As a director of an Australian business, you are required provide your individual Director Identification Number (DIN) in every directorship registration, current and future.
Your DIN is unique and used instead of your personal details on public registers. It also allows businesses, communities and government agencies to register, verify and track the corporate history of individual directors and their relationships to companies.
It’s essential for you to meet this obligation.
- Directors appointed from 5 April 2022 must apply before their appointment.
- Directors appointed between 1 November 2021 and 4 April 2022 are expected to apply within 28 days of their appointment.
- Directors appointed on or before 31 October 2021 and not yet applied for a DIN, you must do so before 30 November 2022.
How to apply
The application process for Australian Resident Directors differs to that for non-resident Australian citizens and Foreign Nationals. For Australian Resident Directors, if you have a myGov account this is the quickest way for you to apply.
To assist you with this, we have prepared ‘how to’ guides that you can download and share.
