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Director KYC Is Now Once Every 3 Years — Most Directors Skip Filing This Year

Written by Timo Vikson • Published on 14 Jul 2026 • Read time minutes

The Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Amendment Rules, 2025 — G.S.R. 943(E), effective 31 March 2026 — replaced the annual DIR-3 KYC with a once-every-three-financial-years cycle, due by 30 June following every third year of the cycle (anchored to the year your DIN was allotted).

What changed

  • Directors who completed KYC for FY 2025-26 do not file this year — the next due date for most is 30 June 2028.
  • The traditional “30 September KYC season” is gone; the two forms are merged into a single DIR-3 KYC Web.
  • Changes to mobile, email or address must still be updated within 30 days — but an update does not reset your 3-year cycle.

What to do

Confirm where your DIN sits in its cycle before assuming you’re exempt — a missed due filing still deactivates the DIN, and reactivation costs ₹5,000. Ignore older articles quoting an annual 30 September 2026 deadline. Need help? See WeeDoo’s Director KYC service.

Sources: TaxGuru, CorpLawUpdates.

About the author

Timo Vikson is an Estonian-Indian investor and entrepreneur, notably serving as the Co-Founder of LEI Register - biggest LEI (legal entity identifier) provider globally and in India. He is now the head of WeeDoo.in, an Indian business intelligence and data analytics organization that provides information on business activities in India.

With experience across multiple industries, Vikson is committed to improving the Indian business landscape through transparency, innovation, and data-driven solutions.