Theme: Identity Documents

Yes, any individual, even a foreigner, who is a resident of India, may voluntarily enrol to obtain an Aadhaar number. You are considered a ‘resident’ if  you have resided in India for a period amounting in total to at least 182 days in the twelve months immediately before the date of application for enrolment.

No, an Aadhar Card cannot be used as a domicile certificate or to prove citizenship to India. It is only a form of proof of identification.

If you have been allotted more than one PAN Number, you have to surrender one of your PAN Numbers by filling and submitting PAN Change Request Form, which can be downloaded here. The Form is also available at any TIN-FC or PAN Center of NSDL. 

Mention the PAN Number which you are using currently on top of the form. The corresponding PAN Card copies/PAN allotment letters should be submitted for cancellation along with the form as proof of PAN Number surrendered. 

If you wish to cancel your PAN Number (currently in use), then you need to visit your local Income Tax Assessing Officer with a request letter to cancel/ surrender your PAN Number.

Yes, it is mandatory to quote Aadhaar/Aadhaar Enrolment ID for making an application for a PAN Number.

Tatkal Passport is a scheme available to citizens who need their Passports urgently. In this scheme, if police verification is not required, the Passport is dispatched within 1 working day (excluding the date of submission of application), and in 3 working days, if it is required.

No, you cannot have more than one PAN Number. Any person who has already been allotted a PAN Number cannot apply for or obtain another PAN Number. Even when you apply for a new PAN Card, your PAN Number remains the same on the new card.

No, PAN Card is not a compulsory document. However, all existing assessees or taxpayers  or persons who are required to file a return of income, even on behalf of others, must have a PAN Number. It is compulsory to quote PAN Number on return of income tax and on certain financial transactions.

If you are a person who belongs to the categories given below and if you do not have a PAN Number, make sure that you apply to the Assessing Officer for the allotment of a PAN Number under the Income Tax Act: 

• if your total income or the total income of any other person in respect of which you are assessable during any previous year exceeded the maximum amount which is not chargeable to income-tax 
• if you are carrying on any business or profession whose total sales, turnover or gross receipts are or is likely to exceed five lakh rupees in any previous year 
• if you are required to furnish income tax returns
• if you are an employer who is required to furnish a return of fringe benefits 
• if you are a resident, other than an individual, which enters into a financial transaction of an amount aggregating to two lakh fifty thousand rupees or more in a financial year
• if you are the managing director, director, partner, trustee, author, founder, karta, chief executive officer, principal officer or office bearer of the entity mentioned above or any person competent to act on behalf of the entity.

According to the law, the eldest male number will be the head of the family for the purposes of obtaining a Ration Card, when there is no adult woman in the household. The female member, who is a minor person right now, will become the head of the household on turning 18 years old, in place of the male member. 

Therefore, in this case, you will be the head of the household, and your daughter will become the head once she turns 18 years old.

Even if you have a passport, you cannot travel to countries that fall within the following categories:

•  A country which is committing, or assisting in committing, external aggression against India;
• A country which has active armed hostilities with India 
• A country to which any travel would seriously impair the conduct of foreign affairs of the Indian government.