per job-portal reports of SGPGIMS Lucknow’s notices: the admit card for the Stage-2 (Phase II Mains) examination for Nursing Officer and Hospital Attendant Grade-II was released on 30 October 2026, and the exam is on Sunday, 1 November 2026. Still unverified: your reporting time, exact centre, the question pattern and the marking scheme for Stage 2, none of which I found in the sources. I could not open the SGPGIMS notice or the portal myself, so read your own hall ticket for the details that apply to you.
What has been released
SGPGIMS released the admit card on 30 October 2026 for candidates appearing in the Phase II Mains examination for Nursing Officer and Hospital Attendant Grade II, and candidates download it from the official recruitment portal using their login credentials. The exam date of 1 November 2026 is described as coming from the official SGPGIMS notice, with the admit card scheduled for release 48 hours before the exam.
This is the second stage of the recruitment. Stage 1 was the computer-based test in June 2026, and its raw and normalised score result was reported as released on 7 October 2026, with shortlisted candidates moving to Stage 2. If you are not in the shortlist, no admit card will appear for you.
Key dates
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Stage-1 result (raw and normalised scores) | 7 October 2026 (reported) |
| Stage-2 admit card | 30 October 2026 |
| Stage-2 exam | 1 November 2026, Sunday |
One caution on dates. Pages written in June 2026 about the Stage-1 admit card give inconsistent exam dates, for example 17, 19 or 22 June, and several of them still rank high in search results. They are not about the Stage-2 admit card. If a page tells you the admit card came out in June, you are reading the old stage.
Exam format and location
One report says the exam is offline in pen-and-paper mode and held only in Lucknow district, and that no travelling allowance or dearness allowance is paid. A result-tracking page written on 7 October had said the mode would be “offline or online” as the institute decided, so the later, more specific description is the one to rely on, but the hall ticket is the final word. The same report adds that releasing the card 48 hours before a Sunday exam leaves a tight window to check the centre and reporting time.
That window deserves attention. If you live outside Lucknow, you have roughly a day and a half between the card appearing and the exam. Do not wait to book a place to stay until you have the card in hand. Plan to be in Lucknow on Saturday, and treat the hall ticket as a document that will confirm your centre, not one that decides whether you travel.
How to download
The official recruitment portal is sgpgims.eapplynow.com, and the process is to open it, find the Stage II admit card link, log in with your credentials and download the PDF. An earlier admit card report said the login is registration number and password. If you have forgotten the password, use the reset option on the portal rather than creating a new registration.
- Open sgpgims.eapplynow.com, typed directly into the browser.
- Find the Nursing Officer Stage II admit card link.
- Log in with your registration details.
- Download the PDF and take a clear printout.
If your hall ticket fails to open, try again later in the day before assuming a fault, since portals tend to slow down in the first hours after release. Do not use a page that asks you to pay for or “unlock” the admit card.
Checking your hall ticket
The details to verify include your name, roll or registration number, the post, the exam date, the reporting time, the centre name and address, your photograph and signature, and the exam-day instructions. The post line matters here, because one notice covers two posts. Nursing Officer and Hospital Attendant Grade-II candidates share the same date. If your card names the other post, or your photograph is wrong, report it through SGPGIMS’s official channels immediately, not on the exam morning.
What to carry
Candidates should carry the printed admit card and a valid photo ID accepted under the exam instructions. The sources do not list which IDs are accepted, so read the instruction block on the hall ticket. For a pen-and-paper exam, bring the pens the instructions allow, and check whether anything is prohibited. An earlier report said a coloured printout was not required for the Stage-1 card, but I have not seen the same statement for Stage 2, so bring a clear print.
Marking, syllabus and cut-off
I found no published pattern, marking scheme, syllabus or cut-off for Stage 2. Anything stated as an “expected cut-off” is a guess. One thing the earlier stage does tell you: Stage 1 used normalised scores, which is how multi-shift computer tests are made comparable. A single pen-and-paper paper on one day would not normally need that, but that is my inference and not something SGPGIMS has said. Read the Stage-2 instructions on your admit card for the paper’s structure and negative marking.
Where candidates slip
The first slip is mixing up SGPGIMS with other nursing officer recruitments. AIIMS NORCET, KGMU, UPSC and ESIC all publish nursing officer admit cards, and search results blend them together. The second is trusting a page’s helpdesk number. The aggregator pages I read list their own helpdesk numbers, which are not SGPGIMS contacts. Use the contact details on the SGPGIMS website. The third is waiting for a call or SMS. The card is on the portal, and you must go and fetch it.
important links |
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| Nursing Officer Stage-II Admit Card | click here |
| Hospital Attendant Gr-II Stage-II Admit Card | click here |
| SGPGIMS Recruitment Portal | click here |
| Exam Date Notice (PDF) | click here |
| Official Notification PDF | click here |
| SGPGIMS Official Website | click here |
FAQs
Is the 1 November exam for the same posts as the June exam?
It is the second stage of the same recruitment. It covers Nursing Officer and Hospital Attendant Grade-II, and only shortlisted candidates from the Stage-1 result are called.
Will the exam be held in my city?
Probably not, if you live outside Lucknow. One report says the exam is only in Lucknow district, and no travel allowance is paid. Confirm the centre on your hall ticket.
The admit card appeared only two days before the exam. Is that normal?
It matches what the reports say: the card is released 48 hours before the exam. That is why a booking made in advance is safer.
Can I download the hall ticket without my password?
You need your login details. Reset the password on the portal, and do not register again.
Is the exam online or offline?
Reports after the exam was scheduled describe a pen-and-paper offline exam. An earlier page said the mode was undecided, so follow your hall ticket.