with the other allowances that apply to service officers.

This is a Short Service Commission — a fixed-term commission, not a permanent one at entry. The exact length and the promotion terms are in the six-page detailed notification, so read it before you apply; the headline figures do not tell the whole story.

Who can apply — MBBS, NEET PG and the age limits

The first condition is the MBBS itself. You must have passed your final MBBS Part I and Part II examinations in not more than two attempts. You must also have completed your compulsory internship on or before 30 September 2026, and you must hold permanent medical registration.

The second condition is NEET PG. You must have appeared in NEET PG in 2025 or 2026 — appearing is the requirement, and your score is what the shortlisting is built on. There is one exception, for senior doctors: civilian doctors who already hold a recognised postgraduate degree do not need to appear again, and their earlier NEET PG marks will be considered instead.

If you are still pursuing a postgraduate degree, note the date: your final PG result must be declared by 18 November 2026, the last date of the application window, or your candidature will not be considered.

The age limits are counted as on 31 December 2026. MBBS holders must be below 30 years, which means born on or after 2 January 1997. PG degree holders get a wider limit — below 35 years, which means born on or after 2 January 1992.

Men and women are shortlisted through separate merit lists, so you compete only within your own group — 90 posts for men and 30 for women.

How the selection works — NEET PG shortlisting, interview and medical

There is no written exam in this recruitment. Shortlisting is done on NEET PG performance: your NEET PG percentile is converted into marks out of 200, and candidates are called for interview in the order of that converted score.

The interview carries 50 marks in total — 47 for the viva-voce and up to 3 marks of NCC weightage, with 3 marks for a C certificate, 2 for a B certificate and 1 for an A certificate. You need at least 50 percent in the interview to qualify. After the interview comes the medical examination and document verification, and the final merit is drawn from the combined performance.

The interviews are tentatively scheduled to begin on 2 December 2026, at Army Hospital (Research and Referral), Delhi Cantt. The admit card will be available at least one week before the interview, on join.afms.gov.in, so keep checking the portal once you have applied.

How to apply

Apply only at join.afms.gov.in, between 9 November and 18 November 2026. The application is online only, and there is no offline form.

Go to the portal and click on new registration. Fill in your details carefully, upload the documents the form asks for, and pay the fee of Rs 200 online — through internet banking, credit card or debit card; the fee is the same for all categories. Submit before the window closes on 18 November 2026 and keep a copy of your confirmation page and registration number.

Do not leave it to the last day. The window is only nine days, and government portals slow down badly in the last two days. A form left half filled at the deadline will not be accepted — and with the NEET PG condition already settled for most candidates, a late application is the one thing that can keep you out.

What the notification does not say

The detailed notification was released on 7 November 2026 and answers most questions, but four things are worth knowing. First, the interview date is tentative: the notification says the interviews begin on 2 December 2026 onwards, with no date for individual candidates — that comes with the admit card, at least a week before the interview.

Second, the notification does not state how many candidates will be shortlisted for the interview, so there is no published shortlist ratio to work from.

Third, the exact length of the Short Service Commission is not stated in the sources read for this article — it is set out in the detailed notification, so read that document rather than relying on the headline figures here.

Fourth, this is the second AFMS Medical Officer cycle of 2026. The first cycle, in February and March 2026, had 100 posts — 75 for men and 25 for women — with different dates. Some older pages on the web still carry those figures, so check that the page you are reading is about the November cycle, with 120 posts and the 9 to 18 November window.

One more honest note: the official portal, join.afms.gov.in, could not be opened from here when this article was written, so the figures above were cross-checked across seven independent sources, including NDTV and the Times of India, which agree on every figure used. Before you apply, confirm the dates and the fee from the detailed notification on the portal itself.

Never pay anyone who promises to get you a seat. Genuine recruitment never charges a fee beyond what the notification itself names, and this notification names Rs 200, payable online only through the official portal. No one outside the Armed Forces Medical Services can offer you a place in this recruitment.

If you are looking for another defence opening, the AFCAT 01/2027 has 379 commissioned officer vacancies in the Indian Air Force, with applications open from 12 November to 11 December — that one is for graduates and engineers rather than doctors.

Sources: NDTV, "Armed Forces Medical Services Recruitment 2026: Apply For 120 Medical Officer Posts", 2026; Times of India, "AFMS SSC Medical Officer Recruitment 2026: Applications begin today for 120 posts", 2026; FreeJobAlert, "AFMS SSC Medical Officer Recruitment 2026 Notification Out — Apply Online for 120 Posts", 2026; Karmasandhan, "AFMS SSC Medical Officer Recruitment 2026, Apply Online For 120 Posts", 2026; SwiftJobSearch, "AFMS Medical Officer Recruitment 2026 — Apply Online for 120 SSC Posts", 2026; TezTak, "AFMS Recruitment 2026: 120 Medical Officer SSC Posts, Apply", 2026; GovtJobsAlert, "AFMS Medical Officer (SSC) Recruitment 2026 — 120 Posts, Apply by 18 Nov", 2026. NOTE: the official portal join.afms.gov.in could not be opened from here when this article was written. The figures above were cross-checked across the seven listed sources, which agree on the posts and the 90/30 split, the dates, the portal, the fee, the NEET PG years, the interview date and the venue. Readers should confirm the dates, the fee and the eligibility conditions from the detailed notification on the official portal. Apply only through join.afms.gov.in.