12.2 (a) For grant/renewal of any status, the application shall be filed latest by 30th November. Deficiency, if any, must be communicated by the licensing authorities by 15th December. If this is not done, then existence of deficiency and non rectification thereof 31st December will not be treated as a ground for rejecting the application. The applicant shall be required to rectify the deficiency to the licensing authorities by 31st December. Any application, where deficiencies are rectified thereafter, shall be rejected outrightly. However, there shall not be any last date for filing of application by manufacturing companies or industrial houses or domestic service providers as given in paragraph 12.12 (A) of the Policy. The application for Export House, Trading House, Star Trading House and Super Star Trading House shall be filed in Appendix-19. The application for Service Export House, International Service Export House, International Star Service Export House International Super Star Service Export House status shall be filed in Appendix-19B. Manufacturing companies or Industrial houses or service providers shall file application in Appendix- 19A.

(b) Application for grant of certificate for Export House/Trading House/Service Export House, shall be filed with the concerned regional licensing authority headed by Jt.DGFT. However application for grant of certificate for Star Trading House, Super Star Trading House, International Service Export House, International Star Service Export House, International Super Star Service Export House and Golden status shall be filed with the Director General of Foreign Trade.

(c) Such application shall be made by the registered office in the case of a company and head office in case of others.

(d) Such application shall be accompanied by a certificate from C.A certifying that 95% of the foreign exchange proceeds have been realised in respect of exports / services rendered by the applicant in the preceding three licensing years/preceding year (excluding the exports made during the last six months from the date of filing of the application).