Format pack, 2 formats · FV08-E1

The Overseas Investment Regime, ODI, OPI and the Concepts That Decide the Route

Before anyone talks about limits, forms or valuation, decide what the investment is, ODI or OPI, automatic or approval, because every later step in Part E follows from that classification, and the classification turns on definitions that are not the Companies Act ones.

Length
4 pages
Blanks to fill
66
Files
Word and PDF
Law stated to
16 September 2026

The 2 formats inside

  1. 1ODI / OPI classification file noteOI Rules 2022 · MD-OI para 152 blanksOn its own₹149
  2. 2Covering letter to the designated AD bank, approval-route application via PRAVAAHOI Rules r.9 · MD-OI paras 3 and 26 (as amended 01.04.2026)19 blanksOn its own₹149

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The first part of “ODI / OPI classification file note”, as it downloads. Blanks are highlighted.

[Name of the firm] internal file note — to be kept on the permanent file for the foreign entity and its UIN

FILE NOTE — CLASSIFICATION OF PROPOSED OVERSEAS INVESTMENT

Client: [Name of the Indian entity / resident individual] (CIN / LLPIN / PAN: [CIN, LLPIN or PAN of the investor])
Foreign entity: [Foreign entity's name], incorporated in [country] on [Foreign entity's date of incorporation], registration no. [Foreign entity's registration number]
Existing UIN (if any): [Existing UIN of the foreign entity, if any]
Designated AD bank and branch: [Designated AD bank and branch]
Prepared by: [Name of preparer] Reviewed by: [Partner] Date: [Date of file note]

14 more paragraphs and tables follow in the full format.

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