As per Ministry of Corporate Affairs, if any person has been allotted “Director Identification Number” and the status of such DIN appears to be Approved then such Director needs to file a form to update DIR-3 KYC details in the system. Disqualified directors are also required to file form DIR-3 KYC.
For the financial year ending on 31 st March 2019, the individual shall submit e-form DIR-3 KYC or web form DIR-3 KYC-WEB, as the case may be, on or before the 14th October 2019 (extended from 30 September, 2019).
As per the said notification:
- eForm DIR-3 KYC is to be filed by an individual who holds DIN and is filing his KYC details for the first time or by the DIN holder who has already filed his KYC once in eform DIR-3 KYC but wants to update his details.
- Web service DIR-3-KYC-WEB is to be used by the DIN holder who has submitted DIR-3 KYC eform in the previous financial year and no update is required in his details.
Due Date for above is now extended to 14th October 2019 from 30th September 2019.
What happens if eForm DIR-3 KYC is not filed within the specified due date?
As per MCA notification Dated 25th Jully 2019, If a Director, fails to file eform DIR-3 KYC before the expiry of the due date, then MCA21 system will mark his/her DIN as ‘De-activated’ with reason as ‘Non-filing of DIR-3 KYC’.
However, the de-activated DIN shall be re-activated only after eform DIR-3 KYC is filed along with payment of Rs. 5000.
In order to avoid any delay which would result in payment of Rs. 5000, the Directors are advised to file the same before the due date.
Please also read the FAQs on DIR-3 KYC
