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Border Security Force

BSF Direct and Departmental Recruitment — Head Constable, ASI and Constable (Tradesman) Posts

Recruitment run by the BSF itself — separate from the SSC Constable (GD) examination — for Head Constable (Radio Operator and Radio Mechanic), Assistant Sub Inspector, Constable (Tradesman) and other Group B and Group C combatised posts across the communication, engineering, water wing, air wing, workshop, veterinary and paramedical set-ups.

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At a glance

The facts most likely to change your decision.

Vacancies
Not announced
Vacancies will be added only after an official notice publishes them.
Education
10th · 12th · ITI / Diploma · Graduate
See the official notification; no current-cycle qualification is asserted here.
Age
As prescribed in the notification.
Relaxations and cut-off dates are category-specific.
Application fee
See the official notification
Use the official payment instructions only.
Pay
See the official notification
Gross and in-hand pay vary by posting and allowance.
Recruitment cycle
Next advertisement
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Vacancies & reservation

What is known, what overlaps and what remains unreported.

Current published countNot announced
Check source ↗

Category table not available here

Check the latest official notice for the post- and category-wise distribution.

How to read reservation: UR, EWS, OBC, SC and ST are vertical categories. PwBD, women, ex-servicemen and similar horizontal reservations can overlap them and must not be added again to the total.

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Complete timeline

One record from notification to final outcome.

No current-cycle dates announced

This timeline will be dated only after the recruiting body publishes a schedule.

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Who can apply?

A readable first check—not a legal eligibility decision.

Basic eligibility paths

  • Each BSF advertisement fixes its own post-wise education, age, physical standard, trade and medical conditions; the BSF recruitment portal publishes the detailed advertisement and every corrigendum for the post concerned.
  • The portal distinguishes direct recruitment from departmental recruitment within the same advertisement, so serving BSF personnel and outside candidates can face different conditions for one post.
  • Confirm every condition in the current advertisement on the BSF recruitment portal; no standing figure is asserted here.

Relaxations & certificates

  • SC/ST, OBC-NCL, PwBD and ex-servicemen relaxations follow the applicable notification.
  • Always check the certificate format and cut-off date in the official notice.
If your degree title, age, domicile or category certificate is unusual, mark yourself “check required” and read the official wording.
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Selection process & syllabus

Stage by stage, without mixing recruitment years.

Selection stages

  1. 1Stages are fixed post-wise by the advertisement. Recent BSF cycles listed on the portal have used a written examination conducted in two phases, with each phase's shortlist published on the portal, followed by the further stages set out in the advertisement.

Syllabus snapshot

  • Use only the scheme of examination and trade-test standard printed in the BSF advertisement for the post applied for.
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Application document checklist

Prepare before the portal gets busy.

Recent passport-size photograph and scanned signature

Government photo ID with the same name used in the application

Education certificates and marksheets

Category, EWS, PwBD or ex-serviceman certificate, if claimed

Domicile or language proof where the notification requires it

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Official links & source record

Go straight to the recruiting body.

Primary source
BSF recruitment portal — current recruitment openings and notice board
Published / changed
Recruitment portal checked 4 Aug 2026
Last checked
4 Aug 2026, 17:10 IST

Official notices, corrigenda and recruiting-body pages have final authority. This page is a reading aid.