FEMA/FDI Advisory

Advisory on inbound investment and FEMA compliance.

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Turnaround 7–12 daysCA-led professional reviewStarting ₹5,999

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What's included

All three plans deliver the same professional quality, accuracy and final output. The difference is the service experience — processing speed, priority handling, communication and support.

  • Professional handling
  • Secure document collection
  • Professional review
  • Digital delivery
  • Secure document storage
  • Service-specific Bluman Advantage
  • Status updates
  • Post-completion support

Bluman Advantage

Entry-route and sectoral-cap analysis, pricing-guideline check, FC-GPR/FLA reporting plan and compliance-risk assessment.

Service overview

What this service is

Advisory on inbound investment and FEMA compliance. Delivered end-to-end by Bluman's Chartered Accountants with a fixed scope and a published price.

Who needs it

Indian companies receiving investment from a non-resident, Indian residents investing abroad, and businesses restructuring shareholding with a foreign element who need the exchange control position established before the money moves.

What Bluman will do

  • Determine the entry route for the proposed investment — automatic or government approval — and the sectoral cap and conditions applicable to your activity.
  • Test the proposed price per share against the pricing guidelines, and identify where a valuation report from an authorised valuer is required.
  • Map the reporting obligations that follow — advance reporting of remittance, share allotment reporting and the annual return on foreign liabilities and assets.
  • Set out the documentation the authorised dealer bank will require, including the foreign inward remittance certificate and the KYC of the remitter.
  • Deliver a written advisory with the compliance calendar, and prepare the reporting filings where you engage us for them.

Key deliverables

  • Written advisory on route, cap, pricing and conditions
  • Reporting calendar with deadlines
  • Prepared reporting filings, where engaged

Advisory is delivered within the stated turnaround. Reporting deadlines run from the date of remittance or allotment and are strict.

  • · Government fees, portal charges and applicable taxes are billed at actuals.
  • · Timelines start once complete documents and information are received.
  • · Outcomes that depend on a government authority cannot be guaranteed, but every step is tracked and communicated.

Forms and filings involved

  • Form FC-GPR

    Reporting of shares issued to a non-resident, filed on the RBI FIRMS portal.

  • Form FC-TRS

    Reporting of transfer of shares between a resident and a non-resident.

  • FLA return

    Annual return on foreign liabilities and assets.

  • Form ODI

    Reporting for outbound investment by an Indian party.

Documents required

  • Details of the investor, country of residence and the investment amount
  • Proposed shareholding structure before and after
  • Business activity with NIC codes, for sectoral cap analysis
  • Valuation report, where required
  • Foreign inward remittance certificate and KYC from the bank, for reporting

What we need from you

  • Share the actual proposed terms and the investor's residency status accurately.
  • Report within the statutory timelines — late reporting attracts a compounding process.

Important conditions

  • Bluman advises and prepares filings. Approvals under the government route are granted by the concerned ministry, and compounding is decided by the Reserve Bank of India.
  • Valuation by a registered valuer or merchant banker is arranged separately at actuals.
  • Legal opinions on cross-border agreements are outside this scope.

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  • · Essential — 15 days of post-completion access
  • · Priority — 30 days of post-completion access
  • · Concierge — 60 days of post-completion access
  • · Reopening is subject to the scope of the original service.

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Regulated services including certifications, attestations and statutory filings are performed or reviewed by appropriately qualified professionals as required by law. Government fees, portal charges and taxes are billed at actuals.