Chartered Accountant · ICAI M.No. 153926 · FRN 136869W
Steps
Name reservation, DSC/DIN, nominee details, and SPICe+ with MOA/AOA.
Nominee consent (INC-3)
The nominee’s written consent in Form INC-3 is mandatory and filed with the incorporation.
The nominee step and post-incorporation
Registering an OPC runs through SPICe+ exactly like a Private Limited company, with one extra element: the nominee. You reserve the name, obtain a DSC and DIN for the sole director, prepare the MOA and AOA, and file SPICe+ with the linked AGILE-PRO-S form — and you name your nominee, attaching their written consent in Form INC-3 along with their PAN and Aadhaar. On approval the Certificate of Incorporation, PAN and TAN are issued. Only a resident Indian individual can be the member or the nominee, and you can have only one OPC. After incorporation the OPC has the usual company obligations, somewhat simplified: appoint the first auditor (ADT-1), file INC-20A to commence business within 180 days after bringing in the capital, and then file annual accounts in AOC-4 and the OPC’s annual return — an OPC is exempt from holding a formal AGM, which lightens the load a little. Getting the nominee’s consent and documents ready up front, since INC-3 is mandatory at filing, is what keeps the incorporation in a single pass. The nominee can be changed afterwards by filing the prescribed form.