If a CCAvenue payment is not reflecting on the MAHACET FCR portal, email your CCAvenue payment receipt to student@mahacet.org for resolution. The team usually replies within 24 hours. A related issue is the Pay button being invisible, which is fixed by completing your profile to 100% and submitting your college preferences on the FCR portal.
Two distinct payment problems show up on the MAHACET FCR portal. The first appears before payment is even possible, where the Pay button is not visible. The second appears after payment, where the CCAvenue transaction has gone through but the portal does not yet reflect it. Both have specific, well-understood fixes.
The fixes below assume you have completed registration on the portal and are working through the Provisional Eligibility Fee stage. For the broader fee structure and what each portal fee covers, see What Are the $50 and $1,150 MAHACET FCR Fees For?.
Issue 1: I Paid via CCAvenue, but the Payment Is Not Reflecting
CCAvenue is the payment gateway used for portal payments. Most CCAvenue payments reflect on the portal soon after the transaction completes. Occasionally a payment is processed by CCAvenue but does not appear on the portal right away. The fix is straightforward.
What to do
- Locate your CCAvenue payment receipt. CCAvenue emails this to the address used during the transaction.
- Email the receipt to student@mahacet.org.
- Include the following in your email so the team can match the payment to your application
quickly:
- Your registration email address on the FCR portal.
- Your name as it appears on the portal.
- Your applicant category (NRI, OCI, PIO, CIWGC, Foreign National, or Merchant Navy).
The support team usually replies within 24 hours and confirms the next steps for your specific application.
Issue 2: I Cannot Find the Pay Button on the FCR Portal
The Pay button is not always visible. It is gated behind two completion steps. If either step is incomplete, the button does not appear.
How to make the Pay button appear
- Bring your profile to 100% complete. Fill in every required field on the portal and upload every required document for your category. The completeness indicator on the portal shows your status.
- Select your college preferences. On the next screen, choose your course and the colleges that offer it for your category, then click Submit Preferences.
- The Pay button appears. The screen that follows displays a green Pay button for the $50 Provisional Eligibility Fee.
If the Pay button is still not visible after both steps are complete, recheck your profile completeness indicator. A single missing required field is enough to keep the button hidden.
Step-by-Step Video Tutorial
The MAHACET FCR support team has a public video that walks through the full registration and payment flow on the portal. If the steps above do not match what you see on screen, watch the tutorial here: MAHACET FCR Registration Tutorial on YouTube.
Always keep the CCAvenue receipt. Save the email or PDF receipt from CCAvenue for every portal payment. If anything needs follow-up, the receipt is the fastest way for support to confirm the transaction and reconcile it with your application.
Frequently Asked Questions
I paid via CCAvenue but my payment is not showing on the MAHACET FCR portal. What should I do?
Send your CCAvenue payment receipt to student@mahacet.org. The team usually replies within 24 hours. Include your registration email, your name as it appears on the portal, and your applicant category along with the receipt so they can match the payment to your application.
I cannot find the Pay button on the MAHACET FCR portal. How do I access it?
The Pay button appears only after two conditions are met. First, your profile must be 100% complete. Second, you must select your college preferences and click Submit Preferences. The following screen then displays a green Pay button for the $50 Provisional Eligibility Fee.
Is there a video tutorial that shows the MAHACET FCR registration and payment flow?
Yes. A step-by-step tutorial is available on the MAHACET FCR YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miDns0l8Tdc&list=PLXPvz4D5J01oH4z12zGmMODhUthtlMITy&index=7.
How long does it take for a CCAvenue payment to reflect on the FCR portal?
Most payments reflect on the portal soon after CCAvenue processes them. If yours has not appeared, send the CCAvenue payment receipt to student@mahacet.org and the team will confirm next steps within 24 hours.
What information should I include when I email about a missing MAHACET FCR payment?
Include the CCAvenue payment receipt, the registration email address you used on the portal, your name as it appears on the portal, and your applicant category (NRI, OCI, PIO, CIWGC, Foreign National, or Merchant Navy). This helps the support team match the payment to your application quickly.