Are you planning to travel
abroad and you are not sure how much foreign exchange can you buy when
travelling on private visits to country outside India? You are not sure as how
much foreign currency can be carried in cash for travelling abroad? You want to
know how much Indian currency can be brought in while coming into India?
Now RBI has released FAQs
in respect of Forex facilities including Liberalized Remittance Scheme for
general guidance and to answer these type of queries. Certain FAQs are highlighted
as under:
Q. How much foreign exchange can one buy
when traveling abroad on private visits to a country outside India?
For private visits abroad, other than to
Nepal and Bhutan, any resident can obtain foreign exchange upto an aggregate
amount of USD 2,50,000, from an Authorised Dealer or Full-Fledged Money
Changers (FFMCs), in any one financial year, irrespective of the number of
visits undertaken during the year.
This limit has been subsumed under the
Liberalised Remittance Scheme w.e.f. May 26, 2015. If an individual has already
remitted any amount under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme in a financial
year, then the applicable limit for travelling purpose for such individual
would be reduced from USD 250,000 by the amount so remitted.
Q. How much foreign currency can be
carried in cash for travel abroad?
Country
of travel Limit
of Forex
i.
Travelers proceeding to Iraq and Libya Upto USD 5000
ii.
Travelers proceeding to Islamic republic Upto USD 25000
iii.
For Haj/Umrah pilgrimage USD 250, 000 or specified
limit.
iv.
Others Upto
USD 3000 and balance in bank draft
Q.
How much Indian currency can be brought in while coming into India?
Returning
from Limit of Forex
i.
Nepal/Bhutan Upto USD 25,000 in Denomination not exceeding of Rs.
100
ii.
Others Upto USD 25,000
iii.
Pakistan/ Bangladesh Upto USD 10,000 per person
Q. What is the Liberalised Remittance
Scheme (LRS) of USD 2,50,000 ?
Under
the LRS, all resident individuals, including minors, are allowed to freely
remit upto USD 2,50,000 in financial year for any permissible current or
capital account transaction or a combination of both.
Further,
resident individuals can avail of foreign exchange facility for the purposes
mentioned in Para 1 of Schedule III of FEM (CAT) Amendment Rules 2015, within
the limit of USD 2,50,000 only. If an individual has remitted any amount under
LRS in a financial year, then the applicable l limit for such individual would be
reduced from USD 250,000 by the amount so remitted. In case of remitter being a
minor, the LRS declaration form must be countersigned by the minor’s natural guardian.
