foreign nationals

Under the current Visa regime, a Research Visa (RV) is given to Research Professors or Scholars and to Foreign Nationals (FN) attending research Conferences/Seminars/Workshops. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has recently come out with the FAQ's o Full Article

The Ministry of Home Affairs has recently issued another set of FAQs in relation to the type of visa to be issued to Foreign Nationals in relation to their work related visits. Such FAQs are in continuation of the earlier clarifications issued by it in October 2009 and subsequent Foreign National Worker Quota Guidelines ("FNWQ") issued by Ministry of Labour and Employment and Training ("MLET") in January 2010 and related press note released in May 2010. Full Article

These individuals, according to the RBI, may open, hold and maintain a foreign currency account with a bank outside India and receive the whole salary payable to him for the services rendered to the office/branch/subsidiary/joint venture in India of such foreign company, by credit to such account, provided that income-tax chargeable under the Income-tax Act, 1961, is paid on the entire salary as accrued in India. Full Article

Payment of salary outside India to employees of a foreign company who are on secondment to an office, branch, subsidiary or joint venture in India (Indian entity) of the foreign company. The remittance of salary received by foreign nationals whilst resident in India who are employees of Indian companies. Full Article

Christmas cheer has come early for foreign nationals working in India. They can now take their entire post-tax salaries home, following a change in rules to this effect by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). This will benefit sectors such as aviation, telecom and infrastructure, which employ a large number of expats, making it easier for them to attract talent from abroad. Earlier, expats could take only 75% of their salaries abroad. Full Article

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) had issued a letter dated 20 August 2009 requiring all foreign nationals in India holding Business Visa (BV) and working on project/ contract based assignments in India to return to their home countries on expiry of their BV or by 30 September 2009, whichever is earlier. This deadline was subsequently extended to 31 October 2009 by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Full Article

Indian diplomatic posts worldwide are no longer accepting employment visa applications from individuals who are not nationals of the country where the post is located. Instead, these applicants are advised to file their applications at the post in their country of citizenship. Full Article

Company registration As per Indian law there needs to be 2 directors to register a company in India. One share to be nominated to some one here to start the company registration that will be returned. Digital signatures certificate application forms of all persons, 2 directors and 1 nominee need to be submitted for company [...] Full Article