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MF investors must ensure KYC re-validation by 30 April to avoid disruption

MAS Team 06 March 2023
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On or before 30 April 2023, KYC registration agencies (KRAs) must revalidate the KYC of mutual fund investors who used Aadhaar as an official valid document (OVD) for KYC prior to 1 November 2022.
 
This deadline has already been extended several times by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). In accordance with its most recent circular, all existing clients (who have used Aadhaar as an OVD) must have their KYC data verified within 180 days starting on 1 November 2022, extending the cut-off date from 1 July 2022.
 
The present situation is that the market regulator has not yet extended the deadline, therefore the deadline of 30 April 2023 remains in effect. 
 
“Clients whose KYC records are not found to be valid by KRA after the validation process shall be allowed to transact in securities market only after their KYC is validated" according to SEBI initial circular on the subject from April of last year.
 
After the re-validation is complete, according to SEBI, the KRA must provide the investor with a unique client identifier. The client may open an account with any other intermediary using this "KRA identifier without having to go through the KYC procedure again ".
 
In the instance of KYC based on non-Aadhar OVD, Sebi in its April 2022 circular had specified that “the KRA shall only store such records and the same would not be validated by KRAs unless Aadhaar number is provided by the client".
 

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