{"id":18099,"date":"2019-03-16T05:06:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T05:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/?p=18099"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:17:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:47:05","slug":"dir-3-kyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/dir-3-kyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Procedure &#038; Precautions to take before filing for DIR-3 KYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/dir-3-kyc\/#DIR-3_KYC\" title=\"DIR-3 KYC\">DIR-3 KYC<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/dir-3-kyc\/#Details_to_be_filed_in_DIR-3_KYC\" title=\"Details to be filed in DIR-3 KYC\">Details to be filed in DIR-3 KYC<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/dir-3-kyc\/#Regulations_around_e-Filing_of_KYC_of_Directors_that_you_MUST_check\" title=\"Regulations around e-Filing of KYC of Directors that you MUST check\">Regulations around e-Filing of KYC of Directors that you MUST check<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/dir-3-kyc\/#Procedure_to_e-File_for_DIR-3_KYC\" title=\"Procedure to e-File for DIR-3 KYC\">Procedure to e-File for DIR-3 KYC<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"DIR-3_KYC\"><\/span>DIR-3 KYC<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (\u201cMCA\u201d)in its notification of July 5, 2018, has made it mandatory for\u00a0every person holding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/director-identification-number\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Director Identification Number (DIN)<\/a>, that means, <strong>all directors<\/strong> of any company, and <strong>all partners\/directors of LLP,<\/strong> must get his DIR-3 Know your Client or DIR-3 KYC, updated\u00a0 with the MCA within the due dates provided in the Rules. Here the Format of this <strong>KYC\u00a0Form <\/strong>has also been duly prescribed.<\/p>\n<p>Every person holding DIN,\u00a0on or before March 31<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0of a financial year, <strong>has to fil<\/strong>e this Form with MCA on an <strong>annual<\/strong> basis, on or before April 30<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0of the immediate next financial year. It includes all DIN in \u2018approved\u2019 status, whether <strong>&#8220;Inactive&#8221;<\/strong> or <strong>&#8220;Disqualified&#8221;<\/strong>. The MCA says that\u00a0whether a person is holding directorship in any company or not, he must file this DIR-3 KYC, as long as he&#8217;s holding a DIN.<\/p>\n<p>The Rules\u00a0came into from July 10, 2018, onwards. So, for those directors who had been allotted DIN on or before March 31, 2018,\u00a0 they are required to file <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/dir-3-kyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DIR-3 e-KYC<\/a> on or before August 31, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>After expiry of the due date, if the Form has not been filed, the MCA will mark all approved DINs as<strong>\u00a0&#8220;Disqualified&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0with reason as \u2018Non-filing of DIR-3 KYC\u2019. Which can be re-activated on paying a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/penalty-non-filing-dir-3-kyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penalty on Non filing of DIR-3 KYC<\/a>\u00a0<strong>and <\/strong>filing the Form. As of now, this requisite fee is Rs 5000\/-.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Details_to_be_filed_in_DIR-3_KYC\"><\/span>Details to be filed in DIR-3 KYC<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Director&#8217;s Personal Details:\u00a0certified by a practicing Chartered Accountant or Company Secretary or Cost &amp; Management Accountant<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name<\/strong> of the director &#8211; <strong>PAN card<\/strong>.\u00a0PAN card is mandatory for Indian nationals. And the name has to be as per the PAN card. In case the details in the Pand card are incorrect, then, the director\/designated partner needs to first get the details in the Pan card corrected,<\/li>\n<li><strong>DIN<\/strong> &#8211; Do make sure your DIN is updated according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/key-changes-in-din-application-procedure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Key changes in DIN Application procedure<\/a>,<\/li>\n<li><strong>DSC<\/strong> (Digital Signature Certificate) &amp; its Expiry Date: this is to be self-attested,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Address<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 any one of these are valid as address proof for this KYC &#8211; Bank Statement or Utility Bill (Mobile Bill, Electricity Bill any other document in proof of same),<\/li>\n<li><strong>Passport<\/strong> &#8211; in case of<strong> Foreign<\/strong> Nationals,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Email id,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mobile number,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Either of Passport, Election(voter identity) card, Driving license, Aadhaar (earlier Only Aadhaar was mandatory, but with recent developments on Aadhaar not made compulsory, so these options were provided),<\/li>\n<li><strong>Declaration<\/strong> by the applicant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Regulations_around_e-Filing_of_KYC_of_Directors_that_you_MUST_check\"><\/span>Regulations around e-Filing of KYC of Directors that you MUST check<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Mobile number and E-mail id may be given of the company but it must be used\u00a0<strong>only<\/strong> by the applicant.<\/li>\n<li>This KYC e-form and all the above-listed documents are to be <strong>digitally signed<\/strong> by the director himself. No other director of the company is allowed to sign the e-form on behalf of the director whose KYC is being done.<\/li>\n<li>All the documents for DIN, DSC must be associated with the<strong> same PAN<\/strong>. And the details <strong>must match<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>You need to get all above documents duly signed by a <strong>certified CA\/CS\/CMA,\u00a0<\/strong>although the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/dir-3-kyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DIR-3 e-KYC<\/a> is an online process. Even the Mobile number &amp; email id has to be certified that these belong to the Director only. And OTP will be sent on either of these two, for e-filing.<\/li>\n<li>All the documents &amp; the e-form is to be <strong>uploaded<\/strong> on the site, after getting attested by the CA.<\/li>\n<li>Once all documents have been uploaded, the <strong>&#8220;Send OTP&#8221;<\/strong> button will get only when <strong>DSC is affixed<\/strong>. The OTP thus received will be valid for a duration of 15 minutes only<\/li>\n<li>If the Director is holding <strong>two citizenships<\/strong> then he may\/may not check yes in the field \u2018Citizen of India\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>In the<strong> permanent address<\/strong> field, if the Director is a Resident Of India (ROI) then he has to write his Indian address but if he is not, then he will have to write his foreign address. And Foreign Numbers.<\/li>\n<li>In the case of <strong>Foreign Nationals<\/strong>, documents need to be attested by the prescribed authority.<\/li>\n<li>OTP Validation for <strong>Foreign Nationals\u00a0<\/strong>&amp; their numbers is also compulsory.<\/li>\n<li>Director&#8217;s <strong>own DSC<\/strong> is to be used for e-filing. Only the Director himself is responsible for this. Not the professional associated.<\/li>\n<li>This Form is <strong>Straight Through Process (STP<\/strong>)\u00a0mode,\u00a0No approval required from Registrar of Companies (ROC).<\/li>\n<li>No Government fees are\u00a0levied for filing the forms.<\/li>\n<li>When a Director holds <strong>Multiple<\/strong> or <strong>Duplicate DIN<\/strong>s, he has to e-File using the Oldest DIN only. Later DINs must be surrendered. Moreover,\u00a0DIN once associated is NOT eligible for surrender.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Procedure_to_e-File_for_DIR-3_KYC\"><\/span>Procedure to e-File for DIR-3 KYC<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"table-1\">\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th align=\"left\">1<\/th>\n<th align=\"left\"><strong>Form:<\/strong><\/th>\n<th align=\"left\">Download the Form from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mca.gov.in\/MinistryV2\/companyformsdownload.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MCA website<\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th align=\"left\">2<\/th>\n<th align=\"left\"><strong>DIN: <\/strong><\/th>\n<th align=\"left\">Enter the &#8220;Approved&#8221; DIN in the KYC form<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th align=\"left\">3<\/th>\n<th align=\"left\"><strong>Company Details:<\/strong><\/th>\n<th align=\"left\">the form requires the details about the company, on the first page. Name, Address, Capital, Corporate Identity Number etc.<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th align=\"left\">4<\/th>\n<th align=\"left\"><strong>Director&#8217;s Details:<\/strong><\/th>\n<th align=\"left\">Now come the details about the director. First comes Personal- Name, address etc &amp; company related-designation, date of appointment etc<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th align=\"left\">5<\/th>\n<th align=\"left\"><strong>Director&#8217;s Position:<\/strong><\/th>\n<th align=\"left\">Director&#8217;s placement in the company&#8217;s scheme of work. His designation, date of appointment etc are to be entered.<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th align=\"left\">6<\/th>\n<th align=\"left\"><strong>Pan Verification:<\/strong><\/th>\n<th align=\"left\">When you have filled the Pan number, you need to click on\u00a0\u2018Verify income-tax PAN\u2019 button. Once this has been verified, you are able to proceed further.<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th align=\"left\">7<\/th>\n<th align=\"left\"><strong>Upload:<\/strong><\/th>\n<th align=\"left\">Upload the Salient documents, as also mentioned above. They must be self-attested &amp; certified by a practicing CA etc.<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th align=\"left\">8<\/th>\n<th align=\"left\"><strong>Optional Attachment:<\/strong><\/th>\n<th align=\"left\">These have to be digitally signed by the Applicant<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th align=\"left\">9<\/th>\n<th align=\"left\"><strong>Check:<\/strong><\/th>\n<th align=\"left\">\u00a0Verify the details given. Approve by digitally signing.<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th align=\"left\">10<\/th>\n<th align=\"left\"><strong>Certify:<\/strong><\/th>\n<th align=\"left\">\u00a0The CA\/CS\/CMA etc who has attested the documents is to certify here with their Digital Signatures.<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th align=\"left\">11<\/th>\n<th align=\"left\"><strong>OTP:<\/strong><\/th>\n<th align=\"left\">Receive an OTP to submit the form. This as mentioned earlier, would be sent on your mobile or e-mail.<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th align=\"left\">12<\/th>\n<th align=\"left\"><strong>SRN:<\/strong><\/th>\n<th align=\"left\">An SRN (Service Request Number) will be generated after form submission. This would be used for all future correspondence with MCA, for you.<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th align=\"left\">13<\/th>\n<th align=\"left\"><strong>Approval:<\/strong><\/th>\n<th align=\"left\">The approval of the form will be sent to your e-mail id, that you have provided in the form.<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With the last date for filing DIR-3 KYC long expired on Sept 15th, 2018, for the current Financial Year, 2018-19. Also the deactivation process over,\u00a0The Non-Compliant Directors, <strong>may still get their DIN re-activated<\/strong> through E-filing of their Dir-3 KYC, with payment of a stipulated fee.<\/p>\n<p>Reach out to us at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LegalRaasta<\/a>, with our 10+ years of experience &amp; 30+ offices in India, and we will do it for you, so you can avoid unnecessary headaches. Call us at <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">+91 8750008585<\/span>. You can also drop an e-mail at <a href=\"mailto:contact@legalraasta.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact@legalraasta.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Do read:<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/dir-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DIR-3 KYC Complete Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/companyregistrationonline.in\/blog\/how-to-update-dir-3-kyc-details-of-directors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Update DIR-3 KYC Details of Directors<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title fusion-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/companyregistrationonline.in\/blog\/din-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DIN<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DIR-3 KYC The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (\u201cMCA\u201d)in its notification of July 5, 2018, has made it mandatory for\u00a0every person holding Director Identification Number (DIN), that means, all directors of any company, and all partners\/directors of LLP, must get his DIR-3 Know your Client or DIR-3 KYC, updated\u00a0 with the MCA within the due dates provided [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":18138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2241],"tags":[1986,1973,2226,1975,2227,2228,2229,1974,2230,2231,2232,2233,1807,1813,1816,1812,1808,1817,1809,269,1969,1970,1972,1971,1979,1811,1976,1978,882,879,869,880,1815,1814,1981,1982,1983,1985,1984,2234,2235,1819,1818,1810,1980,1977],"class_list":["post-18099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dir-3-kyc","tag-digital-signature-certificate","tag-din","tag-din-application","tag-din-for-director","tag-din-full-form","tag-din-guide","tag-din-meaning","tag-din-number","tag-dir-3","tag-dir-3-certificate","tag-dir-3-form","tag-dir-3-know-your-customer","tag-dir-3-kyc","tag-dir-3-kyc-filing","tag-dir-3-kyc-filing-process","tag-dir-3-kyc-form","tag-dir-3-kyc-precautions","tag-dir-3-kyc-procedure","tag-dir-3-kycdocuments","tag-director-identification-number","tag-director-kyc","tag-director-kyc-form","tag-director-kyc-procedure","tag-director-kyc-process","tag-directors-dsc","tag-documents-required-for-dir-3-kyc","tag-dsc","tag-dsc-directors","tag-dsc-form","tag-dsc-full-form","tag-dsc-online","tag-dsc-registration","tag-filing-for-dir-3-kyc","tag-how-to-file-dir-3-kyc","tag-mca-rules","tag-mca-rules-for-directors","tag-mca-rules-on-din","tag-mca-rules-on-dir-3-kyc","tag-mca-rules-on-dsc","tag-process-to-dir-3-kyc","tag-process-to-director-kyc","tag-process-to-e-file-dir-3-kyc","tag-process-to-file-dir-3-kyc","tag-what-documents-for-dir-3-kyc","tag-what-is-din","tag-what-is-dsc"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DIR-3 KYC | Must check these points before you file | Legal Raasta |<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Make sure you go through this and have the documents ready before beginning with the process of e-filing your DIR-3 KYC &amp; 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