2.14

Modification of IEC

(A) Modification/Change in Branch Office/Head Office/Registered Office Address in IEC involving a shift in jurisdictional RA:

When an IEC holder seeks modification/ change of Head Office/ Registered Office address in its IEC and which involves a shift in its jurisdictional RA, a request to that effect will have to be made to the new RA, to whose jurisdiction the applicant is shifting its office. The new RA shall make appropriate amendments, based on documents submitted to it by the applicant. The new RA will also separately inform the RA, who had initially issued the IEC, of the changes made in the concerned IEC. Thereafter, the new RA shall allow the applicant to carry out necessary functions and also apply for eligible benefits as per FTP through its office.

(Above para has been amended vide PUBLIC NOTICE NO.59/2016, DT. 21/02/2017)

[OLD- When an IEC holder seeks modification/change of Branch Office/Head Office/Registered Office address in its IEC and which involves a shift in its jurisdictional RA, a request to that effect will have to be made to the new RA to whose jurisdiction the applicant is shifting its Office. A copy of this request with application details is to be submitted to the old RA from where the original IEC was issued.

On the basis of this request, the old RA (the custodian of the IEC file till now) will transfer the IEC file to the new RA (the new custodian) which shall make appropriate amendment based on the transferred file and fresh documents submitted to it by the applicant. The new RA shall allow the person in its new address to carry out necessary functions and also apply for eligible benefits as per FTP.]

(Above (a) has been amended vide PN. NO.53/2015, DT. 05/01/2016 )

[OLD- (a) An application for modification shall be filed with the concerned jurisdictional RA from where IEC was originally issued. ]

(b) An application for modification may be made for change in details like name, address, constitution, ownership in Proprietorship firms, change in nature of the firm e.g. from proprietorship to partnership etc. Change in constitution however, does not include change in Directors of Public Limited Company.