How to check NSDL PAN status?

by Bizopedia · Published March 16, 2021 · Updated December 24, 2021

What is a PAN card?

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PAN card or a PAN is a card that is issued to every eligible individual or entity that is earning income, involved in a financial transaction or filing an income tax return in India. PAN is a 10 digit alphanumeric number that is used as an identification number for every tax paying entity or a individual in India

Application for PAN card/How to apply for a new PAN card?

To apply for a new PAN card, there are two options available to an applicant. You can apply for a PAN card either online or offline mode. You can apply online for a PAN card on the official NSDL portal. You can also apply for a correction or update in a PAN card online on the official TIN NSDL portal as well. For a complete step by step procedure on how to apply for a PAN card online, you can visit this link.

Application for a PAN card in offline mode is also quite straightforward as well. However, you should keep in mind that PAN card application in offline mode will take comparatively more time compared to time taken in PAN card application in online mode. For complete list of PAN card application in offline mode, you should visit this link

How to check PAN card status?

There are multiple methods to check PAN card status post applying for a PAN card. You need to check PAN card status at a regular interval of time to make sure that any problem can be taken care of. Some of the most important methods to check PAN status are –

Checking PAN card track with Speed Post
Check PAN card status online through UTIITSL portal
Check PAN card status online through NSDL portal
Checking PAN card track with Aadhar number
PAN card status through phone call
PAN status with SMS

In this post, we are going to look into detail how to check NSDL PAN status.

NSDL PAN status with acknowledgement number

You can utilize NSDL portal to check your PAN card status. Let us look at step by step procedures on how to check NSDL PAN status online.

Step 1 – Kindly visit official TIN NSDL portal

NSDL PAN status

Step 2 – Choose your application type. Application type could be for PAN or TAN. If you are either applying for a new PAN or updating a PAN then choose ” PAN – New/Change request” under application type to get your NSDL PAN status.

NSDL PAN status

Step 3 – Enter your acknowledgement number. Acknowledgement number is a 15 digit number that is provided to every PAN applicant post submission of application for a new PAN card or change in PAN card information.

NSDL PAN status

Step 4 – Now, you need to enter Captcha code present on the screen and click on the submit button. Post submission of form, you would get your PAN card status

NSDL PAN status with date of birth and name

Apart from checking PAN card status with the help of an acknowledgement number. You can also check PAN status online on NSDL portal with date of birth and name too. Let us look at a detailed step by step procedure to check PAN card status name and date of birth.

Step 1 – Visit the official TIN NSDL portal to check NSDL PAN status.

NSDL PAN status

Step 2 – Choose your “Application type”. If you want to check your PAN status then you need to click on “PAN – New/Change request”

NSDL PAN status

Step 3 – Enter your date of birth in DD/MM/YYYY format and full name in the field applicable for both. If you are a corporate entity or a firm then you need to enter date of incorporation, date of partnership, date of trust deed etc. Kindly make sure that date and name are same as you have entered at the time of PAN application for a new PAN card or change in a PAN card

NSDL PAN status

Step 4 – Click on submit button and you would get your NSDL PAN status on the screen

FAQs on NSDL PAN status

Q – What are the different PAN card application status provided by the Income Tax department?

A – Following are the main types of PAN card application status-

Record not found
Your application is received and is under verification
Your application is under process at Income Tax Department
PAN card under printing
Your PAN is Active and the details are matching with PAN Database

Q – What is the meaning of NSDL PAN card status ““application is being withheld from processing due to incomplete details/documentary proof”?

A – Meaning of this PAN card status is that documents sent by you are either incomplete or incorrect. Moreover, it may happen that details mentioned by you in a PAN card application don’t match with details on documents.

Q – What do you mean by PAN card status “PAN card under printing”?

A – This PAN status means that you will receive your PAN card within 15 days.

Q – I have got NSDL PAN status “Record not found”. What does this mean?

A – This PAN status means that your PAN card application is not yet processed by Income Tax department

Q – I have got the following NSDL PAN status: “Your PAN is Active and the details are matching with PAN Database”?

A – This PAN card status means that you are a holder of a valid PAN card and you can apply for financial transactions and file ITR with PAN

Q – Can I track NSDL PAN status with date of birth or name?

A – Yes, you can track PAN card status with the help of name and date of birth

Q – I have lost my acknowledgement number. How can I check my PAN card status?

A – You can check your PAN status by name and date of birth if you have lost your acknowledgement number. Meanwhile, you should get in touch with TIN NSDL for lost acknowledgement number

Q – After how many days should I check my NSL PAN status?

A – You should check your NSDL PAN status 24 hours after submission of PAN application

Conclusion

In this article, we have looked into various methods of checking a NSDL PAN card status. You can check PAN card status on NSDL portal with the help of acknowledgement number and date of birth or name. You should check your PAN status only after 24 hours to post your PAN application. There are different types of PAN card status and one should be aware of the meaning of different types of status.

PAN number is required for every financial transaction, buying an immovable property, filing income tax returns etc. If you don’t have a PAN card or wrong information is entered on a PAN card then it would be a very tedious task to apply for a loan or file an ITR. Post application for a PAN card you should check PAN status with multiple methods available either offline or online. In next posts, we would look other important topics related to PAN card