The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has announced a one-time relaxation for generating missed UDINs due to the transition to its new UDIN portal.
What is the Update?
The UDIN Directorate of ICAI, in its announcement dated April 1, 2026, has permitted members to generate Unique Document Identification Numbers (UDINs) for documents and reports that were signed during a specific transition period but could not be uploaded earlier.
Official copy of the notification is as follows
UDIN Directorate
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
One-time Relaxation for Generation of Missed UDINs
This is to inform that the Council has approved a one-time relaxation window for generation of UDINs in respect of documents/reports signed during the period 22nd October 2025 to 22nd November 2025, for which UDINs could not be generated due to the transition to the new UDIN portal.
Accordingly, members are permitted to generate such UDINs during the period: 1st April 2026 to 30th April 2026 (both days inclusive)
For all documents/reports, not covered under the above-mentioned period, the existing requirement of generating UDIN within 60 days from the date of signing shall continue to apply.
For any queries, please write to udin[at]icai[dot]in
UDIN Directorate
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