Chartered Accountant · ICAI M.No. 153926 · FRN 136869W
Checklist
- PAN + ID/address proof of directors and shareholders
- Photos
- Registered-office proof: utility bill + rent agreement + NOC
Office and foreign-national documents
The office proof must be recent and consistent; foreign nationals need notarised/apostilled passport and address proof.
Director KYC, office proof and foreign documents
The documents fall into three groups. For each director and shareholder: PAN, an identity proof (passport, voter ID or driving licence) and a recent address proof (bank statement or a utility/mobile bill not older than two months), a passport-size photo, and their email and mobile for OTP verification. For the registered office: a recent utility bill in the owner’s name plus the rent or leave-and-licence agreement, and a no-objection certificate from the owner; an office is needed at incorporation, though a residential address can serve initially. For any foreign national director or shareholder: the passport is mandatory as ID, and the passport and address proof must be notarised and apostilled (or consularised) in the home country — documents in another language need certified translation. A frequent cause of delay is an address proof that’s too old, a name that doesn’t match across documents, or a foreign document that isn’t properly apostilled. Getting the office NOC and the foreign attestation organised early, since the apostille step takes time abroad, is what keeps the SPICe+ filing from being queried and returned.