India Property Connect

Practical guides for NRIs & OCIs navigating Mumbai property from abroad. Written by a London accountant & Melbourne lawyer who’ve lived through it. Not advice.

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Flying home to Mumbai for #Diwali2026 next week? A few hours between the shopping & family dinners can save you months of #MumbaiProperty admin:

•Sign your POA in person
•Update your bank’s mobile number
•Check the share certificate

All 6 jobs here 👇https://t.co/XTnKlIPGDJ

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Dhanteras is Friday. If you're in #Mumbai for #Diwali2026 , the bank, the society secretary and the sub-registrar all need to be booked now.

Our Diwali issue has the 6 jobs worth doing in person and how to plan them 👇

https://t.co/iZJMGKSVA6

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#Diwali2026 timing for property admin:
➡️Lakshmi Puja: Sun 8 Nov
➡️Banks shut: Tue 10 Nov
➡️Dhanteras, Fri 6 Nov: busy for registrations

Aim for the days before Dhanteras or after festival week.

All 6 in-person jobs in our Diwali issue 👇
https://t.co/iZJMGKSVA6

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Signing a #POA abroad:

• Notarise and apostille
• Courier it to India
• Stamp it within 3 months

Signing it in #Mumbai :

• Indian stamp paper
• One sub-registrar visit
• Two witnesses with photo ID

Same document. Very different wait.

#NRI #OCI #IndiaDiaspora #property

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Inherited a flat in a Mumbai housing society?

If the share certificate is still in a late parent’s name, the society won’t treat you as the owner.

What to do in a 20-minute meeting with the secretary this Diwali 👇

#NRI #MumbaiProperty #Diwali

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Flying home to #Mumbai this #Diwali?

Tell us the one property job you're hoping to get done while you're there. We'll tell you whether it really needs you in person.

#NRI #OCI #MumbaiProperty

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Home for #Diwali2026 ? Sign your Power of Attorney in Mumbai.

Signed abroad, it must be stamped within 3 months, or the penalty can hit 10x the stamp duty.

Signed in Mumbai, it’s one visit to the sub-registrar.

#NRI #MumbaiProperty #OCI

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@Iamsamirarora Property’s the same. Buying from an NRI used to need a TAN just to deduct tax. Finally scrapped on 1 Oct, years after it was clear it only hurt genuine sellers.

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The bit that catches people out after paying: the paperless e-Sign route needs #Aadhaar, which most #NRIs and #OCIs don't have.

So it's print, sign and courier to @ProteanEgovTech in Pune or a @UTIPANServices office.

Plan for the post, not just the form.

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Often #NRI and #OCI have no idea where to start as they become accidental property owners.

Start here 👇

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Most #PANcard rejections have nothing to do with eligibility:

A name not exactly matching your passport
A utility bill instead of an overseas bank statement
A missing apostille on Form 95
A resident AO code instead of an international one

All fixable before you courier.
#NRI

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One more reason to start from the official portals: a #PANCard is for life.

Had one before you moved abroad or took #OCI? Don't apply again. Holding two can bring a Rs 10,000 penalty.

Check old tax returns or ask your Indian bank first.

#NRI #IndianDiaspora

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Weekend job for #NRIs and #OCIs: get your #PANCard sorted in one sitting.

Our guide goes from "do I already have one?" to tracking your application in 7 steps, with a 10-point checklist to run before you submit.

https://t.co/fqzBxXvaxc

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Home in #Mumbai for #Diwali2026 ?

Make some time for these #Property admin tasks

#NRI #OCI #IndiaDiaspora

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Rs 72, Rs 107 or Rs 1,017.

Those are the only official #PAN fees: e-PAN only, card posted in India, or card posted abroad.

If a site asks for much more, close the tab.

Full step-by-step for #NRIs and #OCIs in the reply 👇

#IndianDiaspora

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Only two agencies can issue a PAN: @ProteanEgovTech (formerly NSDL) and @UTIPANServices.

Any other "PAN service" charging you more is an agent, however official it looks.

How to find the real portals from London or Melbourne 👇 https://t.co/Eomu07MovB

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Before the lawyer, the CA or the broker, there's a 10-character code.

Without a #PAN, your bank, buyer or tenant generally has to withhold 20% or more of what they pay you.

#MumbaiProperty from abroad starts with one card, not one flight.

#NRI

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No #PAN means up to 20% of your #MumbaiProperty money gets withheld before you’ve even started.

#NRIs and #OCIs can apply from abroad, and you don’t need an Aadhaar.

Here’s the step-by-step guide 👇
https://t.co/Eomu07MovB

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@Nicolascole77 https://t.co/zwGCE2FUXA

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Most #NRIs don’t lose money on #MumbaiProperty through big mistakes.

They lose it through small banking ones nobody warned them about.

Here are 3 and how to fix them. 👇

#OCI #IndianExpats #Mumbai