Permanent Account Number or PAN card is unique 10 digit identity number that is allotted to each and every tax payer by Income tax department under the supervision of Central Board of Direct taxes. It serves as an important identity proof in all government and non-government departments and has to be presented to banks and other institutions as your proof of identity.
There are certain set of guidelines for applying pan card and these must be followed by every person who applying it. Also, there are certain set of documents that are to be presented as proof while applying it.
For person from United Arab Emirate (UAE), referred as NRI below are steps that are to be followed while applying Pan card:
- An application through Form 49AA must be made in case of new Pan card and in case they have to apply for any correction in Pan card or reprint of Pan card in prescribed format, that is same for all Indians and NRIs. All these forms can be filled and submitted online through websites – UTIITSL and NSDL. An acknowledgement copy with 15 digit number on submitting the form is retrieved and a copy of this is sent to the designated address along with other documents.
- Two recent photographs are needed and are to be pasted in the space provided in the acknowledgement form and a copy of passport of bank statement of UAE, copy of Non Resident Rupee (NRE) and bank account statements reflecting at least two transactions in six months are duly to be submitted after attesting them.
- The signed form along with all the above stated documents should reach the designated address within 15 days of online application. If the payment is made by demand draft, the pan card is issued when the payment is realized and then transmitted to the communication address – be it residential or office, if they do not have any Indian address of their own.
- If the communication address provided by UAE applicant is within India, the fees are Rs. 107 and if it is outside India, the fee is Rs. 989. This fee is inclusive of the application fees and dispatch amount.
- In case of online application, the fees may be paid via debit/credit card or via Net banking. Demand draft favoring the UTIITSL and NSDL can be dispatched along with the documents and form.
- Even through any Company they can apply for Pan – Company can be any private or government but the charges of private company are higher and the services provided by them are excellent.
- In case they make online application, person from UAE will have to send two colored photographs affixed on duly signed hard copy of application or on part of application or on some contents of application. In case all the copies of applications are made online then photographs and signatures will be required by the service provider companies via post or couriers through semi online service.
- The delivery of the Pan card by such a person can be transpired in India and for that he has to have eligible proof of local address of India.
- NRI has the provision to keep and maintain more than one Pan card of the same Pan No. For more info:- Alankit Group Dubai
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