DigiLocker Migration Certificate Download: CBSE Steps & Missing Document Fixes (2026)

Main audience

CBSE Class 10 and 12 students

Activation PIN

6-digit school-issued PIN in the CBSE confirmation flow

Where to look

DigiLocker → Issued Documents

Other boards

Check issuer and examination-year availability separately

A migration certificate is an academic record used when moving between boards or institutions where the receiving institution requires it. It is not the same as a marksheet, passing certificate, school transfer certificate or APAAR ID. A marksheet records examination performance; a transfer certificate is normally handled by the school. Check the exact wording of your admission checklist before choosing a download. DigiLocker is a way to retrieve and share records supplied by participating issuers; it does not create a new academic entitlement or correct the board's underlying data. CBSE's repository explicitly offers digital marksheets, passing certificates and migration certificates. For another board or university, availability depends on that issuer and the records it has published. Seeing CBSE in DigiLocker does not prove that your state board or a particular older examination year is supported.

An issuer-provided digital record can help you recover a certificate without treating a photograph as an authenticated replacement. The important distinction is Issued Documents versus Drive or uploaded files: the former comes through the issuer's system, while the latter contains copies you uploaded yourself. NAD explains that digitally issued academic awards have legal standing at par with originals under the applicable framework. That is not a blanket promise that every screenshot, self-uploaded scan or printout will meet every admission requirement. Ask the receiving institution how it verifies the record, and preserve the original downloaded file without editing its contents. Retrieving a certificate does not establish scholarship eligibility; income, marks, category and admission conditions still have to be checked separately.

• ✓Use the CBSE instructions if your certificate was issued for a CBSE Class 10 or Class 12 examination; do not choose CBSE merely because your school uses DigiLocker.
• ✓The relevant examination result and digital record must be available from the issuer. A DigiLocker account alone cannot make an unpublished certificate appear.
• ✓If your board is different, search its exact issuer name and supported document types, or follow its official certificate portal.
• ✓For an admission or scholarship, confirm the required document and accepted verification format directly with the receiving institution.

• ✓Your examination class, year, roll number and school code, copied accurately from official school or examination records.
• ✓The six-digit security PIN supplied by your school when using CBSE's account-confirmation route. Keep leading zeroes; this is not a PIN to guess.
• ✓Access to the mobile number used for the OTP in the displayed flow. A mobile signup OTP and an Aadhaar-authentication OTP are different steps.
• ✓Your existing DigiLocker sign-in details, if you already have an account. Do not create repeated accounts to work around a missing record.
• ✓Your admission checklist, so that you retrieve Migration Certificate rather than only a marksheet or passing certificate.

1. Start with cbse.digitallocker.gov.in or digilocker.gov.in, not an advertisement or a payment link promising instant certificates. Existing users should first sign in and check Issued Documents.
2. If CBSE or your school directs you to account confirmation, open cbseservices.digilocker.gov.in/activatecbse and read the current instructions before proceeding.
3. In the published CBSE manual's flow, select Class 10 or 12 and enter school code, roll number and the six-digit school-issued security PIN. Class 10 users may also be asked for date of birth.
4. Check the basic details shown, enter the mobile number requested by that flow and complete its OTP verification yourself. Never send the OTP or PIN to an agent.
5. Proceed to your DigiLocker account. After results and records are published, the CBSE manual directs students to Issued Documents for marksheet-cum-certificate and migration certificate.
6. If it is not already listed, look for CBSE under the document-search or issuer section. Select Migration Certificate and provide the examination details the current issuer form actually requests.
7. Open the retrieved document and verify your name, class, examination year and issuer. Use the available download or share option; keep the downloaded file unchanged.
8. If retrieval fails, check issuer, year and roll number first. For a missing PIN, contact your school; for incorrect academic data, ask the school/board about correction; for account-access trouble, use DigiLocker's official help. Tell the admitting institution promptly if its deadline is close.

There is no single nationwide admission deadline attached to downloading a DigiLocker migration certificate. Your institution's admission or document-verification notice controls the deadline. Documents appear only after the issuer publishes the relevant records, and availability can vary by examination year. Do not assume account activation immediately produces a certificate or that a help request guarantees resolution before admission closes.

• ✓Certificate not showing: recheck the correct board, exam year, class and roll number before assuming DigiLocker has lost it. If the issuer has not supplied that record, contact the issuer.
• ✓Missing school PIN: ask your school for the CBSE confirmation PIN; do not confuse it with your DigiLocker sign-in PIN or a one-time OTP.
• ✓Name mismatch: compare the board record and identity details. Some issuer retrievals depend on matching identity data; DigiLocker does not itself rewrite an incorrect academic certificate.
• ✓Uploading a scan into Drive and calling it an issued certificate: upload storage does not turn your file into an issuer-verified record.
• ✓Paying a stranger or sharing full certificates publicly: use official help, keep credentials private and share academic records only with the intended institution.
• ✓Assuming all boards and years follow the CBSE process: another issuer may use a different route or may not offer the document in DigiLocker.