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Verifying PAN card by Name of a person

This article is about how to verify a PAN number , whether it belongs to a person whom you believe it should. If you’d rather want know your application status, please visit PAN card application status page. Search PAN by name Sometimes when someone’s name is too long, there is a provision while applying for a PAN to give a Name that you’d like to have printed on the card. Most people who have long names would utilize this feature. But, when it comes to any financial matter, like opening a Demat account or filing your income tax, it appears to your tax consultant as if your name is printed wrongly and tell you that you’d need to change your name on the PAN card. This can also be a problem if you use Xerox copy of your PAN card that contains a short desired name for any Identification purposes. In such cases, it is highly advised to have a copy of the record of your PAN card as seen in the Income Tax office Data base. For this, please visit http://incometaxindiaefiling.go...

Track your PAN card status online

If you have read the terms and conditions before you applied to get your PAN card, you’ll know that you should get the card with in 15 days. Sadly, it is no more a possible feat. Of the 10 cases that I saw, in 9 cases the card took 2 months to reach the appliers address. In my own case, I applied for a PAN on July 24 and it was not until September 18 that I received my card. Also some people reported that the cards weren’t being delivered to the appliers address but instead being delivered at the nearest post offices. For me luckily, the card was delivered by the postman to my house’ address and the usual Chai-pani stuff happened (the other time when our post man said chai-pani was during the delivery of my passport). I applied through UTI technology services, and the tracking details were made available on September 9. You’ll either need your application number, coupon number or need to enter your name as-is to get your PAN card status. Mine was being delivered throu...