NEET PG 2026 counselling: MCC’s Round 2 virtual vacancy list will not open

MCC’s Virtual Vacancy list for Round 2 of NEET PG counselling 2026 does not open. The file on the MCC website is incomplete, and PDF readers report it as damaged.

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) of the Directorate General of Health Services posted three Round 2 seat matrix lists on 10 November: Clear Vacancy, Virtual Vacancy and Newly Added Seats. The Clear Vacancy list and the Newly Added Seats list both open. The Virtual Vacancy list does not.

What is wrong with the file

The Virtual Vacancy PDF stops partway through. It is exactly 1,048,576 bytes and has no end-of-file marker. A PDF reader needs that marker, and the index stored beside it, to open a document at all, so the file fails to load rather than opening with pages missing.

MCC’s server reports the same size when asked for the file, so the upload on the website is incomplete. CutoffBridge checked the link at 10:22 am on 11 November 2026. The file was unchanged from when MCC posted it at 8:09 pm on 10 November.

Why the list matters

Virtual vacancy seats are seats a candidate took in Round 1 and is still holding after asking for an upgrade. Each one opens only if that candidate gets a better seat in Round 2. They are not empty today, so they do not appear in the Clear Vacancy list, but they can come free during the round.

Clear vacancy seats are empty now and sure to be offered. MCC’s Clear Vacancy list for Round 2 has 15,387 MD, MS and DNB seats, of which 3,657 are newly added.

What candidates can do

Choice filling for Round 2 is open. The Clear Vacancy and Newly Added Seats lists both work, so the seats certain to be offered can be checked now.

Until MCC replaces the Virtual Vacancy file, there is no way to tell which seats may open on an upgrade. A seat missing from the Clear Vacancy list is not necessarily out of the round.

CutoffBridge will update this story when the file opens.