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AustraliaNew Zealand
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BangladeshIndia
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IsraelTürkiye
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Corridors we are building first
India ↔ United Arab Emirates A regional hub in the UAEIndia ↔ Saudi Arabia A Saudi entity for government workUAE ↔ United Kingdom A UK subsidiary
24 corridors
India ↔ United Arab EmiratesIndia ↔ Saudi ArabiaChina ↔ Southeast AsiaUnited Kingdom ↔ GCCGermany ↔ GCCUnited States ↔ MexicoUnited States ↔ Latin AmericaEurope ↔ AfricaJapan ↔ Southeast AsiaSingapore ↔ IndiaGCC ↔ AfricaChina ↔ AfricaChina ↔ GCCIndia ↔ AfricaEurope ↔ IndiaNordics ↔ GCCSouth Korea ↔ GCCUnited States ↔ BrazilUnited States ↔ Caribbean & Central AmericaAustralia ↔ Southeast AsiaUAE ↔ EuropeUAE ↔ United KingdomSaudi Arabia ↔ United StatesIndia ↔ United States
Disputes · UNIONE™

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Johan BeerSouth AfricaGianluigi MollicaItalyKevin McSharryIrelandAbdulrahim bin Saleh Al-ZahraniSaudi ArabiaDr. Mohamed Ali SayedSaudi ArabiaReagan Blankfein GatesZambiaEbrahim Asvat K.PanamaSimic DenisAustriaAbdullah Yousef AlhussainiSaudi ArabiaMag. Mario HaiderAustriaKelvin A. EgbeCameroonAbdul BaghaKenya
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Cases · People & private matters · Personal wealth, expatriates & tax residence

Hold investments as a non-resident

I live abroad. How should I hold investments back home?

WONE Global reviews the rules in both countries and sets the right holding approach and accounts.

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Countries in the typical case India · Singapore

The situation

What is happening

An individual living abroad keeps investments in the home country or a third country.

What is at stake

Non-residents face reporting, tax and banking restrictions that change the best way to hold assets.

Who faces this

  • Private clients and families

A scenario

Indian nationalPrivate client or family · from India · in Singapore

Living in Singapore, he holds shares and property in India.

Where it ends Investments held lawfully as a non-resident.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “NRI investment rules”“Non-resident investor tax”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global reviews the rules in both countries and sets the right holding approach and accounts.

Usually led by Banking and capital, with Tax and structuring, Payments and currency and Anti-bribery, sanctions and compliance.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. Week 1Rules in both countries.
  2. Week 2Accounts and holdings changed.
  3. Week 3Tax filings.
  4. ThenAnnual review.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Which accounts and investments non-residents may hold
  2. 02Tax and reporting in both countries
  3. 03Repatriating income and sale proceeds

Outcomes

What you receive

  • Accounts re-designated correctly
  • A tax and reporting calendar
  • Repatriation route confirmed

This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.

Services

The services involved

One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.

  1. Usually leadsBanking and capitalArranged on request→
  2. Often involvedTax and structuring17 markets with a named lead→
  3. Often involvedPayments and currencyArranged on request→
  4. Often involvedAnti-bribery, sanctions and compliance3 markets with a named lead→

Who handles it

Banking and capital, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Indiain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. Singaporein the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. Saudi Arabia On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  4. United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  5. United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  6. United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →

Katherin Diaz VelillaBogotá · Colombia

WONE Global Capability Partner · Colombia

Katherin Diaz Velilla

Complete profile

Co-Founder · V&V Associates · Bogotá

International tax attorney and strategic advisor with 12+ years across Colombia's DIAN, Ministry of Finance, Senate, Presidency, and EY. Co-founder of V&V Asociados. Specializes in cross-border tax structuring, transfer…

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Mauro Tejada RamonQuito · Ecuador

WONE Global Capability Partner · Ecuador

Mauro Tejada Ramon

Tax & Legal Partner · G&G Auditores Independientes & Lex Fiscal Corp · Quito

Professional with 20 years of experience in Tax Administration, performing functions in the managerial and tax administration fields. Experience related to the fiscal field in the main sectors of the economy: Banking, c…

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Ulrike Berner, MBAMunich · Germany

WONE Global Capability Partner · Germany

Ulrike Berner, MBA

Managing Partner · BSP Berner Schaeffler & Partners GmbH · Munich

Ulrike Berner has been Managing Director and shareholder of BSP since 2021, leading the strategic direction, client relationships, and business development of the firm. She has extensive experience working with firms an…

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Where this case connects

The markets, corridors and guides behind this case, and the questions to put to Ask WONE below. Every link opens a page that links back here.

Worked examples

How it goes in practice

Researched corridor journeys, and representative scenarios on the same subject. None is a specific client’s matter.

Personal wealth, expatriates & tax residence

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UNBOUNDED™ · Global Business Circuit™

Work through Singapore ↔ India with the leaders doing it.

Bring a live question about this corridor to a small online session of senior business leaders, run by UNBOUNDED™, the ecosystem WONE Global belongs to.

The Global Business Circuit™

One corridor, 60 minutes online, 12 senior business leaders. The leaders' own questions set the agenda; market and professional perspectives join only where the questions call for them.

This corridor on UNBOUNDED™Access, intelligence and expertise around the relationship between these markets.

Sessions involving these markets

28 OctWedUK ↔ India09:30 UTC · 15:00 IST · 60 minutes online12 of 12 placesTake a place 29 OctThuJapan ↔ ASEAN09:30 UTC · 15:00 IST · 60 minutes online12 of 12 placesTake a place 4 NovWedEurope ↔ ASEAN09:30 UTC · 15:00 IST · 60 minutes online12 of 12 placesTake a place

No session on this exact corridor is scheduled in the coming weeks. The calendar rolls forward continuously.

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