While applying for IEC, only two documents are required to be uploaded /submitted along with the digital photograph

While applying for IEC, only two documents are required to be uploaded /submitted along with the digital photograph

DETAILS OF INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED FOR OBTAINGING Importer-Exporter Code (IEC) THROUGH ONLINE

(A) Briefly, following are the requisite details /documents (scanned copies) to be submitted/ uploaded along with the application for IEC

(i) Details of the entity seeking the IEC:

(1) PAN of the business entity in whose name Import/Export would be done (Applicant individual in case of Proprietorship firms).

(2) Address Proof of the applicant entity.

(3) LLPIN /CIN/ Registration Certification Number (whichever is applicable).

(4) Bank account details of the entity. Cancelled cheque bearing entity’s pre-printed name or Bank certificate in prescribed format ANF-2A (I).

 

(ii) Details of the Proprietor/ Partners/ Directors/ Secretary or Chief Executive of the Society/ Managing Trustee of the entity:

(1) PAN (for all categories)

(2) DIN/DPIN (in case of Company /LLP firm)

(iii) Details of the signatory applicant:

(1) Identity proof

(2) PAN

(3) Digital photograph

2. After amendment para 2.05 (c) would read as under:

2.05 Importer-Exporter Code (IEC)

(c) Only the following are required to be uploaded along with the application for IEC with immediate effect:

(1)  Digital photograph of the signatory applicant;

(2)  Copy of the PAN card of the business entity in whose name Import/Export would be done (Applicant individual in case of Proprietorship firms);

(3)  Cancelled cheque bearing entity’s pre-printed name or Bank certificate in prescribed format ANF-2A(I)

 

3. The new insertion, part (d) under Para 2.05 would read as under:

(d) Only online application for IEC /modification in IEC can be made by applicants through digital signature (Class-II or Class-III) with effect from 1.4.2016.

 

4. Effect of this Notification: From the date of this notification only two documents are required to be uploaded /submitted along with the digital photograph while applying for IEC. Further, applications for IEC/ modification in IEC can be made only in online mode by applicants through digital signatures with effect from 1.4.2016.

Ref_ GOI Gazette NOTIFICATION NO. 34/2015-20, Dated: January 29, 2016