In brief
Plan departure-country obligations separately from your Indian tax, banking and immigration status. A flight date alone does not settle every obligation. This is a preparation checklist, not an individual tax determination.
Start with UAE Federal Tax Authority: Tax residence and certificates (opens in a new tab)
Your next steps
0 of 6 steps complete · Next: Establish the residence position
Establish the residence position
Next stepKeep travel dates, employment dates and details of available homes and family/business connections. UAE domestic residence tests differ from treaty tests. Visa cancellation alone does not settle tax residence. A tax residency certificate is period- and purpose-specific, not a compulsory document for every departure.
Complete exit formalities
Arrange the appropriate visa cancellations for a permanent departure; sponsored dependants normally need cancellation before the sponsor. Keep confirmations and employment/gratuity settlement records. Verify receipt before acknowledging payment.
Agree bank and broker arrangements
Ask each institution whether it can serve an India-resident customer and which products remain available. Update address, identification and tax-residence self-certifications, including CRS/FATCA where applicable. Continued access is not guaranteed.
Inventory assets you retain
List deposits, securities, property, insurance, company interests and equity awards with acquisition costs and income records. Qualifying foreign assets acquired while nonresident can generally be retained under FEMA; Indian tax/reporting is a separate review.
Review business registrations
Moving home does not deregister a UAE business. Check corporate-tax, VAT, licensing and filing obligations separately. For natural persons, business turnover above AED1 million in a calendar year can enter corporate-tax scope; wages and qualifying personal investment/real-estate investment income are excluded from business activities for this test.
Coordinate succession documents
Review wills, executors, beneficiaries and powers of attorney in both countries. Eligible non-Muslims can register a DIFC Courts Will without UAE residence. Do not assume one will automatically governs every overseas asset.
Suggested preparation sequence. Your authority may require a different order. Progress stays on this device.
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
- When does each country treat me as resident, and what filings remain?
- What should be reviewed before a sale, pension withdrawal or transfer?
- Which accounts, registrations and family documents need updating?
Who can help
A qualified adviser familiar with both countries, your financial institutions and the relevant immigration authority.
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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)
Tax residence and certificates; confirm the conditions for your circumstances.
Residence visa provisions; confirm the conditions for your circumstances.
CRS and FATCA reporting; confirm the conditions for your circumstances.
Natural-person corporate-tax scope; confirm the conditions for your circumstances.
Wills FAQs; confirm the conditions for your circumstances.
Retaining qualifying foreign assets under FEMA; confirm the conditions for your circumstances.
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