Start a private limited company or LLP in India as an NRI or OCI — directors abroad, filings done remotely.
Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) can own and manage an Indian private limited company or LLP from abroad, holding shares or partnership interest and serving as directors or designated partners. Indian law requires at least one director or designated partner who is resident in India, and the sole-member One Person Company is available only to persons resident in India under current rules. Fastlegal obtains your Director Identification Number using documents notarised or apostilled in your country of residence, incorporates the entity, and sets up the bank account and the RBI reporting that your investment may require.
One fixed professional fee, inclusive of GST, agreed with you before any work starts — no hourly billing, no surprises, and nothing charged until you approve it. MCA filing fees, state stamp duty and notarisation/apostille charges abroad extra, at actuals.
Choose Pvt Ltd or LLP, pay online in INR or by international card, and tell us where each promoter is resident.
Upload notarised or apostilled passports and address proofs of overseas promoters, plus KYC of the resident director, to your Fastlegal dashboard.
We arrange DSCs, apply for DINs, draft the charter documents and file SPICe+ or FiLLiP with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
Follow the application in your dashboard and download the Certificate of Incorporation, PAN and TAN when issued.
Yes. NRIs and OCIs can hold shares and act as directors. The only structural condition is that at least one director must have been resident in India for 182 days or more in the financial year; the NRI promoters can be the other directors.
Under current rules the member of an OPC must be a natural person who is an Indian citizen and resident in India, so an NRI living abroad cannot form an OPC unless they meet the residency test. A private limited company with a resident co-director or an LLP is the usual route.
No. Your passport and address proof are notarised in your country of residence, or apostilled if that country is a party to the Hague Apostille Convention, and uploaded to your dashboard. Filings are signed digitally with your DSC.
Usually 3–4 weeks after your notarised or apostilled documents are ready, depending on MCA name approval and DIN processing. Getting documents attested abroad can add one to two weeks, so we suggest starting that first. MCA timelines are not guaranteed.
It depends on how it is made. Investment by an NRI on a repatriation basis is treated as foreign direct investment and must be reported to the RBI in Form FC-GPR after allotment. Investment on a non-repatriation basis from NRO funds is, under Schedule IV of the NDI Rules, treated at par with investment by a resident for most sectors and is not counted as FDI. We help you choose and document the basis before funds are sent.
The company must hold board meetings, file annual returns and financial statements with the ROC, get its accounts audited, file income tax returns, and complete director KYC every year. If any investment is on a repatriation basis, the annual FLA return to RBI may also apply. Our annual compliance packages cover these.
NRI Company Registration in India
3–4 weeks after documents are apostilled or notarised, subject to MCA processing