The concept of a Director Identification Number (DIN) has been introduced for the first time with the insertion of Sections 266A to 266G of Companies (Amendment) Act, 2006. As such, all the existing and intending Directors have to obtain DIN within the prescribed time-frame as notified.
Any person intending to become a director in a new Company is required to apply for the allotment of Director Identification Number only through SPICe eform at the time of incorporation. Any person intending to become a director in an existing company shall have to make an application in eForm DIR-3 for allotment of DIN and should follow the prescribed procedure:
Upon upload, Pay the fees for DIR-3 eForm. Only electronic payment of the fees shall be allowed (i.e. Netbanking / Credit Card / NEFT). No Challan payment will be accepted under procedure of DIN allotment. The user is required to get himself / herself registered on the MCA21 Portal to obtain login id, Login to the MCA21 portal and click on 'eForm upload' link available under the 'eForms' tab for uploading the eForm DIR- 3. eForm DIR-3 will be processed only after the DIN application fee is paid.
Upon upload and successful payment, In case Form DIR-3 details have not been identified as potential duplicate, Approved DIN shall be generated and if the details have been identified as potential duplicate, Provisional DIN shall be generated.
In case, DIR-3 is a potential duplicate, the MCA DIN cell will be examine the e Form DIR-3 and same shall be disposed of within one or two days.