<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n1. Who is a foreign company under Indian law?<\/strong>
A company incorporated outside India that has a place of business in India, directly or through an agent, physically or electronically, is a foreign company under Section 2(42) of the Companies Act, 2013. It must register with the Registrar of Companies and comply with Chapter XXII.<\/p>\n\n\n\n2. What is the deadline to file FC-1?<\/strong>
FC-1 must be filed with the Registrar of Companies within 30 days of establishing a place of business in India. The filing needs certified incorporation documents, director details, the registered office address, and an authorised representative\u2019s details in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n3. Do foreign companies need to file annual returns in India?<\/strong>
Yes. Registered foreign companies file financial statements in Form FC-3 and an annual return in Form FC-4. Delays attract penalties on the company and its officers, even where the Indian operation has minimal revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n4. Is RBI approval required for a branch or liaison office?<\/strong>
Generally yes. Opening a liaison, branch or project office requires RBI permission under FEMA, usually through an Authorised Dealer bank. Some cases follow the general permission route. Approval is separate from the MCA registration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n5. Can an NRI-led foreign company set up a place of business in India?<\/strong>
Yes, subject to FEMA, FDI policy and sector conditions. Documents signed overseas must be notarised and apostilled. The company should also appoint an authorised representative resident in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Does your overseas company have a project site, an employee, or a representative operating in India? If so, you may already be a \u201cforeign company\u201d under Indian law. Foreign companies having place of business in India must register with the Registrar of Companies (RoC) and keep up annual filings. This applies whether the presence is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[812],"tags":[4776,4772,745,801,4771,3006,2534,4769,4773,4774,4779,4777,4770,1663,4780,4778,4775],"class_list":["post-9756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-branch-office-in-india","tag-companies-act-2013-chapter-xxii","tag-company-formation-in-india","tag-company-setup-in-india","tag-foreign-companies-having-place-of-business-in-india","tag-foreign-company-compliance-india","tag-foreign-company-registration-india","tag-form-fc-1","tag-form-fc-3","tag-form-fc-4","tag-india-subsidiary-vs-branch-office","tag-liaison-office-in-india","tag-mca-faqs-foreign-company","tag-project-office-india","tag-rbi-fema-approval","tag-registrar-of-companies-foreign-company","tag-section-242-foreign-company"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/startupsolicitors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/startupsolicitors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/startupsolicitors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startupsolicitors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startupsolicitors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/startupsolicitors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9758,"href":"https:\/\/startupsolicitors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9756\/revisions\/9758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/startupsolicitors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startupsolicitors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startupsolicitors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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