Instructions for Filling the Form for online application for Reprint of PAN Card

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Instructions for Filling the Form

1. Full Name

Please select appropriate title.

Individuals must state full expanded name. If Last Name and Middle Name are entered, then applicant must enter First Name also. Do not use abbreviations and initials

For example, Poonam Ravi Narayan should be written as:


Last Name/Surname	First Name	Middle Name
NARAYAN	POONAM	RAVI

Allowed two characters initials in surname, first name, middle name & father’s name of applicant are mentioned below.

Applicants other than ‘Individuals’, must ignore above instructions.

For example: Name of the Company
NATIONAL SECURITIES DEPOSITORY LIMITED HUFs shall mention HUF after their full name. Mention HUF in bracket ( ).

For example: Name of HUF
MANOJ MAFATLAL DAVE (HUF)

In case of Company, the name should be provided without any abbreviations. For example, different variations of ‘Private Limited’ viz. Pvt Ltd, Private Ltd, Pvt Limited, P Ltd, P. Ltd., P. Ltd are not allowed. It should be ‘Private Limited’ or ‘Limited’ only.

In case of sole proprietorship concern, the sole proprietor should use/apply PAN in his/her personal name.

Name should not be prefixed with titles such as Shri, Smt, Kumari, Dr., Major, M/s etc.

2. Name you would like Printed on the Card

Individual applicants are allowed to provide abbreviated ‘Name to be printed on the card’. The abbreviated name should necessarily contain the expanded Last Name/Surname.

For example:

Last Name/Surname	First Name	Middle Name
SAMUEL	ROY	JAMES

can be written as,

ROY JAMES SAMUEL
R. J. SAMUEL
ROY J. SAMUEL

For Non – Individual applicants, this should be same as last name field in Item No. 1 above.

Name you would like printed on the card should not be prefixed with titles such as Shri, Smt, Kumari, Dr., Major, M/s etc.

3. Father’s Name

Applicable to Individuals only. Instructions in Item No.1 with respect to name apply here.
Married women applicants should give only father’s name and not husband’s name.
Father’s Name should not be prefixed with titles such as Shri, Smt, Kumari, Dr., Major, M/s etc.

4. Date of Birth / Incorporation / Agreement / Partnership or Trust Deed / Formation of Body of Individuals / Association of Persons

Date cannot be a future date.

Date 2nd August 1975 should be written as

DD	MM	YYYY
0 2	0 8	1 9 7 5

Relevant date for different category of applicants is:

Individual	Company	Association of Person	Partnership Firms	HUFs
Date of Birth	Date of Incorporation	Date of Formation/Creation	Date of Partnership Deed	Date of creation of HUF and for ancestral HUF, date can be 01010001 where the date of creation is not available.

5. Sex

This field is mandatory for Individuals.

6. Photo Mismatch

Individuals issued a PAN card with some other person’s photograph will select the box on the left margin. The original PAN card with wrong photograph is to be enclosed with the acknowledgment.

7. Signature Mismatch

Individuals issued a PAN card with some other person’s signature will select the box on the left margin. The original PAN card with wrong signature is to be enclosed with the acknowledgment.

8. Address for Communication

Please select either ‘Residential’ or ‘Office’ address as the address for communication.
Address for communication can be Residential Address only if the applicant is an Individual / HUF / Body of Individuals / Association of Persons / Artificial Juridicial Person.
All future communication will be sent at the address indicated in this field.
If Address for Communication is selected as ‘Office’, Office Name and Address is mandatory.
Out of first four address fields, applicant must fill up atleast two fields.
Town/City/District, State/Union Territory and PIN are mandatory.
If the applicant wants to enter foreign address, option for “outside India” should be selected from the drop down list in the field of “State/Union Territory”.
Further, applicant should select the name of the country and enter the ZIP code as applicable.

9. Update Other Address

If applicant wishes to update other address, besides address for communication, box on left margin to be selected and details of address to be provided in the relevant fields.

10. Telephone Number and e-mail ID

Telephone Number is mandatory along with STD Code.
In case of mobile number, country code should be mentioned as STD Code.

ISD/STD Code	Tel. No.
9 1	9 8 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 5

Where ’91’ is the country code of India. However, In case of WLL mobiles (e.g. Reliance, TATA Indicom, etc.), STD Code should be mentioned.
NRI /Foreign National should mention the ISD code of their respective country and City code as applicable in the space provided for ISD/STD code. e.g. Person staying in Chicago should write 1312 in the ISD/STD code text box.(1 is ISD code of USA and 312 is City code of Chicago).
E-mail ID is mandatory. Applicants must provide their valid e-mail ID for receiving intimation about the status of their application through e-mail.

11. Mention other Permanent Account Numbers (PANs) inadvertently allotted to you

All PAN(s) inadvertently allotted should be mentioned and the corresponding PAN card(s), if any, to be submitted for cancellation alongwith the acknowledgment. PAN to be cancelled should not be same as PAN (the one currently used) mentioned at the top of the form.

Documents to be submitted Along with the Application

Proof of Identity and Address

Documents which are acceptable as proof of identity and address are mentioned in Detailed instructions for documents to be submitted.
Proof of Identity and address must be in the full expanded name of the applicant as mentioned in the application form.
If the applicant is a minor (i.e. below 18 years of age at the time of application), any of the documents acceptable as proof of identity and address of any of the parents/ guardian of such minor shall be deemed to be the proof of identity and address of the applicant.
Proof of address in the name of spouse/parents/sibling etc., will not be accepted as valid proof of address.
Proof of Address is required for the address mentioned in “Address for communication” in item no.7.
If item no.8 is ticked & filled in, proof of address mentioned therein is also required.

Proof of PAN

Proof of PAN is required for the PAN currently in use (i.e. existing PAN). This is required for the PAN mentioned at the beginning of the application before item no. 1
Proof of PAN is also required in case of cancellation request for any PAN, i.e., for any PAN mentioned in Item No. 10
Proof of PAN can be one of the following only:

Copy of PAN card; or
Copy of intimation letter issued by the Income Tax Department in lieu of PAN card intimating PAN.
In case one of the above proofs are not available, a copy of FIR (stating loss of PAN card) can be submitted.

If proof of PAN (as stated above) is not submitted, the application will be processed on a ‘good effort’ basis even without a copy of FIR. During verification at NSDL, if it is found that there are differences between the PAN or the data provided in the application with the ITD database, the application may not be processed and the processing fee will be forfeited.

Proof for Change Requested

The applicant shall be required to provide further documentary proof to support request for correction or change in PAN data like name, father’s name, date of birth, for example:

Request for change (marginal correction like spelling correction, expansion of initials, etc.,) in applicant’s or father’s name will have to be supported with suitable proof of identity containing corrected data.
Request for change (significant change) in applicant’s or father’s name will have to be supported with such proof that will contain proof of change of name from the old to the new in addition to the proof of identity. The documents that shall be accepted as proof in this case are:

For married ladies – change of name on account of marriage – marriage certificate, marriage invitation card, publication of ‘name-change’ in gazette, copy of passport showing husband’s name (or vice versa).
For individual applicants other than married ladies – publication of `name-change’ in gazette.
For companies – ROC’s certificate for name change.
For partnership firms – revised Partnership Deed
For other categories which are registered organisations (AOP/Trust/BOI/AJP, etc.) – the revised registration/deed/agreement.
For all categories of applicants – A certificate from a gazetted officer stating name change.
Request for correction of date of birth (for individuals) and date of incorporation (non-individuals) will have to be supported with documents issued by competent authority containing the correct date.
The address for communication in the ITD database will be updated with the address for communication mentioned in the application, even if change in address for communication is not requested in the application.

If the core data relating to the PAN (the applicant’s name, date of birth, father’s name (for individual), name and date of incorporation [for non-individual]) provided in the application substantially varies with the PAN data in the ITD database and the applicant has not requested for the change in the same with sufficient support documents, the applicant will be intimated of this variance. In such case the applicant will have to provide necessary support documents. If such data substantially matches with the ITD database the PAN card will be printed with the data in the ITD database with only the fields marked for change by the applicant.

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