What is Know Your Customer (KYC), and how can the KYC status be checked?
Know Your Customer (KYC) is a process to determine the identity of a customer and details such as income, profession etc. A KYC is mandatory as per SEBI guidelines (WEB) to open a trading and demat account. KYC will be verified during the account opening process at Zerodha.
To check the KYC status, follow these steps:
- Visit cvlkra.com.
- Click on KYC inquiry.
- Enter PAN , input the captcha , and click Submit to fetch the status.
What does KYC status mean?
- Registered: KYC is registered successfully.
- Under process: This status shows up for a recently opened account. It takes up to 5 days for the KYC to be updated.
- On-hold or rejected: This status shows up if the details were not updated with the correct information and documents by the existing broker. Zerodha will send an email with the details about the documents required. See Why did Zerodha send an email asking for KYC information?
If the account was inactive for a year, the KYC details will have to be updated. See
Why did Zerodha send an email requesting KYC details to be updated?
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