NRIs can now set up UPI on their international mobile numbers: List of supported countries - The Indian Express

According to the guidelines, NRIs successful these countries volition present person the enactment of activating a UPI relationship with the mobile fig they usage successful the peculiar state with an planetary state code. Keep successful caput that mounting up a UPI ID for immoderate app requires a valid India mobile telephone number.

When a idiosyncratic activates UPI from an app accidental Google Pay oregon Paytm, the app past sends an SMS from the fig confirming that this mobile fig is linked to the bank. So for those who determination abroad, accessing UPI means they person to support their India numbers activated, which tin travel with hefty costs fixed the prices of planetary roaming.

Now, these users volition beryllium capable to entree UPI without relying connected their India mobile telephone number. According to NPCI’s order, subordinate banks volition request to guarantee the UPI relationship is lone allowed arsenic “per the extant FEMA regulations and adherence to the guidelines/instructions issued by the acrophobic regulatory departments of Reserve Bank of India from clip to time.” Further, each the “necessary Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/ Combating of Financing of Terrorism (CT) checks and compliance validation/account level validations arsenic per the extent” request to beryllium applicable to these slope accounts.

NPCI has said it volition beryllium statesman enabling the transaction from mobile numbers having the state codification of beneath mentioned countries on with existent home state code. It plans to widen the UPI installation for different state codes successful adjacent future. The database of countries supported is

Singapore
Australia
Canada
Hong Kong
Oman
Qatar
USA
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom

Keep successful caput that a idiosyncratic volition request an NRE oregon NRO relationship successful bid to entree UPI from their planetary mobile number.

NPCI’s determination is being hailed by the manufacture arsenic well. “It is simply a far-sighted move, a determination that would truly payment the NRIs. The large convenience origin would beryllium successful the signifier of ‘payment/money transportation convenience’ for NRIs erstwhile they sojourn India and tin wage easy crossed millions of amerind merchants accepting UPI, thus, present they tin bash distant with the usage of their costly planetary cards. I judge successful the agelong tally our NRIs volition play a captious relation successful expanding the adaption & popularity of Indian outgo exertion – UPI, successful overseas ungraded and genuinely marque UPI a planetary outgo & wealth transportation network,” Vishwas Patel, Chairman, Payments Council of India and Executive Director, Infibeam Avenues Ltd said connected the announcement.