The PAN number you get has lifetime validity and the application for a new PAN can be submitted offline and online. Online there are two portals where you can apply easily sitting at home. These two portals are:
Protean (earlier NSDL https://tin.tin.nsdl.com/pan/index.html) or
UTIITSL (https://www.pan.utiitsl.com/PAN/)
On the website of NSDL, the PAN reprint option is available to only those PAN applicants whose PAN information has no changes or updations.
Moreover, users who complete their PAN applications through NSDL (now Protean) and receive their PAN cards via NSDL or who obtain their PANs through the Income Tax Department's Instant e-PAN facility can utilise this service.
Yes, payment is required.
Yes, applicants can also use their thumb impression instead of their signature on the form.
Yes, it is mandatory for the applicant to mention their email address on the form.
You need to submit at least 2 colour photographs with white background in the form.
Yes, female applicants need to mention the name of their father on the application form regardless of their marital status. And if it is about the correction of the father’s name on the PAN Card, keep the documents required handy at all times.
The Government of India has imposed fees to acquire a PAN card. An Indian citizen needs to pay Rs. 101 to get the PAN card at an Indian communication address, while the amount is Rs. 1011 for foreign communication address.
Yes, the PAN card fees for requesting a new PAN Card or an update on an existing one are the same for both citizens and non-individual companies. However, the cost of obtaining a PAN Card would differ depending on whether an applicant applies online or offline and if their communication address is in India or abroad.
If you make the PAN card charges through a credit card, then the bank will charge a 2% processing fee + service tax.
