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September 2026
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FEMA & RBIBanks can accept overseas-certified KYC documents from Foreign Portfolio Investors: RBI amends the Commercial Banks KYC Directions
KYC: certified copy for FPIsReliefRBI has amended paragraph 5(1)(v) of the Commercial Banks – Know Your Customer Directions, 2025. The option of taking an original certified copy of KYC documents — certified by an overseas bank branch, a notary abroad, a court magistrate, a judge or the Indian Embassy/Consulate — was available for NRIs and PIOs. It now also covers Foreign Portfolio Investors, with immediate effect from 18 September 2026.
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