Bought from Singapore and never flew in. They set up the repatriation paperwork at purchase — not at sale, when it's too late.
A. KrishnanSingapore · Sector 65
NRI Consultancy
Buying is easy.
The exit is where people get caught.
Buying property in Gurugram from Dubai, Singapore or London is straightforward. The difficulty arrives years later, at sale — when repatriating the money depends entirely on how the original purchase was funded and documented.
Almost every repatriation problem we've seen traces back to a payment made from the wrong account, long before anyone was thinking about the exit. We set the exit up on day one.
RemoteBuy without flying in
CompliantFEMA, RBI, tax
RepatriablePlanned at purchase
Why It Matters
The money has to be able
to leave the country.
When an NRI sells Indian property, moving the proceeds abroad isn't automatic. It depends on which account funded the purchase, whether the paperwork was kept, the TDS deducted at sale, and two certificates — Form 15CA and 15CB — that a chartered accountant must sign.
Get the account and the documentation right at purchase, and repatriation later is administrative. Get it wrong, and it becomes a problem that's expensive, and sometimes impossible, to fix after the fact.
This is the single thing a domestic broker rarely thinks about, because they're not the ones sitting overseas four years later trying to bring the money home. We start there and work backwards.
NREFully repatriable route
NROCapped, with paperwork
15CA/CBFiled at sale
What We Handle
Everything between you
and the registry
01
Eligibility & Structure
What you can buy as an NRI or OCI (residential and commercial, yes; agricultural land, no), and whose name it should sit in.
02
NRE / NRO / FCNR Routing
Funding the purchase through the correct account from the start — the single decision that determines whether the money comes back out cleanly.
03
Power of Attorney
Drafting and executing a POA at your consulate so a trusted representative can sign, register and complete without you flying in.
04
Registry in Absentia
Coordinating token, agreement, stamp duty and registration remotely, with someone we trust standing in the sub-registrar's office for you.
05
TDS & Capital Gains
The tax deducted at source when you sell, the gains computation, and the lower-deduction certificate that stops the bank over-withholding.
06
Repatriation & 15CA/CB
The paperwork that moves sale proceeds abroad — set up at purchase, filed at sale, coordinated with your CA.
Buying from Abroad
You never have
to be in the room
Time zones and distance are logistics, not obstacles. The entire purchase can run while you're at your desk in another country.
01
Video Walkthroughs
Live, unedited walkthroughs of shortlisted properties and the neighbourhood — on your schedule, in your timezone. What you'd see if you flew in, without the flight.
02
Power of Attorney
A properly scoped POA, executed at your consulate, lets a trusted representative act for you at every step — nothing broader than necessary.
03
Registration in Absentia
Token, agreement vetting, stamp duty and the registry appointment, all coordinated remotely with documents couriered and signed correctly the first time.
After the Purchase
Owning at a distance,
without the worry.
The relationship doesn't end at registry. An empty flat 4,000 miles away is a liability until someone reliable is looking after it — and until the day you decide to sell.
Tenant sourcing & screening
Lease drafting & registration
Rent collection to NRO
Maintenance & society dues
Property inspections
Repairs & handyman coordination
Annual document review
Rental TDS compliance
Resale valuation & timing
Exit & repatriation planning
Capital-gains computation
15CA / 15CB coordination
Bought remotely. Managed remotely. Sold remotely.
One point of contact, across time zones.
Tell us where you are and we'll call at a reasonable hour in your day, not ours. The same advisor who helped you buy handles the tenancy, the annual review and, eventually, the sale.
How It Works
From overseas enquiry
to registered title
Four stages, run remotely, structured so the exit is protected before the first rupee moves.
01
Structuring Call
Before anything else: your residency status, which account will fund the purchase, and how you'll eventually want to take the money out. The exit is designed here.
Residency & eligibilityAccount routingOwnership structureExit intent
02
Selection, Remotely
A shortlist against your brief, with live video walkthroughs and independent advisory on each — the same honest read a resident client would get.
ShortlistVideo walkthroughsYield & exit viewTitle diligence
03
Power of Attorney
A scoped POA executed at your consulate or embassy, so token, agreement and registration can proceed without you travelling.
POA draftingConsular executionRepresentative briefing
04
Registration & Handover
Stamp duty, the sub-registrar appointment and registration completed in absentia — then management, or handover, as you prefer.
Stamp dutyRegistry in absentiaDocument handoverOngoing management
Who We Work With
Wherever you're
based now
The desk runs across time zones — Gulf, Southeast Asia, UK, North America and Australia are the corridors we handle most.
The Gulf
Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Riyadh — our largest NRI corridor.
Southeast Asia
Singapore, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur.
UK & Europe
London, and across the EU.
US, Canada & Australia
Across all time zones, on your hours.FAQs
Frequently asked questions
Something not covered here? The NRI desk responds directly — at a reasonable hour in your timezone.
Ask us01Can I buy without travelling to India?
Yes. With a properly scoped power of attorney executed at your consulate, the entire purchase — selection, agreement, stamp duty and registration — can be completed remotely. Many of our NRI clients never fly in for the transaction.
02Which account should I buy through — NRE or NRO?
It depends on where the funds are and how you want to take proceeds out later. NRE-funded purchases are the cleanest to repatriate; NRO has annual caps and more paperwork. This is exactly the decision we structure before you pay, because it's very hard to change afterward.
03Will I be able to take the sale money out of India?
Yes, within FEMA limits, provided it's set up correctly. Repatriation depends on the funding account, documentation retained from purchase, TDS at sale, and Form 15CA/15CB filed with your CA. We plan all of it at purchase so the exit is administrative, not a scramble.
04What is deducted when I sell?
TDS is withheld at source on an NRI sale, often at a high default rate. A lower-deduction certificate can reduce it to your actual liability — we arrange this so the bank doesn't over-withhold and lock up your funds.
05Can you manage the property while I'm abroad?
Yes — tenant sourcing, lease registration, rent collection to your NRO account, maintenance, inspections and annual document review. One point of contact, so you're not chasing anyone across a time difference.
06Do you help OCI and PIO holders too?
Yes. OCI and PIO holders have broadly the same rights as NRIs to buy residential and commercial property (agricultural land is excluded). We confirm your specific eligibility at the structuring stage.
Testimonials
What NRI clients say
The video walkthroughs were better than the two rushed viewings I'd have managed on a trip home. Booked the whole thing from Dubai.
F. MerchantDubai · Golf Course Road
When I sold, the money moved abroad without a single hitch — because they'd routed the original purchase correctly four years earlier.
S. NairLondon · DLF Phase 5
They called at 8pm my time, every time, not 8am theirs. Small thing, but it told me how they work.
R. PatelToronto · New Gurgaon
The lower-deduction certificate saved me from a huge TDS block on my sale proceeds. I didn't even know it existed.
V. ReddyAbu Dhabi · Sohna Road
They've managed my flat, my tenant and my paperwork for three years. I've never once had to fly back to sort something out.
P. AhluwaliaSydney · Sector 57
Talk to the NRI Desk
Tell us where you are.
We'll call at a reasonable hour.
Wherever you're based, start with a structuring call — residency, account routing and how you'll want to exit. Everything else is built on getting that right first.
Advising beyond transactions.