How to Apply for PAN Card Online Step by Step, How to make PAN Card Online
Documents required to apply for PAN card online
Indian citizens require three types of documents. This includes ID proof, residence certificate (
Documents should not be older than three months) and birth certificate.
1) Documents for ID proof
- voter id card
- Ration Card (Photo should be attached)
- Passport
- driving license
- arms license
- Aadhar card
- Photo ID card issued by Central Government or State Government
- Pension Card (Photo should be attached)
- Central Government Health Scheme Card or Ex-Servicemen Health Scheme Photo Card
- Bank certificate or branch’s letter head with your name and officer’s stamp. The certificate should have your photo and bank account number.
2) Documents for residence certificate (any one)
- electricity bill
- Landline or broadband connection bill
- water bill
- Consumer Gas Connection Card or Gas Pipeline Bill
- bank account statement
- Depository Account Statement
- credit card statement
- Copy of Post Office Passbook (your address should be mentioned)
- Passport
- voter id card
- Property Tax (Latest)
- driving license
- Government issued residence certificate
- Aadhar card
- property registration document
3) Documents for date of birth
- Birth certificate issued by municipal authority or other office.
- pension payment order
- marriage certificate
- Marriage certificate issued by the Registrar of Marriages
- matriculation examination certificate
- Passport
- driving license
- Government issued residence certificate
PAN card application fee
For Indian citizens, the application fee will be Rs 116 (plus online application charge of around Rs 5). Foreign nationals will have to pay Rs 1,020 (plus Rs 5 charge).
How to apply for PAN card online
1) To apply for PAN card NSDL Or UTITSL Go to website. Both the sites are authorized. Let us tell you the steps how you can apply for a new PAN card from the NSDL site.
2) After clicking on the link given above, you will see the online PAN application at the top of the page. After this go to Application Type, here click on New PAN – Indian Citizen (Form 49A). If you are a foreign citizen then click on (Form 49AA).
3) After this select the category. Most people will choose the Individual option.
4) After this enter the requested personal information, such as name, date of birth, mobile number etc. After this enter the captcha code and click on the submit button.
5) After this you have to choose how you want to provide the documents for PAN. For this you have 3 options, if you want, you can authenticate through Aadhaar Card. You can submit the scanned image or send the document through e-Sign.
6) We have selected the Aadhaar card based process. You will receive OTP, after which payment has to be made.
7) Enter the requested information such as Aadhaar number (optional). After this click on Next.
8) After this you have to enter name, date of birth, address etc. and click on Next.
9) After this you have to click on Banana Skin which is AO code. It may seem complicated to you but it is simple. After this, choose one of the Indian Citizen, NRI, Defense Employee and Government category options shown above.
10) After this select AO Code, enter your state and area. Wait for a few seconds and then you will see the full list of AO codes. After this, keep scrolling down and choose the category you like best. Here you will see many categories like companies, people without income, government employees, private sector employees. If you are unsure which category you fall into, contact the CA. Select the correct AO code and then click on Next.
11) Select the document for proof of age and residence. After entering the required information, click on the submit button.
12) After this the payment page will open, here you will see many payment options.
13) After payment, Aadhaar OTP will be asked to authenticate or you can also submit the documents through E-sign. Apart from this, as we told you earlier also that you can send the copy of the documents to NSDL. You will receive a mail by NSDL on email, PAN card will be delivered to your address after the application is processed.
