The Ministry of Corporate Affairs notified the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Amendment Rules, 2026 on 21st April 2026, with the provisions coming into force the same day. The amendment prescribes the fee structure applicable to filing of Form No. DIR-3-KYC-Web, following on from the switch of DIN KYC from an annual to a triennial (once-in-three-years) filing under the substituted Rule 12A of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014.

What the Amendment Prescribes

The fee for filing Form No. DIR-3-KYC-Web now depends on why and when it is filed:

ScenarioFee
Filed on or before 30th June of the year immediately following every third consecutive financial year (i.e., within the regular triennial cycle)Nil
Filed after the triennial timeline, or filed for reactivation of a deactivated DIN₹5,000
Filed again at any time due to a change in personal mobile number, email address, or residential address (event-based filing under Rule 12A(2))₹500 per filing

This directly amends the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014, and should be read together with Rule 12A of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014, which lays down the underlying filing obligations:

“Directors KYC and updation thereof.—(1) Every individual who holds a Director Identification Number as on the 31st March of a financial year, shall file KYC intimation in Form No. DIR-3 KYC Web to the Central Government on or before the 30th June of the immediately following every third consecutive financial year.

(2) Every individual holding a Director Identification Number shall, in the event of change in his personal mobile number, email address or residential address, submit Form No. DIR-3 KYC Web within a period of thirty days of such change along with fee as provided under the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014.”

Practical Implications

  • Filing on time within your 3-year window costs nothing. There is no fee at all for a DIR-3-KYC-Web filing made within the regular triennial due date — the earlier annual “no penalty if on time” position continues, just on a longer cycle now.
  • The ₹5,000 late/reactivation fee itself is not new — it has applied to DIR-3-KYC since the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Third Amendment Rules, 2018 (in force from 10th July 2018), which fixed the same flat ₹5,000 for late filing and DIN reactivation under the earlier annual regime. What the 2026 amendment does is simply re-anchor this familiar ₹5,000 fee to the new, much longer triennial due date, and separately introduce the new ₹500 fee for event-based filings, which did not exist as a distinct category before.
  • Address/contact-detail updates are cheap but not free. An event-based filing to update your mobile number, email, or address costs ₹500 per filing and does not count against, or reset, your regular 3-year cycle — you could in principle make several ₹500 event-based filings in a cycle without affecting when your next full triennial filing falls due.
  • This fee schedule sits on top of, not instead of, the timeline rules. Whether a filing is due at all, and when, is still governed by Rule 12A of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014 (see the linked calculator for worked examples); this amendment only fixes what you pay depending on the circumstances of that filing.

Key Takeaways

  • Effective 21 April 2026, MCA has fixed the fee for Form DIR-3-KYC-Web at Nil (on-time triennial filing), ₹5,000 (late filing/DIN reactivation), and ₹500 (event-based update filing).
  • This complements, rather than changes, the underlying triennial DIN KYC cycle introduced by G.S.R. 943(E) dated 31 December 2025, effective 31 March 2026.
  • The ₹5,000 late/reactivation fee is the same figure that has applied since 2018; the real change for directors and certifying professionals is that the window it attaches to is now three years long instead of one, so a lapse can go unnoticed for much longer before the ₹5,000 fee is triggered.

Source

Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Amendment Rules, 2026, notified by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on 21st April 2026, amending the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014.

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