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Check your KYC status

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If the Status is KYC “Validated”

If KYC Status is “KYC Validated” then nothing needs to be done, you can invest in any scheme.

If the Status is KYC “Registered” but not “Validated”

If the KYC status is “Registered” but not “Validated”, investors will still be able to continue their existing SIPs and initiate additional purchase transactions with AMCs where they are already holding investments.

To check the latest KYC status, please enter your PAN in the space provided above.

You may also visit the KRA site from the links and options given, input your PAN, and submit to see your KYC Status with the details of the proof you have submitted for your KYC.

KYC FAQs

KYC (Know Your Customer) is a one-time exercise while dealing in the securities markets. Once, KYC is completed through a SEBI registered intermediary (broker, DP, Mutual Fund, etc), you need not undergo the same process again when you approach another intermediary.

Yes, the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) along with the Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005 (PML Rules) are the principal laws enacted to prevent money laundering activities in India. As per PMLA and rules framed thereunder, intermediaries in securities market are required to perform client due diligence. KYC records, including details submitted for account opening of the client, play a crucial role in ensuring client due diligence.

The requirement is applicable to all categories of investors eligible to invest with us viz., Resident Individual investors, Non Resident Indians, Persons of Indian Origin (PIO), HUF, Societies, Partnership Firms, Trusts, Companies, Body Corporate, Public Sector Undertakings, Banks, Financial Institutions, Mutual Funds, Foreign Institutional Investors and such other individuals / institutions, including any holders / issuers of Power of Attorney.

Yes, KYC compliance is mandatory for New / Additional Purchases, Switch Transactions, and New SIP/ STP.

In case there are any changes to any of the information provided previously, then you are required to submit an updated form. This new information will override the previous information.

KYC Registration Agency (KRA) is an agency registered with SEBI under the Securities and Exchange Board of India [KYC (Know Your Client) Registration Agency] Regulations, 2011. The KRA maintains KYC records of the investors centrally, on behalf of capital market intermediaries registered with SEBI.

A minor investor is not required to be KYC compliant for investments in mutual funds. In such cases, the Guardian has to be KYC compliant and provide his / her KYC Compliance letter along with the minor's investment application form. Upon attaining majority, the unit holder will have to complete KYC formalities and inform us to update the status in our records.

The KYC forms can be downloaded from the mentioned websites of the respective KRA. The KYC forms are also available on our website.

The beneficial owner is the natural person or persons, who ultimately own, control or influence a client and/or persons on whose behalf a transaction is being conducted, and includes a person who exercises ultimate effective control over a legal person or arrangement.

All investors (other than Individuals) are required to provide details of UBO(s).

In case the investor or owner of the controlling interest is a company listed on a stock exchange or is a majority owned subsidiary of such a company, the details of shareholders or beneficial owners are not required to be provided. Such a company has to submit a declaration to this effect.

The Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) means 'Natural Person', who, whether acting alone or together, or through one or more juridical person, exercises control through ownership or who ultimately has a controlling ownership interest of / entitlements to:

  • i) More than 10% of shares or capital or profits of the juridical person, where the juridical person is a company; or
  • ii) More than 10% of the capital or profits of the juridical person, where the juridical person is a partnership; or
  • iii) More than 10% of the property or capital or profits of the juridical person, where the juridical person is an unincorporated association or body of individuals.

Where the client is a trust, the financial institution shall identify the beneficial owners of the client and take reasonable measures to verify the identity of such persons, through the identity of the settler of the trust, the trustee, the protector, the beneficiaries with 10% or more interest in the trust and any other natural person exercising ultimate effective control over the trust through a chain of control or ownership.

Where no natural person is identified the identity of the relevant natural person who holds the position of senior managing official.