{"id":2029,"date":"2018-07-10T10:39:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T10:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/companyregistrationonline.in\/?p=2029"},"modified":"2025-06-27T07:34:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T07:34:19","slug":"foreign-company-registration-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/companyregistrationonline.in\/blog\/foreign-company-registration-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Registration of Foreign Companies in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Foreign company registration in India is regulated by the Companies Act, 2013 along with Companies (Registration of Foreign Companies) Rules, 2014. Sec 2 (42) of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mca.gov.in\/Ministry\/pdf\/CompaniesAct2013.pdf\">Companies Act 2013<\/a>. <\/strong>The market of India serves the following classification of ways a foreign can be initiated in India and <a href=\"https:\/\/companyregistrationonline.in\/blog\/startup-business\/\"><strong>set up business<\/strong><\/a> operations in India by following<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"text-align: justify;--fontsize: 25;line-height: 1.3\" data-fontsize=\"25\" data-lineheight=\"32.5px\">Ways to Foreign Company Organization in India<\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"text-align: justify;--fontsize: 25;line-height: 1.3\" data-fontsize=\"25\" data-lineheight=\"32.5px\">1. As an Indian Company-<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"text-align: justify;--fontsize: 18;line-height: 1.5;--minfontsize: 18\" data-fontsize=\"18\" data-lineheight=\"27px\">Wholly owned subsidiary Company<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For an Indian company to Become Wholly Owned Subsidiary Organization of a Foreign Company, a foreign company needs to invest 100% FDI in that Indian company through automatic route, for the purpose of foreign in India.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"text-align: justify;--fontsize: 25;line-height: 1.3\" data-fontsize=\"25\" data-lineheight=\"32.5px\">2. As a Foreign Company<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"text-align: justify;--fontsize: 18;line-height: 1.5;--minfontsize: 18\" data-fontsize=\"18\" data-lineheight=\"27px\">Setting up a Liaison Office or Representative Office<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;font-style: var(--body_typography-font-style,normal)\">In case a foreign company wants to establishment office, and the foreign company has secured a contract from an Indian company to execute a project in India, prior permission from RBI is not needed,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Besides that, in case the above conditions are not met the foreign entity has to approach the RBI for approval.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"text-align: justify;--fontsize: 18;line-height: 1.5;--minfontsize: 18\" data-fontsize=\"18\" data-lineheight=\"27px\">A Branch Office of the Foreign Company<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">By opening a branch office, a Foreign company can conduct business activity in India with the prior approval of RBI.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>To register your company in India apply today at Company Registration Online<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Related Article-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/companyregistrationonline.in\/blog\/software-company-registration\/\">Steps to register a Software Company in India <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/companyregistrationonline.in\/blog\/foreign-company-can-incorporate-new-company-india\/\">How a foreign company can open a branch office in India?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalraasta.com\/blog\/faqs-company-registration\/\">FAQs Company Registration<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign company registration in India is regulated by the Companies Act, 2013 along with Companies (Registration of Foreign Companies) Rules, 2014. 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