Application for Grant of Status Certificate

3.2.2

All newly issued Status certificates shall be valid from 1st April of the year during which application for recognition was filed. For renewals, application filed before expiry of current validity, renewals shall have a validity commencing from 1st April of next licensing year; otherwise validity period shall be 1st April of year during which application was filed.

All Status Certificates shall be valid for a period of 5 years reckoned from the 1st April of the relevant year. All Status Certificates valid beyond 31.3.2009 shall continue to remain in force, in case provisions of Foreign Trade Policy (2009-14) continue to recognize the status.

Pending the finalization of the applications for grant of recognition, existing status holders who have applied for recognition before the expiry of their status, shall have a grace period of 6 months. During this grace period of 6 months such status holders shall continue to be recognized as Status holders even after the expiry of earlier Status Certificate i.e. till September, end, unless their aplications are finally rejected or recognition granted once again as the case may be.