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The Checklist for future NRIs

by moveforward on May 24, 2013

Remiitances to be retained with new proposed immigration bill

Remiitances to be retained with new proposed immigration bill

Once the job has been confirmed and your visa has been stamped on your passport, the trek overseas for a future NRI may seem to be complete. In reality, it is just the start of the journey. There are a lot of preparations to be made and the following is but a short list of what needs to be done before boarding the plane overseas. [click to continue…]

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What is the secret to successful NRI businesspeople?

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While non-resident Indians have been living abroad for many years now, and indeed in many cases cover the length and breadth of the globe, the number of successful NRI businesspeople continues to grow. We have recently seen a leading NRI businessman promoted to the higher echelons of Diageo, we have seen Lakshmi Mittal build a [...]

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NRIs Facing the Legal System

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There are two stories in this post about the participation of NRIs in differing legal systems. The first story occurs in Canada, with the leader of the Wildrose party requesting assistance from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for the conduct of a criminal investigation into the activities of Edmonton-Mannin MLA Peter Sandhu. The charges were [...]

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NRI deposits rise to $14.18 billion

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It is most certainly a sign the times when the Indian government reports an increase in NRI deposits from $11.92 billion in 2012 to a phenomenal $14.18 billion to the year-end March 2013. Despite the fact that the worldwide economy is struggling it seems that many non-resident Indians have sufficient funding available to increase their [...]

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Ivan Menezes new CEO of Diageo

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Over the last few years we have seen a significant increase in the number of high-profile Indian business people taking on leading roles in some of the largest companies on the planet. The latest to this growing group of high-profile business people is Ivan Menezes who was earlier this month named the new chief executive [...]

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Where should NRI students be looking for overseas education?

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The Indian government has put in place a number of partnership arrangements in the area of education taking in the likes of the UK, Australia and the US to name but three. The opportunities for non-resident Indians to live and learn overseas have never been greater but where should overseas students be looking to enhance [...]

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NRI doctors tempted back home by medical tourism

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Over the last few years, there is no doubt that India has become one of the leading lights in the area of medical tourism attracting enormous numbers of people from around the world. This has in itself created something of a subsector in the tourism industry which is proving to be very lucrative and seemingly [...]

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Indians living in Malaysia

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As we touched on in some of our earlier articles, the worldwide NRI community is enormous with Malaysia one of the more popular regions for non-resident Indians with an estimated 2 million expats from India living in the country. When you bear in mind that Malaysia has a population of just over 28 million this [...]

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Voting rights of non-resident Indians

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The Supreme Court of India has announced a review of the country’s voting rights for non-resident Indians after a petition filed by three NRIs live in the UK. The Supreme Court is seeking comments from the Election Commission in India amid concerns that recent changes to voting rights will have little impact unless systems are [...]

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