DIR-3 KYC Is No Longer Annual — What Changes From FY 2026-27 (and What Doesn't)
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Quick answer: DIR-3 KYC is still an annual filing (due 30 September) for the cycle you're filing right now. From FY 2026-27, a rule change moves it to once every three financial years, due 30 June of the closing year. Both statements are true — which one applies to you depends on which financial year you're filing for.
If you searched for 'DIR-3 KYC due date' and got two different answers, you're not imagining things — the rule is genuinely in the middle of changing. Every director (and every LLP designated partner, since this filing is DIN-based, not entity-based) needs to know both the rule that applies today and the rule that takes over from FY 2026-27. Getting this wrong in either direction — filing when you don't need to, or skipping a filing you still owe — costs time or triggers a DIN deactivation you didn't see coming.
The rule as it stands today
Under Rule 12A of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, DIR-3 KYC is an annual filing. Every individual holding a Director Identification Number (DIN) must file it every financial year, due 30 September, and it's free if filed on time. This is still the operative rule for the current filing cycle — it is not yet stale.
What changes from FY 2026-27
The Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Amendment Rules, 2025 (G.S.R. 943(E)) move DIR-3 KYC from an annual filing to once every three financial years, with a new due date of 30 June of the year the cycle closes. Sources differ by a single day on the exact gazette effective date (31 March vs 1 April 2026) — that's almost certainly a FY-end-vs-FY-start framing of the same transition rather than a real discrepancy, so the safe way to describe it is 'effective from FY 2026-27' rather than picking one of those two dates as definitive.
| Aspect | Current rule (through FY 2025-26) | From FY 2026-27 |
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From the blog
Legal basis
DIR-3 KYC triennial transition — directors already through FY2025-26 confirmed next due 30 June 2028
New fact found during company-change-filings S1 verification of the live DIR-3 KYC post: the transition mechanics the post itself flagged as unconfirmed are now resolved by two independent fresh sources — next due date 30 June 2028 for directors who filed through FY2025-26.
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