DIR-3 KYC Filing for Directors

What is DIR-3 KYC?

Every individual holding a Director Identification Number (DIN) – company directors and LLP designated partners – must file KYC with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. It confirms your identity, personal mobile number, email and address.

Form or web KYC?

KYC is due by 30 September in the year it falls due, and your details must also be updated whenever they change. We check when yours is due.

If you miss the deadline

The MCA marks the DIN as deactivated, and the director cannot sign or file forms for the company. Filing later attracts a late fee of ₹5,000, after which the DIN is reactivated.

Who must file

Every individual who holds a DIN – whether currently a director, a designated partner of an LLP, or no longer on any board – must keep their KYC up to date for the DIN to stay active. That includes directors of companies that have been struck off and people whose DIN was allotted but who were never appointed.

Common reasons a KYC filing fails

• Mobile number or email already used for another DIN – each director needs their own personal contact details.
• Name mismatch between the DIN records, PAN and Aadhaar.
• Expired or mismatched DSC for the e-form route.
• Wrong address details compared with the address proof.
• DIN already deactivated – the late fee must be paid along with the filing.

We check your details against your PAN and Aadhaar before filing, so the KYC is accepted the first time.

DIN, DPIN and what deactivation means

The DIN is a lifetime number linked to you, not to any one company; the same number is used as the DPIN for LLP designated partners. When KYC is not filed, the DIN is marked "Deactivated due to non-filing of DIR-3 KYC". While it is deactivated, you cannot be appointed to a new company and the companies you are on cannot file forms that need your signature. Filing the KYC with the late fee reactivates it.

If you no longer need your DIN

If you have left all your directorships and do not expect to be a director again, you can apply to surrender the DIN – provided it was never used in any filing, or after following the conditions that apply. Otherwise, keep the KYC current: reactivating a DIN later is more work than keeping it active.

Our service

We check your DIN status, file the right form, help with a digital signature certificate if needed and remind you when the next KYC is due. Pair it with annual ROC compliance for the company.