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What is Director Identification Number (DIN) & How to Get DIN

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Director Identification Number (DIN)  is a unique identification number given to an existing or a potential
Director of any company which is incorporated.  DIN came into existence after the  insertion of the section

266A & 266B of the Companies Act, 1956 (as amended vide Act No 23 of 2006).

Why Director Identification Number (DIN)

Many a times it is seen that a company is created and it raises money from investors and public and

vanishes with the Director and are not been traceable. The main purpose of introducing Director

Identification Number (DIN) was to keep a Date base of  the Directors of the the incorporated companies
and to keep complete information about the Directors so that they dont cheat anyone and in case they do,

can be traceable.

Director Identification Number (DIN) not only helps fixing the identity of the Director but also relates
his participation in others companies, past and present. In case any change of address or particular is faced

by the DIN holder, they are suppose to inform the central government about the same. So this keeps the
database ‘live’ always.

As per the recent amendment in the Companies Act, 1956, DIN has become mandatory for all the directors.

DIN is individual specific and not company specific, so only one DIN is required per director/person
irrespective of how many companies he is managing. This is a pre-requisite to incorporate a new company.

How to Apply for Director Identification Number (DIN)

This a simple one day process where you can apply for DIN online. PAN number is mandatory of Indian

Citizen and Passpost for the Foreign national. Here are the simple steps to follow for applying your DIN.

Chances are that you will get lost when you go to http://www.mca.gov.in/MCA21/ . It took me atleast an hour
before i could figure out what to do and how to do . First important thing is you have to open this site in Internet
Explorer whether you like it or not, and java platform also have to be activated on the browser, only then will you
be able to register your self and login.

Step 1 : Go to website http://www.mca.gov.in/MCA21/ and create a new User if you are not already

registered there. Once you log-in click on the link  Director Identification Number, or go to this link
http://www.mca.gov.in/MCA21/Din.html , You can click on the ‘DIN-1 Form ‘ which will prompt you to
download the pdf form(PDF is highly interactive) which you can fill offline and it allows you to attach your

scanned photo and other ID and Address Proof with the document in the PDF itself.

Document Needed to be attached

. High resolution photograph of the applicant 

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· Proof of identity;

· Proof of residence;

· Proof of Date of birth

· Affidavit in the case of single name as per the guidelines

· Copy of passport in the case of foreign nationals

*Note – You don’t have to log-in to download the DIN-1 Form. Log-in is required to upload the form and to

make payment

Step 2: Once the form is filled and all the necessary documents attached with the PDF, you have to log-in.

Again you will be lost as to where to upload it. Here is what you can do – when you log-in the site shows an
user page with three sections “Services, eForms, My Documents, you can click on eForm and then click on
eForm Upload.

*Note eForm has to be Digitally Signed.

Step 3 : After upload you have to make the fee payment for the DIN which is   100 which has to be paid
only through electronically ie., through Net banking/Credit Card.

Step 4: Once the payment is done DIN will be generated immediately depending on who has signed the
Form.

In case Form DIN 1 is signed by a practicing professional ie.,  Charted Account, Approved DIN shall be
generated.

In case Form DIN 1 is signed by an applicant or by the Managing Director/ existing director of the
Company in which the applicant is a Director or the Company Secretary in full time employment of the
Company, provisional DIN shall be generated.

*Note: You don’t have to worry if you get a provisional DIN, in which case MCA(Ministry of Corporate
Affairs) DIN cell will examine the e Form DIN 1 and same shall be disposed of within one or two days, and
you will get your DIN number.

DIN applications instructions here http://www.mca.gov.in/MCA21/dca/din/DIN.html

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So thats it, You are just 4 steps away fro getting your DIN. Its really that simple, most of the time we think
we don’t have time for all these thing and we hire a lawyer who may charge     300 for the same.

Intimate DIN to your company : Within one month of the receipt of Director Identification Number(DIN)
from the Central Government, intimate your Director Identification Number to the company or all
companies wherein you are director. Such intimation is required to be given in Form DIN-2.

More than one DIN: Its illegal to hold more than one DIN, in which case you have to surrender the DIN to
ROC

DIN Corrections: You can do the corrections at no additional cost by upload the DIN-4 Form which you can
download from the MCA website, go here http://www.mca.gov.in/MCA21/dca/din/DIN.html

Common causes of DIN rejections here http://www.mca.gov.in/MCA21/Din_common_cause.html

Hence in the ending I would like to conclude that if you need a DIN for yourself its very easy and not to
mention its cheap!

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