The DIR-3 KYC due date is no longer 30 September every year. Since 31 March 2026, every individual who holds a DIN files DIR-3 KYC Web once every three years, by 30 June, and directors who completed KYC under the old system are next due by 30 June 2028. This guide covers who has to file, what is and is not due in 2026, how to file the new form, the DIR-3 KYC late fee and what to do if your DIN is deactivated.
DIR-3 KYC due date 2026: is anything due this year?
For a director who completed KYC under the old system, no periodic DIR-3 KYC is due in 2026 or 2027: the next one is due by 30 June 2028. For them, the only filing that can fall due in 2026 is a change of personal mobile number, email address or residential address, which must be filed within 30 days of the change.
The old 30 September date has gone with the old rule. G.S.R. 943(E) substituted rule 12A of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules 2014 from 31 March 2026, and the PIB release on the change confirms the 30 June 2028 date for everyone who had completed KYC.
Who must file DIR-3 KYC Web
Rule 12A(1) applies to every individual who holds a Director Identification Number as on 31 March of a financial year. The test is holding a DIN, not sitting on a board, so the duty does not end when you resign as a director.
In practice that covers:
- Directors of private, public and one person companies.
- Designated partners of LLPs who hold a DIN.
- People who have resigned from every board but still hold their DIN.
- Directors whose DIN was allotted recently, on the cycle explained below.
Check a director's details with the DIN lookup before you file, especially for a board you have just joined.
How the three-year DIR-3 KYC cycle works
The rule asks every DIN holder to file on or before 30 June of the financial year immediately following every third consecutive financial year. Directors who have completed KYC share the 30 June 2028 date. For a new DIN, the calculator follows MCA's illustrations, which count the three financial years after the year of allotment, and marks the result as an estimate.
| DIN allotted | First 31 March on which it is held | Estimated first KYC due by |
|---|---|---|
| 15 November 2025 | 31 March 2026 | 30 June 2029 |
| 10 August 2026 | 31 March 2027 | 30 June 2030 |
| 20 May 2027 | 31 March 2028 | 30 June 2031 |
MCA's update on DIR-3 KYC Web illustrates this: a DIN allotted during 2025-26, even on 1 January 2026, is first due between April and June 2029. Treat the dates as a planning guide and confirm yours on the form before relying on it. On the same reading, the cycles after 2028 end on 30 June 2031 and 30 June 2034.
How to file DIR-3 KYC Web, step by step
DIR-3 KYC Web is a single form that now handles periodic KYC, a change of mobile, email or address, and reactivation of a deactivated DIN. You choose the purpose at the top of the form and verify your details by OTP. A digital signature and a practising professional's certificate are needed only when you update your mobile number, email or address.
- Choose the purpose: KYC compliance, update of mobile number, email ID, permanent address or present address, or reactivation of DIN.
- Enter the DIN and verify your existing personal mobile number and email with OTPs.
- Confirm your name, nationality, date of birth, income tax PAN and passport number.
- Enter any updated mobile number and email, again verified by OTP.
- Enter your permanent and present residential addresses.
- Attach the residential proof (voter ID, passport, driving licence, Aadhaar, bank statement or utility bill) and proof of change that the form asks for.
- For a change of details, sign with the DIN holder's digital signature and have the form certified by a chartered accountant, company secretary or cost accountant in whole-time practice.
For a change of details, a valid digital signature is often the hold-up. If yours has expired, renew it well inside the 30 days; Ofin can arrange a digital signature certificate.
Worked example: reporting a change of details
A change of personal mobile number, email address or residential address must be filed within 30 days, and each such filing costs ₹500 under G.S.R. 300(E). The 30 days run from the date of the change, not from any KYC due date.
Example. A director of Bluepeak Foods Private Limited (a made-up company) moves house on 5 November 2026. She must file DIR-3 KYC Web for the new present address by 5 December 2026 and pay ₹500. If she changes her mobile number a month later, that change has its own 30 days and its own ₹500, because the fee is charged for every filing.
Use your personal mobile number and email, not the company's. The rule and the form both refer to the DIN holder's personal details, and the OTPs go to them.
After a missed deadline: DIR-3 KYC late fee and DIN reactivation
Filing on time is free. A periodic KYC filed after its 30 June due date, or a filing to reactivate a DIN, costs a flat ₹5,000 per DIN, and the amount does not grow with the delay. A DIN that is deactivated for missing KYC is reactivated only after DIR-3 KYC Web is filed.
What this means in practice:
- The fee is per person, so a board of three directors who all miss 30 June 2028 pays ₹15,000.
- Directors who had not filed under the old system could reactivate their DINs under the old provisions only until 31 March 2026. From then on, reactivation goes through DIR-3 KYC Web with the ₹5,000 fee.
- If a company has other overdue filings, the MCA late fee calculator works out those additional fees separately.
Common DIR-3 KYC mistakes
Most problems come from habits formed under the old yearly rule.
- Filing every September out of habit. Periodic KYC is now once in three years, by 30 June.
- Forgetting change filings. A new mobile number or address needs its own filing within 30 days, with ₹500.
- Assuming a resigned director is exempt. The rule follows the DIN, not the directorship.
- Ignoring LLPs. Designated partners who hold a DIN are covered too.
- Leaving the digital signature to the last week. A change of details must be signed by the DIN holder, so an expired certificate blocks that filing.
The ROC compliance calendar puts the KYC date alongside the company's other ROC deadlines.
How Ofin can help
Ofin files DIR-3 KYC Web for directors from ₹1,899, including change-of-details filings, and reminds you before 30 June 2028. If a DIN has been deactivated, our DIN reactivation service from ₹999 files DIR-3 KYC Web to reactivate it; the ₹5,000 government fee is payable on top.
