Documents required to open DEMAT account

The following are the Documents required to open DEMAT account.

1.PAN Card (mandatory)
2.Proof of identity (copy of any one proof):
1) Passport
2) Voter ID Card
3) Driving license
4) PAN card with photograph
5) Identity card/document with applicant's photo
3.Proof of address (copy of any one proof):
1) Ration card
2) Passport
3) Voter ID card
4) Driving license
5) Bank passbook
6) Verified copies of electricity bills/ residence telephone bills (not more than two months old)/ Leave and license agreement .
7) Identity card/document with address, issued by Central/State government and its departments.
4. Photographs (passport size 2 or more. depends on the DP)
5. Bank account details (The one that needs to be linked to the DEMAT account) along with 3 Cheques i.e. Margin amount Cheque, Cancelled Cheque and DP Cheque.

The above mentioned docs should be sufficient to open a DEMAT account.
Above all PAN Card is extremely essential to open a demat Account. I advise you to carry original documents along with photocopies as they will ask the originals for verification.
So get your all documents in place.