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How to generate a Directors Identification Number (DIN)

Monday, March 17th, 2008

Step I

Go to official website of Ministry of Corporate Affairs at http://www.mca.gov.in, the following page will appear.

mca home page 

Step II

On this page click the second box (out of the six boxes in a row) marked DIN and the following window will open.

mca din page

Step III

Choose the option - Apply for DIN 

Step IV

Fill up the opened form and click the submit button at the end. A provisional DIN will be generated and a form containing information submitted by you will appear. Save this form and take a print of the same.

Step V

Affix a photograph at the space marked for it and sign in the boxes (2 places) given in the form and marked “Signature of the applicant”. Please note that the signatures should be within the box.

Step VI

Attach proof of address and proof of identity of the applicant and the name, father’s name, date of birth and address appearing in these documents should match the particulars filled in the application. If the proof of identity does not include father’s name and Date of Birth, then separate documents should be attached as proof of father’s name and date of Birth.

Step VII

The documents attached with the form and the photograph affixed in the form should be attested by a Gazzetted officer or a Notary Public or a Company Secretary/ Chartered Accountant/ Cost Accountant in practice.

Step VIII 

Send these documents at the address mentioned below :

MCA DIN Cell,
A-14, Sector-I,
PDIL Bhavan,
Noida,
Uttar Pradesh-201301

Step IX

After 2-3 working days check your DIN status by clicking the button “DIN Approval Status” in the window opened at step II. If the DIN is approved you will get an approval letter at the address mentioned in the form.