How to Update or Correct PAN Card Details

Steps to apply for a PAN

Application for a PAN card can be made online or offline. There are two government authorized websites through which PAN can be applied online and they are:
NSDL website and
The UTIITSL website

The government has vested these two organizations with authority to issue PAN cards and accept applications for changes or issuance of duplicate PAN cards.
The application forms available on these websites are simple and clearly specify all the instructions. You need to fill the form and submit it along the processing fee and the documents required. If not online, you also have the option to send the documents via registered postal services to any service unit of NSDL or UTIITSL.
Indians are required to fill Form 49A to apply for PAN card and non-resident Indians and foreigners have to fill Form 49AA to request for a PAN card.

Step by step process to apply for PAN via online means is mentioned below

• Visit the NSDL website and click on the mentioned link to access the PAN application form: https://www.onlineservices.nsdl.com/paam/endUserRegisterContact.html Once you have opened the link, a window similar to the image should appear.
• Before you start filing the form, it is advisable to go through the instruction manual to avoid any kind of incompetencies. The instruction manual can be found by accessing this link: https://tin.tin.nsdl.com/pan/Instructions49A.html#instruct_form49A
• From under the ‘application type’, select the form which is necessary for you (form 49A for resident Indians and form 49AA for non-residents) and from under the ‘category’ option, choose what suits you best.
• After a thorough read, you can start filing the form
• Once you are done filing the form, click on ‘submit’. The screen will display a token number which will be emailed to you. But it is advised that you copy that token number
• Once the token number is generated, you will be re-directed to another screen where you will be asked to select a mode through which you would want to proceed further with the application.

Select amongst the three available options to

• (i) Submit digitally via e-KYC and e-Sign No documents or signatures or any other data is required to be updated or manually sent to NSDL in this mode. The data as per Adhaar would be automatically fetched and you will receive the e-PAN on mail the very same day.
• (ii) Submit scanned images via e-Sign and Under this option documents and signatures are updated in scanned copies online.
• (iii) Submit documents physically The documents for serving proof of Identity, residence and birth are sent manually to the postal address of NSDL.
• Choose your preferred option and proceed by filing all the required details.
• The portal will ask you to make a payment for your PAN application. The charges vary depending upon whether you require a physical copy of PAN card or not.
• If the Physical copy is required the fee structure will again depend upon two factors namely, whether PAN card has to be sent on Indian address or Foreign address.
• If the physical copy is not required for the PAN card the charges would differ as under. Also, a point to be noted here is that if the physical copy is not requested, then, furnishing correct mail id is really important. As the e- PAN would be sent on such mail ID.
• Next, you are required to select the applicable Assessing officer Range as per Income Tax.
• After this, you would be taken to the document details page where fill the requisite information like place etc and click on submit to continue. In case you have furnished aadhaar details no documents are either required to be attached in form of scanned copies or sent manually. Aadhaar would be accepted as the one and only documentary proof.
• After this the portal will offer you several payment options. You can choose your payment mode from a credit/debit card, net banking, and demand draft. Once you have made the payment, acknowledgment receipt will be generated. You are advised to note down this acknowledgment number for future reference.

Steps to update/make corrections in your PAN card

This facility is to be used when you want to make certain changes in your existing PAN card. It can be a name change or a residence change etc. The process to update your PAN is almost similar to the process you must have gone through while applying for the PAN for the first time. The only key differences being

• You are required to visit the NSDL website and from the ‘Application Type’ section, select Changes or corrections in existing PAN data / Reprint of PAN.
• After making this selection you would be mandatorily required to mention your existing Permanent Account Number in the field shown in the image below.
• Rest all the process of selecting PAn application mode, the fees etc would be similar except.
  No AO code would be asked again and on the document details page, you would be required to select Proof of PAN additionally.
• Fill in the form as per the instructions and make the necessary payment. The portal will offer several payment modes like a credit/debit card, demand draft and net banking. Make the payment via your preferred mode. After the payment has been received, the website will generate an acknowledgment receipt which you should print and keep safe.
• Once the application has been submitted, you are required to mail NSDL your supporting documents (if chosen not to e-sign or send manually). Your application will be moved further once NSDL acknowledges receiving your documents.

It is important that in case you choose modes other than aadhaar driven online process, the documents you have uploaded or sent are supporting the change or correction you have requested in the PAN card.