Q.979 PAN Card Online

Application now changed & easier

to fill

Question: Dear Sir I am hoping you can help me with my question. I was born in India but have since become a UK citizen. I have an NRI card. I would like to apply for a PAN card. Can I ask which application I use - the 49A or 49AA. And where do I submit the completed application and pay the fee's. I am based in the UK, Thanks Sanjeev Answer: Previously there was also a confusion for NRIs who are Indian citizens but living abroad as to whether they should use Form 49A or 49AA. Now this question does not arise. • Form 49A is for those who are Indian citizens [regardless of which country they may live in] • Form 49AA would be for those holding foreign citizenship - [such as foreigners, OCI & PIO holders regardless of which country they live in] Now PAN Card application form for those applying online has been changed and actually made more user friendly. Now when you go the online PAN card application on the Internet, applicants will find drop-down menus to select the application type.

Step by step PAN card online

application

1. Visit https://tin.tin.nsdl.com/pan/ 2. Select the application type. The choices are to select for application type are: a. New PAN - Indian Citizen (Form 49A) b. New PAN - Foreign Citizen (Form 49AA) c. Changes or Correction in existing PAN Data / Reprint of PAN Card (No changes in existing PAN Data) 3. Select the Category from the drop-down menu: [Select Individual if applying for yourself] 4. Enter the Applicant information on the Form [items marked in Red * are compulsory and must be filled in] 5. Enter the Captcha Code as displayed and then click the Submit button 6. A Token number will be displayed and also sent to your email ID that you provided on the previous page of the application form. Click the Continue with PAN Application Form to continue to fill the remaining application. 7. Continue to make the appropriate selections from drop-down menus and fill the required fields on each page of the form. Click the Next button to move to the next page until form is completed. 8. Once form is completed, saved and you have printed a copy. Duly signed form with photographs attached along with the documents required for proof of identity & address as well as requisite fee should be sent to NSDL e-Gov at 'Income Tax PAN Services Unit, NSDL e- Governance Infrastructure Limited, 5th Floor, Mantri Sterling, Plot No. 341, Survey No. 997/8, Model Colony, Near Deep Bungalow Chowk, Pune - 411 016'.

Documents Required with PAN Card

Application

• Two photographs must be pasted in the space provided in the acknowledgment form. • Proof of identity [copy of the passport] • Proof of address [such as Copy of passport if address is shown on passport or Copy of bank account statement in country of residence or Copy of NRE bank account statement & duly attested]

Fee for PAN

• If communication address is within India, then the fee for processing PAN application is Rs. 107.00 (Rs. 93.00 + 15% service tax). Payment can be made either by Demand Draft Credit Card / Debit Card Net Banking. • If communication Address is outside India, then the fee for processing PAN application is Rs. 994.00 [(Application fee Rs. 93.00 + Dispatch Charges Rs.771.00) + 15% service tax]. Payment can be made only by credit card / debit card or demand draft payable at Mumbai. Demand draft shall be in favor of 'NSDL - PAN' and should be payable at Mumbai.