JAMB Outstanding Admission Deadline 2026: Respond by 30 November

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Candidates reviewing outstanding JAMB admission offers from 2021 to 2025 on CAPS.

JAMB Outstanding Admission Deadline at a Glance

JAMB has extended the outstanding admission deadline to 30 November 2026. The affected offers are from 2021 to 2025.

  • Candidates must accept or reject outstanding offers on CAPS.
  • The earlier deadline was 30 September 2026.
  • Unanswered offers will revert to Not Admitted after the deadline.
  • Later record update requests will attract a penalty fee.

Read on for the affected admission years and the action required on CAPS.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended the deadline for candidates to accept or reject outstanding admission offers from 2021 to 2025, the new deadline is 30 November 2026. The earlier deadline was 30 September 2026.

The extension covers affected candidates whose admission offers remain unanswered on CAPS.

Action Required on JAMB CAPS

Affected candidates should log in to CAPS and check their outstanding admission offer, each candidate must accept or reject the offer before the new deadline.

The JAMB CAPS admission status and response guide explains the related process.

Admission Status After 30 November

Outstanding offers from 2021 to 2025 that remain neither accepted nor rejected after 30 November 2026 will automatically revert to "Not Admitted" on JAMB's records. Any later request to update such an admission will attract the applicable penalty fee.

Affected candidates should respond within the extended period.

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