The MCA V3 portal changed the presentation of annual-return certification. One important development concerns the integration of MGT-8 certification into the MGT-7 e-form.
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India addressed this development in its advisory dated 24 December 2025.
According to the ICSI advisory, certification in Form MGT-8 has been integrated with the MGT-7 e-form on MCA V3 through a static field.
This is an important change for companies and practising professionals who may have followed earlier filing workflows.
Companies should not rely solely on old filing tutorials, screenshots or document checklists. The current portal workflow and applicable form instructions should be checked for the financial year being filed.
The integration also raises practical questions about supporting certification records and how professional observations should be documented.
The advisory refers to MCA’s FAQ on the Lot 3 forms, which states that qualifying remarks may presently be added in the optional attachment field.
ICSI recommends that practising professionals continue to certify compliances on the letterhead of a Peer Reviewed Practice Unit, generate a UDIN under the Institute’s guidelines and attach the certification as an optional attachment to MGT-7 and MGT-7A wherever applicable, pending clarification or rules from MCA.
This is ICSI’s professional advisory. It should not be represented as a separate MCA statutory amendment.
MCA forms and filing workflows can change. A screenshot from an earlier portal version may not accurately represent the current process.
Companies should use current official instructions and seek professional clarification where the portal workflow is unclear.
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Preparing a company’s annual return involves more than entering director details and shareholding information into an MCA form. Companies must ensure that their statutory records, financial information, meeting details and other disclosures are accurate and consistent with the Companies Act, 2013. For certain companies, the annual-return process also involves certification …
