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Invest India, under the aegis of DPIIT, has set up a dedicated team to handhold these investors, easing their investment journey and ensuring a smooth process at every step. This helpdesk will allow potential PIO investors to seek assistance and raise issues at any point before, during or post the investment.
A Non-Resident Indian (NRI) is an Indian citizen who lives outside India and holds an Indian Passport.
A Person of Indian Origin (PIO) means a foreign citizen:
A foreign national, who was eligible to become a citizen of India on 26 January 1950 or was a citizen of India on or at any time after 26 January 1950 or belonged to a territory that became part of India after 15 August 1947 is an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI).
Note: [PIO Scheme was merged with OCI scheme on 9 January 2015]
PIO cards are valid till 31 March 2020. Therefore, all PIO cardholders are required to apply for OCI cards in place of PIO cards.
NRI | A Non-Resident Indian (NRI) must be a citizen of India who holds an Indian passport and has temporarily emigrated to another country for six months (stay in India is less than 182 days) or more for employment, residence, education or any other purpose. |
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OCI cardholder | The following categories of foreign nationals are eligible for registration as Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Cardholder:
Note: No person, who or either whose parents or grandparents or great grandparents are or had been a citizen of Pakistan, Bangladesh or such other country as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify, shall be eligible for registration as an Overseas |
NRI | All benefits available to Indian citizens are subject to notifications issued by the Government. |
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OCI cardholder |
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NRI | Not Applicable |
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OCI cardholder | Eligible persons can apply online. |
NRI | No visa required. |
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OCI cardholder | No visa required for visiting India. For undertaking certain activities, prior permissions are required. |
Know India Programme (KIP) is a flagship initiative of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for diaspora engagement which familiarizes Indian-origin youth (18-30 years) with their Indian roots and contemporary India, through an orientation programme. This programme aims at providing young PIOs an exposure to India’s progress in areas including infrastructure, technology and innovation. For more information, click here.
Invest India, the national investment promotion and facilitation agency, has been a part of KIP since the 54th batch. Through this interaction Invest India showcases recent developments in India, various government initiatives to attract investments in India and the investment opportunities across key sectors and states of India.
Any person can bring foreign exchange into India without any limit in any form other than currency notes, bank notes and travellers cheques, subject to declaration to the Custom authorities in the prescribed Currency Declaration Form in following cases:
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A person who has gone outside India on a temporary visit or a person resident outside India (except for citizen of Pakistan or Bangladesh) may bring into India currency notes of the Government of India and Reserve Bank of India notes up to an amount not exceeding INR 25,000 per person, subject to such conditions as notified by the Reserve Bank of India from time to time.
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Following quantities of alcoholic drinks and tobacco products may be included for import within the duty free allowances admissible to various categories of incoming passengers:
-Alcoholic liquors or wines upto 2 litres
-100 Cigarettes or 25 Cigars or 125 gms. of Tobacco.
The Customs Tariff Act 1975 enlists the rate of duty over and above the mentioned quantities. It can be accessed at the link.
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As per the Baggage Rules 2016, a passenger who has been residing abroad for over one year is allowed to bring jewellery, free of duty in his bona fide baggage up-to an aggregate weight of 20grams with a cap value of INR 50,000/- (in the case of a gentleman passenger) or 40 grams with a cap value of INR.1,00,000/- (in the case of a lady passenger).
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The Foreigner Registration Office (FRO) is the primary agency to regulate the registration, movement, stay, departure and for recommending the extension of stay in India. Foreigner Regional Registration Offices (FRRO) are the regional FROs established across India.
Nodal Ministry for FRROs/ FROs is the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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Foreign nationals visiting India are not required to register if their duration of stay in India is less than 180 days. Other than that, those foreigners will not be required to get themselves registered who have entered India on a long-term visa provided their continuous stay in India does not exceed 180 days.
For more details, please refer the link.
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All foreigners (including those of Indian origin) visiting India on long term (more than 180 days) Student Visa, Medical Visa, Research Visa and Employment Visa are required to get themselves registered with the Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO) or Foreigners Registration Officer (FRO) of the jurisdiction where the foreigner intends to stay, typically within 14 days of arrival.
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If any certificate of registration, issued under these rules is lost or destroyed, the foreigner to whom it was issued, shall make or send to the Registration Officer of the district a report on how was it lost or destroyed and a copy of police report to issue a duplicate copy of the certificate of registration.
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A penalty in Indian currency equivalent to $30 in case of late registration is charged. This fee may be revised from time to time. Please refer to Link for more information.
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Foreign nationals when leaving India shall surrender his certificate of registration either to the registration office of the place where he/she is registered or the immigration office at the post/check exit at the time of final departure from India. Please refer to Link for more information.
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Yes, as per the provisions of section 5(1) (g) of the Citizenship Act, 1955, a person who is registered as an OCI for 5 years and is residing in India for 1 year out of the above 5 years, is eligible to apply for Indian Citizenship. For more details, please refer link.
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Yes, as long as the local laws of at least one of the countries allow dual citizenship in some form or other, he/ she can apply for OCI.
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Within 30 days of the application, if there is no adverse information available against the applicant. If any adverse information is available, the decision to grant or otherwise is taken within 120 days.
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Yes, after getting prior approval/special permission from Ministry of Home Affairs, an OCI holder can undertake research work in India.
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No, foreign military personnel either in service or retired, are not entitled to receive the grant of OCI holder. Please refer to Link for more information.
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Yes, foreign-born children of PIOs are eligible to become OCIs provided one of the parents is eligible to become an OCI.
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Following incomes are exempt from tax in the hands of a Non-resident Indian (NRI):-
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In general, all income received or accrued in India is subject to tax. Various types of income which are taxed are as follows:
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No, a foreign citizen cannot undertake employment on the basis of a business visa. Only on an employment visa can a foreign citizen undertake employment in India
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A foreign national coming as a volunteer for honorary work with the NGOs registered in the country, may be paid an honorarium up-to a ceiling of INR 10,000 per month ($ 154 per month, subject to exchange rate fluctuations).
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Yes, a relaxation has been provided in this regard. Now, while having a long duration visa (say employment visa, business visa, etc.), a foreigner can also avail a short duration visa (conference visa, transit visa, e-visa and visa-on arrival). In such a scenario, unlike in the past, the long duration visas will not be cancelled but “kept on hold”.
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Yes, a foreign national is permitted to change employment between a registered holding company and its subsidiaries. Further, such a change is also permissible between joint ventures and Consortiums after obtaining prior approval from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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Business Visa shall be non-convertible to any other type of visa except in specific cases.
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No, in case the foreign entity does not have any office in India, it cannot sponsor an employment visa. The visa can be sponsored by an Indian ‘host’ company,The visa can be sponsored by an Indian ‘host’ company subject to following conditions:
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Senior management personnel and/or specialists employed by foreign firms, who are relocated to India to work on specific project/management assignment can apply for employment visa.
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e-Tourist Visa is a completely online application for which no facilitation is required by any intermediary/agents, etc. However, its validity is for 30 days and it is only valid for single entry into India. The e-Tourist visa allows for visa on arrival issuance only for arrival and departure from the airports in Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bengaluru (Bangalore), Chennai, Cochin, Delhi, Gaya, Goa, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Tiruchirapalli, Trivandrum and Varanasi.
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No, it is not possible to apply for an India visa at the airport. Eligible citizens traveling for leisure/tourism purposes have the option to apply for an Indian e-visa online, before they depart for India. Once the visa is granted, citizens will have to get biometric information taken at the airport and the visa stamped on the passport on arrival in India.
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e-Visa is granted to a foreigner whose sole objective of visiting India is recreation, sight-seeing, casual visit to meet friends or relatives, attending a short term yoga programme, medical treatment including treatment under Indian systems of medicine and business purpose and no other purpose/ activity.
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Tourist Visa can be granted to a foreigner whose sole objective of visiting India is recreation, sight seeing, casual visit to meet friends or relatives, attending a short-term yoga programme, etc. and no other purpose/ activity.
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