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The revised framework also permits video verification and reliance on existing KYC records held by regulated financial intermediaries and central registries

By Reuters

Updated - November 05, 2026 at 08:48 AM. | MUMBAI

FILE PHOTO: SEBI has relaxed KYC requirements, allowing eligible overseas individual investors to complete digital onboarding without being physically present in India. | Photo Credit: HEMANSHI KAMANI

India’s markets regulator has relaxed know-your-client ​requirements for overseas individual investors, allowing ‌those from jurisdictions that are ​Financial Action Task Force ⁠compliant to complete digital onboarding without being physically present in India.

The ‌Securities and Exchange Board of India said ‌on Wednesday that the revised ‌rules, ⁠which will take effect ⁠from December 3, apply to non-resident Indians and foreign nationals.

Here are ​the key changes:

* ‌Custodian banks and brokers can accept digital submission of KYC information and supporting documents ‌from eligible overseas clients.

* Banks ​and brokers would be able to rely ⁠on KYC undertaken by another SEBI-registered intermediary or an entity ‌regulated by other financial-sector regulators based on records in the central registry.

* Where physical in-person verification is not feasible, intermediaries can conduct video-based ‌verification.

* The revised framework will also ​apply to re-KYC of eligible overseas individual clients.

* However, ⁠foreign nationals who seek an ⁠India investing license under the foreign portfolio investor ‌route will continue to be governed by SEBI’s FPI ​framework.

Published on November 5, 2026

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