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File your monthly EDF in five minutes.

Every Indian service exporter must send a form called the EDF to their bank each month from 1 October 2026. We fill that form for you.

Tell us about your business once. Add your invoices. Download the ready PDF and send it to your bank. Or upload an invoice and we read it for you.

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What you get

Exact bank form

The same form HDFC gives you.

All invoices, one EDF

One filing a month, every client.

Signed and sealed

Upload once. Stamped every month.

Fills itself

Upload an invoice. Fields fill. You check.

How it works

About five minutes a month once your profile is saved.

  1. Profile form with the GST certificate and cheque upload areas and the fields filled from them
    Profile filled from a GST certificate and a cancelled cheque

    Set up once from two documents

    Upload your GST certificate and a cancelled cheque; the fields are filled for you to check.

  2. Invoice review form with fields filled from an uploaded invoice and one field marked Check this
    Invoice review: client, amount, currency, dates and SAC read from the PDF

    Drop in the month's invoices

    Upload each invoice PDF; client, amount, currency and dates are read for you.

  3. Live preview of the EDF before generating
    Live preview of the EDF before generating

    Preview and generate

    Check the filled form, choose the stamp, download one PDF.

  4. Submission log with ACK number
    Submission log with ACK number

    Send it to your bank

    Email it to your Trade Desk and note the ACK number.

What happens to a file you upload

Uploading is optional. Here is what happens to your file.

  1. You pick a file

  2. Read once, never kept

  3. You check it

  4. Then deleted

Before

Typing every invoice in from its PDF, field by field, every month.

After

Drop in the files, check the values, press Save.

You can always type the details in instead. An invoice file is kept only if you choose to attach it to the invoice. How your documents are handled

Who it is for

Agencies, IT shops, consultants and freelancers in India who invoice foreign clients and file an EDF with their AD bank every month.

  • HDFC Bank

    The bank's own request letter cum EDF, field for field.

    Available now
  • ICICI Bank

    Next on the list.

    Next
  • Other AD banks

    The EDF in the RBI format, ready for your bank's covering letter.

    RBI format

This month's deadline

Invoices raised in October 2026 are due with your bank by .

The EDF is due 30 days after the end of the month in which you raise the invoice. Months with no foreign invoices need nothing.

Questions exporters ask

What the EDF is, who files and when it is due, in one page. Read the full guide

Does EDF Filing submit the form to my bank?

No. You download the PDF and send it to your branch Trade Desk or RM. We give you a checklist of what to attach.

Who must file?

From 1 Oct 2026, every exporter of services in India files an EDF with their AD bank, and that includes freelancers. There is no minimum amount: no threshold exists in the regulation. The EDF is due within 30 days of the end of the month in which you raise the invoice.

Do I file once, or every month?

Every month in which you raise an invoice to a foreign client needs its own EDF, due 30 days after that month ends. One form covers all of that month's invoices. Months with no invoices need nothing. For services other than software, HDFC also accepts the EDF "on or before the date of receipt of payment" if that comes first.

EDF due dates by invoice month
Invoice raised in EDF due by
October 2026 30 Nov 2026
November 2026 30 Dec 2026
December 2026 30 Jan 2027
January 2027 2 Mar 2027
February 2027 30 Mar 2027
March 2027 30 Apr 2027

The app computes this from your invoice dates; the widget above shows the current month.

Is there a minimum amount?

No threshold exists in the regulation. Invoices up to ₹10 lakh may be closed by the bank on your self-declaration, but the declaration itself is still required.

I get paid through Wise / PayPal / Skydo. Do I file?

As of October 2026, banks are giving different answers. Your AD bank is the bank that receives the foreign currency. If your Indian bank receives rupees by NEFT from a platform, ask the platform and your bank in writing; our tool produces the form either way.

Will my bank accept a scanned signature?

Many branches accept emailed PDFs from your registered email; some insist on ink. We give you both variants.

What do you store?

Your profile, clients, invoices, generated PDFs and, if you choose, your signature image. Everything sensitive is encrypted; servers are in India; you can delete it all.

Is this legal or tax advice?

No. It is a document generator. You remain the declarant.

Do you use AI to read my documents?

Only when you choose to upload one. An invoice, a GST certificate or a cancelled cheque is sent once to OpenAI under zero-retention terms, the suggested values are shown for you to check, and nothing is saved until you press Save. You can always type the details instead.

Is uploading my GST certificate or cheque safe?

The file is sent once to OpenAI under zero-retention terms, so it is not kept there or used for training. On our side the file is deleted as soon as it has been read, at most an hour later; only the values you review stay on screen, and nothing is saved until you press Save. The PAN, GSTIN, IEC and account number you save are encrypted at rest. If you prefer, type the details in instead.

What does it cost?

Your first three monthly packs are free. Paid plans will be announced; nothing is charged without your consent.

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