IB ACIO 2022: The Intelligence Bureau, Ministry of Home Affairs has initiated the registration process for the IB ACIO 2022 exam today, on April 16. Candidates desirous of applying for the post of Assistant Central Intelligence Officer (ACIO), Grade II can proceed to fill the application form. The application form has been made available on the official website of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) at mha.gov.in.
The scores obtained by the applicants in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) exam in the years 2020, 2021 or 2020 will be taken into consideration for the recruitment drive.

IB ACIO 2022: Important dates
 
Events Dates
IB ACIO Notification  16th April 2022
Online Application Starting Date 16th April 2022
Online Application Closing Date 07th May 2022
Last Date to Pay Fee (Online) 07th May 2022
Last Date to Pay Fee (Offline) 10th May 2022
 
IB ACIO 2022: Application fee
 
Category Fee to be Paid
General/EWS/OBC  Rs. 100/-
SC/ST/Female/Ex-Serviceman  Exempted

IB ACIO 2022: Eligibility criteria

General category applicants must be between 18 to 27 years of age. Meanwhile, the age relaxation provided to reserved category candidates has been mentioned below.
 
Category Age Relaxation
OBC 30 Years
SC/ST 32 Years
Departmental Candidates 40 Years
Widow Candidates (General Female) 35 Years
Widow Candidates (SC/ST/OBC Female) 40 Years
 
IB ACIO 2022: Steps to apply for exam

Candidates must refer to the stepwise procedure mentioned below in order to apply for the exam.
  1. Go to the official website of MHA at mha.gov.in.
  2. Under the 'What's New' section, click on IB ACIO exam 2022 notification. You will land on a new page where you must enter your registration details.
  3. Start filling the application form and pay the application fees in the online mode. Next, upload all necessary documents and click on 'Submit'.
  4. After submitting the details, download the confirmation page.
  5. Obtain a hard copy of the confirmation page for future references.