Help for Online IEC Application

Index
SNo.

Topic

How to Login for IEC online?

How to add IEC Master Detail?

How to add Branch Detail?

How to add Director Detail?

How to pay application fee?

How to attach documents?

What is Preview?

How to submit application with Digital

Signature?

How to submit application without Digital

Signature?

1. How to Login for IEC?

1.1 Go to DGFT website http://dgft.gov.in.
1.2 Click on the Online IEC Application link for
filing IEC Application, following screen will
appear:

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1.3 Enter the details in the fields provided i.e.
Pan Number, Mobile Number and Email-ID and
click on Generate Token button as shown in
the screen below:

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1.4 On clicking generate token button, two
separate 5 digits token numbers with the
same serial number will be sent to
your Mobile number as well as to your Email
Id . A message (in red) will appear on the
screen stating that tokens have been sent tour
Mobile and Email ID.
Also, Mobile Token and Email Token fields will
be enabled as shown in the screen below:

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1.5 Enter the Mobile token number in
the Mobile Token field and Email token
number into the Email token field ( marked
in red ) as shown in the screen below:

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Please Note:
i. It is mandatory that the token numbers
entered must be of the same serial number,

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otherwise tokens will not be accepted.

ii. If due to some technical reason you have
not received either Email token or mobile
token, then you can regenerate the token by
clicking on Regenerate Token button and
follow the same procedure.
iii. If exporter needs to modify some details
in IEC application then he has to login with
the same PAN, Mobile Number and Email ID
that he had used earlier. A new set of tokens
will be send to his mobile as well as to
email. Application can be modified only if it
is not yet submitted.
1.6 Click On Submit button.
20 digits ECOM Reference number will be
generated and will be displayed on the main
IEC screen as shown in the screen below:

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1.7 On the left hand side of the screen
various options will appear. Exporter needs
to fill in all the details
for IEC , Branch , Director , Fee
Payment and Attachments .
2. How to add IEC Master Details?
2.1 To fill IEC Master details, select the IEC

Master options, following screen will

appear:

Screen2.1
2.2 After filling all the details, click
on Submit button.
3. How to add Branch Details?
3.1 To enter the Branch details select the
branch option from the Menu, following
screen will appear:

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3.2 After filling all the required details in the

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branch data, click on ADD button, all the

details will be added and a message will be
displayed in the column marked in red as
shown in the screen below:

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3.3 To view, edit or delete the branch data,
select Branch option again, following
screen will appear:

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In the above screen, the section marked
with red, there are 3
buttons V , E and D where-

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V stands for View Branch Details.

E stands for Edit/Update Branch Details.
D stands for Delete Branch Details.
To perform any of the above 3 actions, click
on the respective button and perform the
task.
You can add multiple branch data by
clicking on Add Branch Data (marked in
red) as shown in the screen below:

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4. How to add Director Details?
4.1 To enter the Director Details select the
Director option from the menu, following
screen will appear:

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4.2 Enter all the Director details like Name,

PAN details, Date of Birth, Address, Bank
Details and click on ADD button.
4.3 In the Director option also, you can View
(V) , Edit/Update (E) and Delete (D) the
Director Details in the same way as in
the Branch option.
4.4 You can add multiple Directors by
clicking on Add Director Data button.

5. How to add Fee Details?

5.1 To enter the payment details, select the
option Appl. Fee , following screen will
appear:

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5.2 Fill the Application Fee Required in
Indian Rupees. Select the Bank through
which payment is to be made from the drop
down list and click on Pay Now button.
Corporate Internet Banking website of the
Selected Bank is opened. Login screen of
the selected bank appears.
Steps to make Payment
5.2.1 Enter the login ID and password
provided by the selected bank for making
online transactions. Click on OK/Go button.
(For e.g. the CIB login screen of IDBI bank
will look like this)

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If the details entered by the exporter are
valid, the Payment screen appears. This
screen displays the details of the request
made.

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5.2.2 Click on OK button to proceed further.

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5.2.3 Enter the transaction ID and password
(This may be same as Login ID/password or
may be different as provided by the
bank).Click on OK button.
5.2.4The payment request is submitted to
the server of the bank and account is
debited. Bank will generate BID number.
This BID number can be used for future
reference to the bank.

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5.2.5 Click on Close button.
5.2.6 The status message from DGFT end is
displayed on the screen whether the
transaction was successful or not.

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5.2.7 Click on Close Window button the

Payment details window is closed.
Please Note: For more help related to
Payment, check EFT Help file.
6. How to Upload Document Details?
6.1 For attaching the documents select the
option, Attachments from the menu,
following screen will appear:

Screen6.1
6.2 Select the document
category and document type from the
dropdown list box.
Below is the table showing the document
code and their allowed formats.

DOCUMENT
CODE

DOCUMENT NAME

PHOTOF

Applicant photo

PANCAR

applicant pancard

PASPRT

applicant passport

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VOTRID

applicant voterid

DRVLIC

appicant driving license

ADAHAR

applicant aadhaar card

SALEDE

applicant saledeed

BANKCR

bank certificate

REGNCR

registration certificate

MOUNDR

Memorandum of understanding

PARTDE

partnership deed

CANCHQ

Cancelled cheque

DCLDOC

Physical copy of Application

with applicant's signature

OTHERD

any other document

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6.3 Press Browse button to select the folder
where scanned copy of the file/document to
be uploaded exists. Select the file and
press Open button.

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6.5 After clicking Upload button, select

the Attachment option again, following

screen will appear showing the uploaded
document (circled in red):

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6.6 You can view the uploaded document by
clicking on the document name as shown in
the following screen:

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7. What is Preview?

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7.1 To preview the entire application, select

the Preview option, all the details of IEC
Master, Branch Data, Director Data, Fee
Payment and uploaded documents will
appear in the ANF format, as shown in the
screen below:

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8. Submitting Application with digital
signature
8.1 To submit the application with digital
signature, click on the link With Digital
signature. Following screen will appear:

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8.2 Select the office where the application is
to be submitted and also select "Yes"
option from the confirmation choicebox to
confirm the submission and then click on
Sign & Submit button.
8.3 On clicking Sign & Submit button
,following screen will appear:

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8.4 Click on the "Sign with Digital
Signature" button appearing at the bottom
,following screen will appear:

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Click on the Allow button and select the
certificate as shown in the screeen below:
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Click OK, following screen will appear:

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9. Submitting Application without Digital
Signature.
9.1 If you want to submit the application
manually, select the option "Without
Dig.Sig."

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9.2 Click on the "Sign with Digital
Signature" button appearing at the bottom
,following screen will appear:

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9.3 Following screen will appear:

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Screen9.3
After Submitting the application(with or
without digital signature), you may logout of
the IEC Application process by clicking on
the Logout option.