Under the Income Tax Act, 1961, your residential status is based on the number of days you stay in India during a financial year (April 1 \u2013 March 31).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud83d\udc49 You are an NRI (Non-Resident Indian) if:<\/strong> You stay less than 60 days in the financial year AND less than 365 days in the immediately preceding 4 financial years combined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udc65 Special Relaxation for Indian Citizens and PIOs 1) Going abroad for employment, or<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visiting India temporarily, 2) Whose Total Income, other than Income from Foreign Sources, exceeds \u20b9 15 lakh during the previous year, \u26a0\ufe0f New Deemed Resident Rule (Post-Budget 2020)<\/strong> \ud83d\udcbc Why Does NRI Status Matter?<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udccc Real-World Examples<\/strong> Sneha is a consultant working remotely from several countries. She stays 125 days in India and earns \u20b918 lakh from Indian clients. She’s now a deemed resident (RNOR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2705 Final Takeaway<\/strong> Need Help Confirming Your NRI Status?<\/strong> \ud83d\udce7 Email: support@vcarefirst.in <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By VCAREFIRST | NRI Help Desk When it comes to managing finances across borders, one of the most<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[13,9,10,12,8,7,11,4],"class_list":["post-240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-income-tax","tag-incometaxindia","tag-indiantaxation","tag-nricompliance","tag-nristatus","tag-nritax","tag-nritax-indiantaxation-incometaxindia-nricompliance-taxresidency-rnor-deemedresident-globalincome-nristatus-vcarefirst-taxplanning-crossbordertaxation-indianfinance-nrireturnfiling","tag-taxresidency","tag-vcarefirst"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcarefirst.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcarefirst.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcarefirst.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcarefirst.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcarefirst.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vcarefirst.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246,"href":"https:\/\/vcarefirst.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions\/246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcarefirst.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vcarefirst.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcarefirst.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vcarefirst.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
You stay in India for less than 182 days in a financial year,
OR<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are an Indian citizen or Person of Indian Origin (PIO) who is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
then the 60-day limit is extended to 182 days, which makes it easier to maintain NRI status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
then the 60-day limit is extended to 120 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To close tax loopholes, India introduced a new condition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Status What Income is Taxable in India?
NRI Only income earned in India (e.g. rent, dividends, capital gains)
Resident (RNOR) Indian income + income from a business controlled from India
Resident (ROR) Indian income + income from a business controlled from India + Global income is also taxable in India<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Income](\"https:\/\/vcarefirst.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Yellow-Finance-Income-Tax-Tutorial-YouTube-Thumbnail-1-1-1024x576.jpg\")
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Ravi is a software engineer in Dubai. He visits India for 150 days. He is still an NRI under the 182-day rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2714\ufe0f If you spend less than 182 days in India and meet no other conditions\u2014you\u2019re an NRI
\u2714\ufe0f If you earn \u20b915L+ in India and don\u2019t pay tax abroad- you\u2019re deemed resident
\u2714\ufe0f Your residential status determines how your income is taxed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At VCAREFIRST, we simplify NRI tax and compliance. Whether you’re filing returns, checking your status, or planning investments\u2014we’re just a call or click away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud83d\udcde Call\/WhatsApp: +91 73831 82273<\/p>\n\n\n\n