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If you may, can you tell how did you set-up UPI as a foreigner since it requires a bank account AFAIK
by hskalin 3y ago
If you may, can you tell how did you set-up UPI as a foreigner since it requires a bank account AFAIK
- fakedang 3y agoI'm an NRI (a non-resident Indian) and an Indian citizen. I can open an NRI type account with my bank, although even Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs), Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) cardholders and resident foreign citizens in India can open bank accounts, the former also being able to open NRI accounts in spite of not being citizens. AFAIK, the people facing issues opening a bank account are only tourists, and opening a bank account is relatively easy compared to most countries. As for actually using UPI, the government recently allowed some foreign numbers to be registered with the UPI authority, so all bank accounts with those countries' foreign numbers such as NRI accounts can be used within the UPI system. Those countries include Canada, USA, UK, UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Singapore and Australia iirc. So I'm certain that they'll extend it to more countries soon.