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Instant e-PAN; card by post
PAN card: the Income Tax portal's instant e-PAN service allots a PAN in about 10 minutes using Aadhaar e-KYC; physical cards applied for through Protean or UTIITSL follow by post after allotment
Last checked August 18, 2026.
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Instant e-PAN; card by post
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Updated Aug 18
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PAN card: the Income Tax portal's instant e-PAN service allots a PAN in about 10 minutes using Aadhaar e-KYC; physical cards applied for through Protean or UTIITSL follow by post after allotment
Updated Aug 18, 2026, 7:48 PM
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Reading the PAN card figure
A tax identity used far beyond tax
A Permanent Account Number is the tax identity India issues to individuals and entities, and it is required far beyond tax filing: opening a bank account, buying property above a threshold, and most large financial transactions all ask for it. Applications run through two authorised intermediaries rather than the tax department directly, which is the first thing that surprises people looking for a government portal.
What the published timing leaves out
Published timing describes issuance once an application is complete and verified. It does not describe the identity-verification step that precedes it, and it does not describe physical delivery of the card, which is a separate postal leg. An e-PAN and a physical PAN are not issued on the same clock.
Name mismatches against the Aadhaar record
Mismatches between the name on the application and the name held against the Aadhaar record are the usual cause, because verification is automated and stops on a difference as small as an initial. Applications from abroad take longer than domestic ones. A correction or reissue is a different queue from a first application, and comparing yourself to someone in the other queue produces a misleading picture.