Can NRI/PIO repatriate the sale proceeds of immovable property? If so, what are the terms?
A.22. NRI/ PIO may repatriate the sale proceeds of immovable property in India (a) If the property was acquired out of foreign exchange sources i.e. remitted through normal banking channels/by debit to ‘NRE/FCNR (B) account The amount to be repatriated should not exceed the amount paid for the property: 1. in foreign exchange received through normal banking channel or 2. by debit to NRE account (foreign currency equivalent, as on the date of payment) or debit to FCNR (B) account. Repatriation of sale proceeds of residential property purchased by NRI/PIO out of foreign exchange is restricted to not more than two such properties. Capital gains, if any, may be credited to the NRO account from where the NRI/ PIO may repatriate an amount up to USD one million, per financial year, as discussed below. (b) If the property was acquired out of Rupee sources, NRI or PIO may remit an amount up to USD one million, per financial year, out of the balances held in the NRO account (inclusive of sale pr
