DIN for Foreign Nationals

Dear All,

From time to time, we all are getting many doubts wrt filling of Form DIN 1 for a foreign national, in regard to its supporting documents attached to Form, for example, whether they need to be notarised or not etc.

These are the basic requisites for filing of DIN 1 form for a foreign national applicant:

1.Foreign nationals shall select the nationality as declared in the passport.
2. Passport number is mandatory for foreign nationals.
3.In case, the country selected is other than India, and you do not have PIN Code, enter ‘NA’. In case of foreign nationals, state can be mentioned in address/ city.
4 passport is a mandatory requirement for proof of identity.
5.Address proof should not be older than 1 year from the date of filing of the eForm.
6.In case of proofs which are in languages other than Hindi / English, the proofs should be translated in Hindi / English from professional translator carrying his details (name, signature, address) and seal. In the case of foreign nationals, translation done by the notary of home country is also acceptable.

7.In case, the director is residing outside India, then the attached supporting documents should be attested by the following: 

     a. Consulate of the Indian Embassy,
     b. Foreign public notary or 
     c. Company secretary in full time employment / CEO / Managing director of the Indian company in which he / she proposed to be    
         a director.

This is for all of your information.