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Digital Signature Certificates · eMudhra Class 3
The filings that matter will not accept anything else — and this one is legally your signature. Issued the same day, entirely online.
Licensed by the Controller of Certifying Authorities, Government of India
Tell us what you are filing and we will pick the class, the certificate type and the term that portal actually requires. The price is the price — nothing is added at checkout.
Pick the closest match. This sets the rest of the form for you, and you can still change anything below.
An organisation certificate carries your name and the company name. Both cost the same, so pick by what the portal expects.
Signing covers almost everything. Encryption is what tender portals use to seal and open your bid.
A certificate cannot be edited once issued, so pick a shorter term if your name, company or role is likely to change.
Every certificate eMudhra issues and what each costs, at their published list price effective 15 July 2024. No option is hidden behind an enquiry form and nothing is added at checkout.
| Certificate | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signature onlySigning filings and returns. MCA21, income tax, GST, EPFO, ICEGATE, courts. | Details → | |||
| Encryption onlyDecrypting documents sent to you where signing is handled elsewhere. | Details → | |||
| Signature + EncryptionRequired by every e-tender and e-procurement portal. | Details → |
| Certificate | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Signature onlyAttested passport and address proof in place of Aadhaar eKYC. | Details → | |||
| Encryption only | Details → | |||
| Signature + Encryption | Details → |
| Certificate | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DGFT certificateOrganisation certificate carrying your IEC. One and two years only. | — | Details → | ||
| Document Signer — Class 3Server-held, for signing documents automatically in bulk. | Details → | |||
| Document Signer — Class 2Still issued for document signer certificates. | Details → |
| Item | Option | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| USB crypto tokenFIPS 140-2 or FIPS 140-3. Already included with every certificate — buy only for a spare or a replacement. | FIPS 140-2 | Details → | |
| FIPS 140-3 | Details → | ||
| Support planOptional. Silver, Gold or Platinum assistance with enrolment, download and daily use. | Silver | Details → | |
| Gold | Details → | ||
| Platinum | Details → |
Everything above is one person, one token, one certificate. These are the things that do not fit that shape.
Foreign directors, overseas signatories on Indian company filings and non-resident applicants. Verification runs on an attested passport and address proof plus a video call rather than Aadhaar, so allow three to five working days.
Issued to the organisation and held in an HSM or on your application server rather than on a token. Your system calls it and signs — the only practical way to put a valid signature on ten thousand invoices a night.
The private key is generated on the device and cannot be exported, which is why a lost token means a fresh certificate. Buy FIPS 140-3 if you are buying today.
IEC registration and modification, advance authorisation, EPCG, MEIS and RoDTEP claims — everything filed on dgft.gov.in.
The signing and encryption pair, sold together, for GeM, CPPP, IREPS, MSTC, the state e-procurement portals and the PSUs that run on the same platforms.
Optional plans from eMudhra covering KYC enrolment help, download assistance, renewal support and free replacement. Ordinary questions are answered free by our own team.
Most Indian applicants finish the whole thing in an afternoon. The step that takes the longest is almost always the one you do yourself.
Pick the certificate above and pay. We send the eMudhra application link straight away.
A few minutesAadhaar OTP or biometric verification, then a short video where you read a code aloud. Have your PAN and Aadhaar to hand.
15–30 minutesApproval is usually the same working day. The certificate is issued and the USB token goes out by courier or speed post.
Same day, then 2–5 days in transitPlug in the token, run the eMudhra download tool and enter your challenge code. The key never leaves the device. We will walk you through it if it sticks.
10 minutesAadhaar eKYC removes the paperwork for most Indian applicants. These are what you need when it does not apply.
Indian applicant, Aadhaar eKYC route
Company, LLP, partnership or trust
Non-resident individual or overseas company
The Controller of Certifying Authorities withdrew Class 2 Digital Signature Certificates on 1 January 2021. Every portal that used to ask for Class 2 now accepts Class 3, and no Certifying Authority may issue a new Class 2 certificate. If a page or a consultant is still quoting you for Class 2, they are quoting for something that cannot be issued. The one exception is the Document Signer Certificate, where Class 2 remains available.
CCA rules require the private key to be generated inside, and never to leave, a FIPS-certified cryptographic device. That is why the certificate arrives on a USB token and cannot be emailed, copied or backed up. Lose the token and the certificate is gone with it — you buy a new one, you do not recover the old one. Only one certificate on a token can be in use at a time.
eMudhra will refund an order it could not process because KYC could not be completed. It will not refund a certificate that has been issued, because issuance is the product. Check the spelling of your name, your PAN and, for DGFT, your IEC before you submit — a mistake in any of them means buying the certificate again, not editing it.
eMudhra will facilitate exchange of FIPS 140-2 tokens for FIPS 140-3 through the manufacturers after 21 September 2026. Starting on the newer standard avoids that swap entirely.
For almost everything, a Class 3 signature certificate. Add encryption only if you are bidding on e-tender or e-procurement portals, which need the pair, or if you have to decrypt documents that are sent to you encrypted. If you file with DGFT you need the DGFT certificate specifically — nothing else is accepted there.
An organisation certificate carries both your name and the company name, and is what you want when you sign on the company’s behalf: MCA filings, GST, tender bids, EPFO. An individual certificate carries only your name and suits personal income tax filing and court e-filing. They cost the same, so pick by what the portal expects rather than by price.
Yes, and the configurator shows you by how much. Three years at ₹2,250 works out under ₹750 a year against ₹1,350 for a single year. The one reason to choose a shorter term is a name, company or role that you expect to change, because a certificate cannot be edited — a change means a new one.
For an Indian applicant using Aadhaar eKYC, issuance is usually the same working day. The token then takes two to five days to reach you by courier or speed post. Foreign applicants should allow three to five working days for issuance because verification runs on attested documents rather than Aadhaar.
Yes. One Class 3 certificate registers on MCA21, the income tax portal, GST, EPFO, ICEGATE and the tender portals at the same time. You register the same certificate separately on each, which is a few minutes per portal. You do not need a certificate per portal, whatever anyone selling one per portal tells you.
Renewal is a fresh certificate rather than an extension, and it goes through eKYC again. You can reuse your existing token if it still works. Start about two weeks before expiry — an expired certificate cannot be renewed, only replaced, and anything you signed before expiry stays valid.
Us. Email help@sslretail.com with the order number and what the tool told you. The common causes are a token driver that never installed, a browser that has blocked the helper application, or a challenge code that has already been used. None of them require a new certificate.
Tell us which website is asking and what it said, and we will tell you exactly which one to buy — before you spend anything.
