How to apply for a PAN card offline?

Visit your nearest authorized PAN card agency.

Submit your ID proof and Address proof copies. Please also carry the originals for verification.

The agent there would ask for your details like your full name, address, phone number, middle name, date of birth, two passport size photographs, and signature or thumb print.

After providing all these details, you will have to pay the PAN card application fees which would depend on whether you have chosen NSDL or UTIITSL. (please check the online application process to know the difference in fees.)

The agent might also charge a minimal fee for the service.

After the payment is done and application is made, please collect your application acknowledgement receipt or number, filled application form and receipt for the service for further communication.

Once the application is approved, your PAN card will be shipped and will reach you at your given address.

Do not staple or clip the photos, stick them instead.

Sign across the photo on the left side, not the right side.

Always sign within the box provided.

If you use your left thumb impression instead of a signature, get it attested by a gazetted officer or a notary.

Always read the document you sign. Or, ask someone you trust to read and explain the document to you before you sign it.

How to apply for a PAN card online?

Go to: https://www.utiitsl.com/

Click on PAN Card Services in the top bar.

Select Apply for PAN Card from the drop-down list.

Under PAN Services, click on PAN card for Indian Citizen.

Click on Apply for new PAN Card (Form 49A) You will be redirected to a new page. On this new page, select Digital Mode.

Fill all the information asked for.

Once you finish, check all the filled-in details and click on the submit button located at the bottom of the page.

You will be redirected to the payment page. Pay rupees 94 as charges here. You can pay by Cheque or DD in favour of UTIITSL. You can also use credit card, debit card or net banking for e payment.

After successful payment, an acknowledgement page will open. Take a printout of this.

Paste your passport size photographs on the acknowledgement printout and sign within the given box with a black pen.

Send this acknowledgement to the Income Tax Department along with your identity and address proof within 15 days of online application.

PAN card number will be sent to your registered mobile number and e mail id once the validation process is over. The PAN card will reach you within 20 working days.