Income proof
आय प्रमाण पत्र
Needed for scholarships, education loans, fee concessions and welfare scheme eligibility.
Proof of your family's total annual income from all sources. The figure on the certificate is your whole family's income, not just yours. Every earning member counts, and the department checks it against the declaration and proof you file.
Across Uttar Pradesh the same document is asked for as an aay praman patra or a family income certificate. The name changes; the certificate and the Tehsil that issues it do not.
A field report confirms the income you declared. A household with salary slips or Form 16 usually clears quickly, while a self-declared income gets a closer look.
We check your situation against the current departmental rules before you spend time on the form.
Once, from your phone or computer, or pulled straight from DigiLocker.
Every field and document is checked, then a field agent files the application with the department.
Live status on every stage, and a verified digital copy by email once the department approves it.
The fee, the documents and the departmental rules are the same everywhere in Uttar Pradesh. Your district only decides which Tehsil verifies the application.
Uttar Pradesh’s 75 districts sit under 18 divisions. Each one lists the districts inside it.
Students
For fee concessions and scholarships that are means-tested.
EWS applicants
An Income Certificate is the input an EWS Certificate application is assessed against.
Scheme applicants
For UP welfare schemes with a family income ceiling.
CertiSetu is an independent private platform. A verified agent files the application for you and every field and document is checked before it is submitted.
The UP e-District portal is the government's own, and our fee does not apply on it. You do the filing, the follow-up and any correction yourself.
0–7 days Filed and under review
We file it on the UP e-District portal, with every field checked first so nothing comes back.
8–15 days Tehsildar verification
A Lekhpal checks your address on the ground, then the Uttar Pradesh Tehsildar signs it.
15–20 days Certificate issued
The digital copy reaches your account, and the printed one is posted to Uttar Pradesh.
Beyond 20 days Escalated for you
If it stalls, we chase the Tehsil ourselves and tell you exactly what it is waiting on.
Working days, counted from a complete filing. The processing time is the department’s own and is not a delivery commitment.
| Applicant type | Documents required |
|---|---|
| Salaried family | Aadhaar, salary slips or Form 16, address proof, passport photo |
| Self-employed or farming family | Aadhaar, self-declaration of income, land records or khatauni, address proof |
| General applicant | Aadhaar, ration card or utility bill, passport photo, Parshad approval |
| Document | What is accepted | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Aadhaar card (front) | JPG, PNG or PDF · up to 2 MB | Mandatory |
| Aadhaar card (back) | JPG, PNG or PDF · up to 2 MB | Mandatory |
| Passport-size photograph | Recent photo, plain light background | Mandatory |
| Residence proof | Electricity bill, voter ID or ration card | Mandatory |
| Parshad approval | Arranged by our field agent, nothing for you to get | Mandatory |
The most common rejection
The figure you declare is one you are legally responsible for. A number lowered to clear a scheme threshold, then contradicted by a payslip or a return, gets the application refused, and a refusal on those grounds is not refundable.
Six things that decide whether a file moves or comes back.
The name, the father's name and the address have to read identically on every document you upload. A mismatch between the Aadhaar spelling and the ration card sends more applications back from the Uttar Pradesh Tehsil than any other single reason.
Whatever address the form carries is the one the Lekhpal verifies in Uttar Pradesh. If your documents show two, file with the one your residence proof carries and leave the other out.
A photo with a corner cut off or a shadow across the seal is rejected at the document stage, before the file reaches the department at all. JPG, PNG or PDF, up to 2 MB each.
The Lekhpal calls the number on the form before the field visit in Uttar Pradesh. An unreachable number is the commonest reason a complete, correct file simply sits still.
The form has to be signed and stamped by the ward councillor for your address in Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the few steps that still happens on paper, and it is easier to collect before the file is open than after.
The department counts working days. A file submitted on a Friday evening effectively starts on Monday, which is two days of the estimate spent before anyone has opened it.
The document checklist for the Income Certificate was the clearest I have found. I knew what to collect before leaving home.
I always mixed up Domicile and Caste certificates. The guides explain the difference in plain words.
The step-by-step breakdown told me what happens after applying. Knowing the order of things takes half the worry away.
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