In brief
Departure reporting has its own advance deadline; changing residence does not eliminate all source taxation.
Start with Immigration and Passport Office: Departure abroad: reporting obligations (opens in a new tab)
Your next steps
0 of 6 steps complete · Next: Book the personal departure appointment early
Book the personal departure appointment early
Next stepThe Immigration and Passport Office says a foreign national with residence rights must personally deregister with the responsible Einwohnerkontrolle at least eight days before departure abroad and hand in the valid residence document. Failure to hand it in can affect a later residence application. Coordinate any temporary-retention decision first.
Agree the final wealth/income assessment
Practical preparation: ask your municipal tax authority for the departure-period return, valuations, outstanding liabilities and a reliable correspondence route. Supply the actual departure date and list retained domestic property, business interests and future payments so source obligations are considered.
Obtain retirement and vested-benefit decisions
The Fiscal Authority expressly includes specified pension/capital payments and vested-benefit dissolutions within non-resident withholding categories. Ask the pension institution about lawful access, payment timing, documents and retention alternatives; ask the tax authority which relief route fits the payment. A move is not proof of an unrestricted cash-out right.
Confirm continued account access
Practical preparation: ask each bank and broker whether it serves residents of India, which investments and instructions remain available, what address and tax-residence evidence it needs, and how authentication will work after your local phone number ends. Keep a payment account until final liabilities and refunds are settled.
Preserve long-term insurance records
Practical preparation: obtain AHV/IV and occupational-pension statements, insurer contacts, beneficiary details and instructions for future overseas claims or life certificates. Confirm Indian eligibility and tax consequences before a payment or refund; this guide does not assert an India social-security agreement or a universal contribution-refund entitlement.
Coordinate the Indian arrival year
Practical preparation: give your Indian adviser the actual travel calendar, ownership and cost records, foreign tax paid and pension statements. Review Indian tax residence, foreign-asset reporting, account redesignation and relief separately using the common India return guidance. A foreign account wrapper or pension label does not establish its Indian tax result.
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.
- Book the personal departure appointment early: Immigration and Passport Office — Departure abroad: reporting obligations
- Agree the final wealth/income assessment: NRIdisha preparation suggestion; confirm your own requirements.
- Obtain retirement and vested-benefit decisions: Liechtenstein Fiscal Authority — Payroll and withholding tax
- Confirm continued account access: NRIdisha preparation suggestion; confirm your own requirements.
- Preserve long-term insurance records: NRIdisha preparation suggestion; confirm your own requirements.
- Coordinate the Indian arrival year: NRIdisha preparation suggestion; confirm your own requirements.
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
- What must be completed before the eight-day departure point?
- Which source-tax obligations continue?
- Can the fund serve and pay me as an India resident?
Who can help
A qualified Liechtenstein 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
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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)
Foreign nationals deregister in person at least eight days before departure and surrender residence document.
Non-resident pension, capital-benefit and vested-benefit withholding categories.
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