In brief
Moving can leave property, financial contracts and pension administration open. Close each obligation through its own authority or provider.
Start with DGFiP: Moving abroad: tax and pensions (opens in a new tab)
Your next steps
0 of 5 steps complete · Next: Update the tax office and classify pensions
Update the tax office and classify pensions
Next stepTell DGFiP the departure date and new address. Ask each payer whether the pension is social-security, private or public before applying the treaty and form 2041-E guidance.
Prepare the next return
Separate pre-departure worldwide income from post-departure French-taxable income. If no French-source taxable income remains, state this clearly in the departure return rather than abandoning online access.
Review retained assets
Inventory rental property, shares, accounts and insurance. Ask the adviser about continuing property filings and exit-tax exposure, and providers about India-resident access and withholding. Provider enquiries are practical preparation.
Preserve pension access
Download contribution histories and statements before French phone access ends. Obtain the scheme’s overseas-address, payment and proof-of-life procedure. These are preparation suggestions, not a promise of cash-out or transfer rights.
Resolve permission and household closure
Check the absence consequences of your exact card. Save any prefecture approval and arrange final housing, health cover and a reliable correspondence address.
Suggested preparation sequence. Your authority may require a different order. Progress stays on this device.
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Evidence for these steps
Checked 20 October 2026. Links support the statements within their scope; preparation lists are editorial suggestions. Access limitations are disclosed below.
- Update the tax office and classify pensions: DGFiP — Moving abroad: tax and pensions
- Prepare the next return: DGFiP — Departure-year income
- Review retained assets: DGFiP — Going abroad
- Preserve pension access: NRIdisha preparation suggestion; confirm your own requirements.
- Resolve permission and household closure: Service Public / DILA — Ten-year resident card; Service Public / DILA — EU long-term resident card
What to have ready
0 of 4 preparedKeep documents in your own secure records. Tick what you have; nothing is uploaded.
Model the decision with your own figures
Prepare the dates, currencies, costs and amounts you know. Keep tax eligibility, provider access and uncertain assumptions on your adviser’s question list. The calculators show those assumptions explicitly.
For a return to India, add education, parents’ support, healthcare, partner income and locked funds to the household timeline. Bring supporting-tool figures into it only after reviewing timing, currency and overlap.
Questions to take to an adviser
- Which French-source income continues?
- Which pension article and withholding route apply?
- What filings remain for property or shares?
Who can help
A qualified France adviser and an Indian cross-border tax or citizenship specialist, as appropriate. The responsible authority decides applications.
Check an adviser before paying or signingSources & review limits
Published by NRIdisha. Prepared with AI assistance. No individual author or qualified professional reviewer is credited for this guide.
Official sources support the statements they address. They do not certify this guide or your eligibility. Open the source and check current amendments before acting.
Income Tax Department (opens in a new tab) · Reserve Bank of India (opens in a new tab) · National Portal of India (opens in a new tab)
Address changes, pension classification and continuing tax administration.
2042, 2047 and 2042-NR departure-period reporting.
Official exit-tax review route; thresholds not reproduced.
Ordinary resident-card validity and long absence.
Separate EU long-term residence category.
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