Auto registration for ICE holders : No digital signature is required for ICE registration

For the simplification of auto registration for  ICE holders, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has announced  that no digital signature is required for ICE registration. ICE holders can register with the goods and services tax identification number.

The facility is now available on https://www.icegate.gov.in/

Presently, IEC Registration is allowed on ICEGATE website, with Digital Signature and requires approval. Such registered IEC holders can file documents on ICEGATE. To attract importers and exporters for Registration on ICEGATE and to provide them various information services including reports, a need is felt to provide a Simplified Auto Registration on ICEGATE. This Simplified Auto Registration is based on IEC and GSTIN, requires OTP verifications of e-mail and mobile number.

The simplified Registration Module in ICEGATE is designed to register at the ICEGATE without the need to upload the Digital Signature Certificate (DSC), PAN verification, document upload to ICEGATE and approval procedure.

Note: IEC holders registered under Simplified Auto Registration category are not permitted to file Customs documents.

The Board has also issued an advisory explaining the different cases of simplified Registration Process.