The following personnel are eligible to open NRI investment account.
- Person of Indian Origin (PIO) or Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)
- Non-Resident Indian (NRI) who has stayed for 182 or more outside India in the previous financial year.
- Indian citizens residing outside for studies, business or employment
- A foreign passport holder (except Pakistan or Bangladesh)
- Who has held an Indian passport in the past
- Whose grandparent or parent was an Indian citizen as per the Indian Citizen Act or Constitution of India
- Who is a spouse of a PIO or Indian Citizen