Director KYC Vs. Company KYC


Director KYC Vs. Company KYC

Director KYC Filing (Form DIR-3 KYC) & Company KYC Filing (Form 22A-ACTIVE) are two different filing requirements under the Companies Act, 2013. Director KYC was introduce red in the year 2018 and Company KYC is a new requirement introduced in the year 2019.

Director KYC (Form DIR-3 KYC by Directors)

  • DIN KYC is required to be filed by individual directors and is applicable for all DIN allotted on or before 30-03--2019.
  • The Form for the DIN KYC filing for year 2019-20 is not yet released by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA).
  • The due date for filing DIN KYC shall within a period of 30 days from the date of deployment for revised form by MCA.
  • In case of delay in filing the DIN KYC,  DIN will be deactivated by MCA and the delayed filing will attract penalty of Rs.5000.00
  • This being a KYC filing of individual director, there is no need to file for every company wherever the DIN holder is a Director.

Company KYC (Form 22A-ACTIVE by Companies)

  1. Company KYC Filing (Form 22A-ACTIVE) or One time Verification of Registered Office Verification  is applicable to all companies incorporated on or before 31st Dec 2017 and are under ‘Active’ status in MCA Website.
  2. The due date for filing Company KYC is extended to June 15, 2019.
  3. In case of delay in filing, the Company shall be marked as "ACTlVE-Non-Compliant" and the delayed filing will attract a penalty of Rs.10000.00
  4. This being a KYC filing of Company, there is no need to file this by every Director.