Who is eligible to open a RFC account?
A person resident in India can open an RFC account with foreign exchange received as pension or any other superannuation or other monetary benefits from his employer outside India; OR Received as proceeds of assets being foreign currency, foreign security or any immovable property situated outside India if such currency, security or property was acquired, held or owned by such person when he was resident outside India or received as gift or inheritance from a person who was resident outside India. In this regard, foreign security is defined as any security, in the form of shares, stocks, bonds, debentures or any other instrument denominated or expressed in foreign currency and includes securities expressed in foreign currency, but where redemption or any form of return such as interest or dividends is payable in Indian currency.
