Validate Digital Signature

Open Form‐ 16 PDF downloaded from web portal or received on E‐mail in acrobat reader. It will show the 
“Validity Unknown” (Yellow Question mark as shown in form 16) in Digital Signature as shown below. 
You can validate the digital signature as below 

1) Right Click on Digital Signature and Click on Validate Signature

2) Click on Signature Properties.

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3) Click on Signer

4) Click on Show Certificate.

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5) Click on Trust then click on the Add to Trusted Identities

6) Following message may display. Click on OK

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7) Tick all checklist and Click on OK as shown below

8) Click on Validate Signature

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9) Now you can see Form 16 with Valid Signature. This exercise is required
to perform only once on a Computer.