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Friday, September 10, 2010

International Driving Permit (IDP) for driving overseas


Before you travel overseas:
* visit your nearest AA Centre or AA Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agent
* send an IDP application by post
* send an IDP application online

An International Driving Permit is an internationally recognised permit that lets you drive overseas and the AA is the only place in New Zealand where you can apply for one.

However, it's not a driving licence in its own right. You must also carry your current New Zealand's driver's licence with you when you travel.

Together, both documents allow you to drive legally in most other countries. For security reasons we recommend your IDP and NZ Drivers licence are kept separately when travelling.

Can I use an IDP permanently in another country?

No. The IDP is valid for 12 months from the date of issue. If you become a permanent resident in another country, contact the local authority about a Driver's Licence.

Can I use an IDP on a working holiday?

No. It is for touring or holiday purposes only. If you start work or in another country contact the local licensing authority about a Driver's licence.

Are there any limitations to IDP use?

Yes. It can only be issued to a full licence holder who is over 18 years of age. It is not available for commercial use. Most countries allow use of an IDP for a maximum of 12 months.

How do I get an IDP?

You'll need to organise this before you travel overseas. Do this either:

At your nearest AA Centre or AA Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agent

You'll need:

  • Your current New Zealand Driver's Licence
  • A recent passport sized photograph taken with a plain background*
  • To pay a $20 fee

*You can have a passport photo taken at an AA Centre. AA Members will receive a discount

By post*

You'll require:

  • A good quality photocopy of the front and back of your New Zealand Driver's Licence
  • A recent passport sized photograph taken with a plain background**
  • To pay a $30 fee* (includes postage and processing)
  • To provide your phone number or email address (just in case we need to contact you)

Download and print a postal application form now (19 Kb PDF)

*Please make cheque payable to NZAA Inc. or please provide your credit card details. Note: For overseas applications a bank draft or credit card is required
**You can have a passport photo taken at an AA Centre. AA Members will receive a discount

Online

You'll need to attach the following to your online application:

  • Scans of both sides of your current New Zealand Driving Licence. This should be in .jpg format and approximately 85mm wide by 55mm high at a resolution of 300dpi
  • A scan of a recent passport sized photograph taken with a plain background. This should be in .jpg format between 35-45mm wide and 45-55mm high at a resolution of 300dpi. This size ensures an acceptable quality photo can be reproduced
  • A credit card payment of NZ $30 plus delivery (you choose delivery method)

Receiving your IDP

When your application has been received and processed we will send your IDP via the post option you selected.

For New Zealand postal addresses, you'll receive your IDP within in 1 to 2 working days. For all other addresses, you'll receive your IDP within 7 to 21 working days, depending on the delivery method you choose.

The New Zealand Automobile Association Inc accepts no liability for the free replacement of any correctly addressed document once it has been delivered to a postal or courier service for onward delivery.

Should the document be lost in the post and not received, completion of a new application form and payment of another processing fee will be applicable.

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Getting the new PAN card

Application for PAN should be made in prescribed form (Form 49A) and submitted in any of the I-T PAN Service Centres set up and managed by UTIISL across the country.

I-T PAN Service Centres

From July 1, 2003, I-T PAN Service Centres have been set up in all cities or towns where I-T offices are located.

For further convenience of PAN applicants in major cities there will be more than one I-T PAN Service Centre.

Location and other details about I-T PAN Service Centres in any city can be obtained from local Income Tax Office or offices of UTI or UTIISL in that city or from Web site of the Income Tax department (http://www.incometaxindia.gov.in) or of UTIISL (http://www.utiisl.co.in).

These I-T PAN Service Centres shall supply and receive PAN applications on behalf of all Assessing Officers, assist PAN applicants to correctly fill up the applications, check documents to be submitted as proof of 'identity' and 'address' by the applicant and issue acknowledgment for correct and complete applications.

The I-T PAN Service Centres will not accept incomplete or incorrect applications.

The UTIISL has made arrangements to capture data from PAN applications and transmit it to the Income Tax Department.

The Income Tax department will allot PAN and send necessary data to UTIISL where PAN card will be printed and delivered to the applicant.

From October 1, 2003 I-T PAN Service Centres will also receive and process grievances arising out of errors or requests for changes in PAN data.

The new superior PAN card

The new PAN card is a superior card and in case of individual applicants it will carry a coloured photo-image. It is tamper proof and has built-in security features such as a hologram and UV line. These security features will thwart forgery of PAN cards.

For providing upgraded PAN services, UTIISL has been authorised to collect Rs 60 per application. New simplified PAN form will cost Rs 5.

The UTIISL has set up at least one counter in each of the 501 cities as requested by the Income Tax department. Most of these counters for PAN have been set up at I-T offices. In big cities, UTIISL has set up more counters.

Service counters have also been set up at 50 branches of UTI MF to handle PAN card customers.

The database on the information related to your PAN card remains with the government and UTIISL cannot use it for any other purpose.

Existing cards valid, but you can get a new one

The existing PAN cards would continue to be valid. It is optional for these PAN card holders to obtain the new plastic cards.

Anyone who had already received a permanent account number, but did not have the card, now has the option of either asking the Income-Tax department for an existing type of laminated card, or opt for a smart card by applying for it.

The applications which are pending with the I-T department (application made till June 30, 2003) would also be issued the old card, but if an individual wishes, he or she can go for the new card after paying Rs 60. All applications made from July 1 onwards will be handled by UTI-ISL and applicants will be given the new PAN cards.

Track your PAN card status online

A Web-enabled tracking system to enable tax payers and applicants to find out the status of their PAN cards will also be set up within two months, where applicants can find out their status by entering their details.

The applications will be collected by UTI-ISL and sent to the National Computer Centre of the Income-Tax department which will allot the numbers. The cards with new hologram and security features will be prepared by the company.

The UTIISL is setting up a Web-based system for monitoring movement of each application till the PAN card is delivered to the applicant.

Future PAN applicants will be able to ascertain status of their application through such Web-based query system.

Get your card within a fortnight

After submitting PAN application at I-T PAN Service Centre no further action will be required on the part of the applicant. It will be ensured that the PAN card is dispatched to the applicant within a fortnight. During the initial six months it may take some more time.

Grievances arising out of errors in the PAN data will be attended to within 10 working days and wherever required new PAN cards will be issued.

Requests received from PAN holders for changes in PAN data or address, however, will be processed and responded to in thirty days from the date of receipt of application.

In order to ensure quality service in a timely way the new PAN process shall follow procedures conforming to ISO 9001-2000.

Role of I-T department in the new arrangement

The Income-Tax department has outsourced only a part of business process, but it will continue to own and manage the PAN databases.

As such, Income-Tax department will remain responsible for ensuring quality of services to PAN applicants under the new arrangement.

In every city or town where I-T PAN Service Centres will be operational, the senior most officer of Income-Tax Department or his nominee, will act as a 'local PAN facilitator', who will attend to any difficulty faced and reported by PAN applicants while interacting with I-T PAN Service Centres.

Things to remember

  • New PAN application Form 49A will be available only at I-T PAN Service Centres being set up and managed by UTIISL.
  • All PAN and PAN Cards issued by the I-T Department will continue to remain valid and these holders need not apply again.
  • Existing PAN allottees may, however, obtain superior PAN card by making an application at any I-T PAN Service Centre.
  • New PAN applicants will have to give specified documents as 'proof of identity' and 'proof of address' at the time of making application for PAN.
  • I-T PAN Service Centres will assist applicants in filling applications forms.
  • To allow time to obtain PAN, due date of filing returns has been extended from July 31, 2003 to September 30, 2003.
  • Quoting of correct PAN on return of income and all other correspondence with the department is mandatory.
  • PAN card is widely recognized as a proof of identity and is required for several financial transactions.

What Is PAN?

The Permanent Account Number (PAN) is a ten-digit alphanumeric number, issued in the form of a laminated card, by an Assessing Officer of the Income Tax Department. A typical PAN is AFRPP1595D.

Is it necessary to have a PAN?

It is mandatory to quote PAN on return of income, all correspondence with any income tax authority and challans for any payments due to Income Tax Department.

It is also compulsory to quote PAN in all documents pertaining to economic or financial transactions notified from time-to-time by the Central Board of Direct Taxes.

Some such transactions are sale and purchase of immovable property or motor vehicle or payments to hotels for bills or payments in cash in connections with travel to any foreign country of amounts exceeding Rs 25,000.

It is also mandatory to mention PAN for obtaining a telephone or cellular telephone connection.

Likewise, PAN has to be mentioned for making a time deposit exceeding Rs. 50,000 with a bank or post office or depositing cash of Rs 50,000 in a bank.

It is statutory responsibility of a person receiving document relating to economic or financial transactions notified by the CBDT to ensure that PAN has been duly quoted in the document.

All existing assesses or taxpayers or persons who are required to furnish a return of income, even on behalf of others, must obtain PAN. Some such persons are Individuals, Companies, Partnership Firms, HUFs, Trusts or Representative assesses.

Can you have more than one PAN?

Obtaining or possessing more than one PAN is against the law.

Filling the PAN card form

  • You are required to send the following documents along with the application form for PAN cards:
  • 49 A form, duly filled in and signed.
  • Photocopy of any identity proof with your photograph (like driving licence, college ID, work ID).
  • Photocopy of any address proof (like ration card, etc).
  • Two photographs.
  • If you are out of Mumbai [ Images ], the I-T office will also need your ward number/range/income tax assessing officer number (which you can find from the copy of the acknowledgement of the last return filed.) If you do not have that, you will have to ask your income tax department in your city, and they will give you the ward number.
  • Work on your PAN card will begin after the payment has been made. The card shall be sent to you via post/courier to your postal address as mentioned by you.

I-T officials protest

Meanwhile, Income Tax employees and officers on Friday staged a demonstration in front of I-T office in South Mumbai, protesting against outsourcing of PAN work to UTI Investor Services Ltd.

The workers also submitted a memorandum to the Central Bureau of Direct Taxes chairman, through the chief commissioner of I-T, seeking an 'immediate winding up' of the services centres opened by UTIISL on I-T office premises.

"The I-T department has outsourced PAN cards issuing and related works to UTIISL from July 1, despite the fact that 97 per cent of the work was completed by I-T personnel," Joint Council for Action convenor Ashok B Salunkhe said.

Pancard Forms|Permanent Account Number FORM

Permanent Account Number is abbreviated as PAN. It is a laminated card with ten-digit alphanumeric number issued by the income tax department of India. PAN card has become a mandatory since 1st January 2005. The PAN number has to e quoted for all correspondence with income tax department of India.

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It is also compulsory to quote the PAN (Permanent Account Number) number for any financial transaction, buying old immobile property, mobile vehicles or even simply depositing amount exceeding 25,000 Indian Rupees and on income tax return. PAN card (Permanent Account Number) should be mandatory for all persons paying tax for themselves or on behalf of others. It is needed for NRI also; it serves as a proof of Indian ID for carrying out any kind of financial transaction in India. It is against the law to having more than one card.

What is a PAN Card? PAN stands for Permanent Account Number (PAN). It is a 10 alphanumeric number, issued in the form of a laminated card called the 'PAN Card', by the Income Tax Department of India. The government has made PAN mandatory to be quoted on the tax returns & all financial correspondence that happen in India. It is also compulsory to quote PAN Number in all documents pertaining to economic or financial transactions, even if you are a foreign company located outside India, you would still need a pan number to do business with any Indian company.

Do you pay taxes if you have a PAN? To begin, it is always advised to have an Income Tax PAN Card. Having an PAN doesn't mean that you have to pay taxes. One only pays taxes if he/she is generating income from or in India. However, it is always recommended that you still file taxes (though zero returns/tax) even if you don't qualify to pay tax. Doing so would help boost your credibility and would help you in future if you ever wish to raise loans or commence business, etc.


Why NRI, PIO & OCI need a PAN Card?
It can be considered as an Indian tax id & it's compulsory to mention your Income Tax PAN number if you intend to carry any kind of financial transaction in India, from buying real estate, to open a bank account, open Demat/trading account, to invest in India, and more... (serves as an Indian ID proof too).

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Our Intermediary Role for NRIs, PIOs & OCIs is to:

  • Guide our clients about how to apply for a PAN Number?

  • Assist them to download the PAN application & explain how to fill a PAN Card form.

  • Submit the PAN application & follow up with the Income Tax PAN Department on behalf of the Client.

  • Enable them to track & check the status of PANCard online & get it delivered to a foreign address.

PAN application fees within India is Rs 94, for processing PAN card from outside India is Rs 744. The payment can be made by Credit card, Demand draft or cheque. It takes around five working days to get the PAN card if applied online and payment made by credit card otherwise it may take 15 days or more.

  • Inquiries regarding PAN card can be addressed to The Vice President, IT PAN Processing center utiisl-gsd@mail.utiisl.co.in OR to The vice President Income tax pan services unit NSLD e-mail- tininfo@nsdl.co.in
    These are the websites for obtaining PAN card, Tracking service and related services