Legal anchor
Director identification rules and MCA portal requirements
Filing window
Annual due date is generally 30 September, subject to current MCA instructions.
Core attachments and evidence
- DIN and identity/contact details
- OTP/DSC requirements
- Professional certification where applicable
Pre-filing checks
- Company master data is correct
- Event date agrees with approvals and documents
- Signatories and professional certification are valid
- Attachments are legible, consistent and final
- Fee and additional-fee position is reviewed
- SRN/challan and approval status will be retained
Post-filing controls
- Update statutory registers
- Reconcile the form with financial/HR/cap-table records
- Save filed form, attachments, SRN and challan
- Track resubmission or approval status
- Update annual return and Board-report data points
Finin2min crux: DIR-3 KYC / Web KYC should be the final output of a compliant underlying event—not the first time the event is documented.