Paying the Application Fee Safely: PSID, Challans and 1Link

A PSID (Payment System Identifier) is a unique number generated during your online application. FPSC's is paid through the 1Link bill-payment network; PPSC's is generated through ePay Punjab. The amount due is attached to the number, so you never type the amount yourself.

• ATM of a 1Link member bank - choose bill payment, then the 1Link 1Bill invoice/voucher option, and enter your PSID.
• Mobile banking - your bank's app, or wallets such as Easypaisa and JazzCash, using the same 1Bill option.
• Internet banking, using the same option.
• Over the counter at a 1Link member bank branch, with the printed challan showing your PSID.

For PPSC, if your app has no PPSC option, its FAQ says the fee can be paid through any option under Government Payments (Punjab). Testing services such as NTS and ETEA, and departments that recruit directly, have their own payment methods - follow the advertisement.

• Paying is not applying. FPSC and PPSC both say that after paying you must return to the online form and complete the remaining steps.
• One post, one fee. Each post needs its own PSID and its own payment.
• Fees are not refunded. Check your eligibility, CNIC and the post before you pay.
• The fee must be paid by the closing date - an unpaid fee is a ground for rejection.
• FPSC no longer accepts fees deposited on the old TR-6 challan, by cheque, bank draft or pay order.
• Keep proof: a printout, a screenshot or the bank's receipt.

At the time of writing, PPSC lists Rs. 1,000 for a competitive examination and Rs. 600 for a one-paper MCQ test, and exempts candidates with disabilities. Fees change - the advertisement states the current amount.

No genuine recruitment asks you to send money to a person's bank account or mobile wallet, and no one can buy you a seat. PPSC's own instructions tell candidates to refuse anyone who offers to help them get selected. If someone asks you for money in the name of a recruitment - or in this website's name - do not pay, and report it.

Rules differ between commissions, departments and testing services, and they are revised. The advertisement for the post and the instructions of the body running the recruitment are always final - where they and this guide differ, follow them.