In order to comply with regulatory provisions under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002, Rules issued thereunder and related guidelines/circulars issued by SEBI, KYC formalities are required to be completed for all Unit Holders, including Guardians and Power of Attorney holders, for any investment (whether new or additional purchase) of Rs. 50,000 or more in mutual funds. For the convenience of investors in mutual funds, all mutual funds have made special arrangements with CDSL Ventures Ltd. (CVL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Central Depository Services (India) Ltd. (CDSL).

DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED BY INVESTORS:

Investors in mutual fund schemes have to provide:

• Proof of Identity
• Proof of Address
• PAN Card
• Photograph

- List of documents – are available in AMFI site.
http://www.amfiindia.com/spages/PrescribedDocuments.pdf

The originals of these documents along with a copy each to be presented and the original will be returned after verification. Alternatively, investors can also provide an attested true copy of the relevant documents. Attestation could be done by Notary Public/ Gazetted Officer/ Manager of a Scheduled Commercial Bank.
Instead of providing the required documents again and again to different mutual funds in which one would like to invest, CVL, on behalf of all mutual funds will carry out the process of KYC and issue an acknowledgement.
Any subsequent changes in address or other details could be intimated to any of the POS (with relevant documentary evidence) and the same will get updated in all the mutual funds where the investor has invested.

This facility is being provided absolutely FREE OF COST to the investors. To begin with, investors investing Rs.50,000 or more will have to comply with KYC effective from 1st February, 2008.

WHERE TO COMPLETE THE FORMALITIES

The details regarding the POS (Point of Sale) is available in the AMFI site. - http://www.amfiindia.com/poskyc.aspx
Click here for Individual KYC Form / Non Individual KYC form