How much does it cost to inscribe to a CNSC concurso?

Inscribing to a CNSC concurso generally requires paying a derecho de participacion, a fee that varies by the nivel jerarquico of the empleo you apply to. For the CNSC Territorial 12 process, the fee fixed for 2026 was COP 58,400 for the niveles asistencial and tecnico, and COP 87,550 for the niveles profesional and asesor, according to the CNSC’s own published tarifa. Aspirants claiming the disability reserve are generally exempt from this fee once their certificado de discapacidad is validated.

Why does the fee vary by nivel?

Because the fee scale is tied to the salary grade and jerarquico level of the empleo, not to the applicant’s own income or circumstances, so a person applying to a profesional-level job pays a higher fee than one applying to an asistencial-level job in the same process. The rate itself is fixed in the acuerdo de convocatoria for that specific process and can differ from one process to the next, so a fee confirmed for CNSC Territorial 12 is not automatically the rate for a different concurso.

Does paying the fee complete your inscription?

No. Payment is a required step, but the inscription itself is the SIMO form: selecting the OPEC number, completing your hoja de vida, and locking the application before the window closes. Paying the derecho de participacion without finishing and submitting the SIMO form does not register you for the process, and no inscripciones are accepted after the fecha limite fixed in the acuerdo. Our guide on what SIMO registration requires covers the full sequence of steps, payment being only one of them.

Who is exempt from the fee?

Aspirants inscribing to a vacancy under the disability reserve, once their certificado de discapacidad has been validated as part of the inscription, per Ley 2418 of 2024 and the CNSC’s own guidance on the reserve. Our post on how the disability reserve works covers what documentation that exemption requires.

How do you actually pay?

Through the channel SIMO routes payment through for that specific process, generally to a designated bank; check the current acuerdo for the exact mechanics, since payment channels are fixed process by process rather than being identical across every CNSC concurso.

Is the fee refundable if you are eliminated early in the process?

The derecho de participacion is generally treated as a fee for the right to participate in the process, not as a payment contingent on advancing past a specific stage, so an aspirant eliminated at verificacion de requisitos should not assume the fee is automatically refunded; check the specific acuerdo for the process for its own rules on this.

FAQ

Does the Concurso Docente charge the same fee as CNSC Territorial 12? The exact fee for the Concurso Docente 2026 process was not confirmed in the acuerdo definitivo at the time this was written; check the current acuerdo for that process rather than assuming the Territorial 12 figures carry over.

Is the fee the same for modalidad ascenso and modalidad abierto? Fee amounts are generally set by the nivel jerarquico of the empleo rather than by modalidad, though the specific acuerdo for a given process is the authority on whether any distinction applies.

Can I pay the fee after the inscription window closes? No, both payment and the SIMO form itself have to be completed within the window fixed by the acuerdo; there is no informal extension once SIMO closes the process.

What happens if I pay the fee for the wrong nivel by mistake? Check the acuerdo’s specific procedure for payment corrections before assuming the mistake can simply be fixed after the fact; this is a detail worth getting right before submitting rather than relying on a correction process that may not exist.

Is there a fee to check my results once tests are applied? No, checking results in SIMO or the Banco Nacional de Listas de Elegibles carries no separate fee; our post on checking CNSC results explains where to look.