There is a huge increase in the demand for credit cards in recent years. Almost every bank and other financial institution has a variety of credit card offers to cater to different needs and requirements. However, to get these credit cards, you will be required to submit certain documents, as required by the card provider. The document requirement for a credit card varies from one provider to another. Here we have enlisted some common documents required to apply for a credit card.
To apply for a credit card, the applicant must submit a photocopy of the documents mentioned below. The lender may also ask for original documents for verification.
Identity Proof | Address Proof | Income Proof |
PAN Card, Aadhaar Card, Passport, Arms License, Ration Card, Voter’s ID Card, Freedom Fighter’s ID Card, Driving License or any other legally accepted photo identity proof signed by a Gazetted Officer | Voter’s ID Card, Passport, Aadhaar Card, Utility Bills (not older than 3 months), Ration Card, Lease or Rental Agreement, Driving License, Property Documents or any other legally accepted address proof | Salary Slip of last 3 months, Form-16, ITR, Bank Statement of last 6 months, etc. |
Identity Proof | Address Proof | Income Proof |
PAN Card, Aadhaar Card, Passport, Arms License, Ration Card, Voter’s ID Card, Freedom Fighter’s ID Card, Driving License or any other legally accepted photo identity proof signed by a Gazetted Officer | Voter’s ID Card, Passport, Aadhaar Card, Utility Bills (not older than 3 months), Ration Card, Lease or Rental Agreement, Driving License, Property Documents or any other legally accepted address proof | Salary Slip of last 3 months, Form-16, ITR, Bank Statement of last 6 months, Certified Financial Documents, Proof of Business Continuity, etc. |
If you NRI customer & can meet personally with the bank's representative for credit card | If your mailing address is in India | If you have an overseas mailing address |
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Identity Proof | Address Proof | Age Proof | Enrollment Proof |
PAN Card, Passport, Aadhaar Card, Driving License, Voter’s ID Card (any one) | Passport, Ration Card, Driving License, Utility Bills (not older than 3 months), Voter’s ID Card (any one) | Passport, 10th Standard School Certificate, Birth Certificate, Voter ID Card (any one) | Admission Slip, College ID Card, Study Certificate from the respective college/university (any one) |
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Yes, you have to submit documents to the bank to get your credit card. You have to provide your documents to prove your identity, residential address, and income. If you cannot submit all these vital documents to a bank, you would not get approval for a credit card. In addition, these documents are significant to verify if a person can pay the monthly bills of a credit card or not.
If NRI applicants cannot provide their passport to the bank for some problems, they can provide their appointment letter, driving license and many others to the bank for document verification.
The full form of FATF is the Financial Action Task Force. If an NRI applicant is belonging to a FATF country, they can attest all their documents from an overseas banker, who is licensed for operating in that nation. However, in a non-FATF country, every document of the customer has to be attested by an Indian Consulate or a foreign notary. This rule is applicable to the original documents of an NRI too.
The documents that you need to submit to prove your age incorporate the 10th standard school certificate/ marksheet, voter's ID card, birth certificate, or passport.
Yes, you can increase the credit limit of your credit card. First, you have to place your request to the credit card issuer about a hike in your card's credit limit. You must submit additional documents including income proof to the issuer to complete the procedure. The representatives of the bank would decide if they want to increase the credit limit on your credit card or not. They would evaluate your documents. In addition, the cardholder's credit card rules, old history of repaying loans, and dues on the credit card of the cardholder would be also evaluated in this matter.
You can get discounts on your dining bills, beneficial cashback offers, reward points on paying bills in the restaurant. You can get frequent discount offers on your dining bills from those restaurants, which have a tie-up business with a bank, which issued you a credit card. In the previous years, the premium credit cards only provided dining benefits, however, at present, standard cards also offer such benefits to the customers.
It depends on your credit card issuer how many supplementary credit cards you can own. However, an applicant is able to apply for approximately three supplementary cards for their family members, such as children, parents, siblings, and spouse.