FCGPR Filing Services
Shares allotted to a foreign investor start a 30-day reporting clock — and the allotment itself has a 60-day clock before it.
Form FC-GPR is filed by an Indian company on the RBI's FIRMS portal within 30 days of issuing capital instruments — equity shares, compulsorily convertible preference shares or compulsorily convertible debentures — to a person resident outside India. The filing requires the FIRC and KYC report from the AD bank, a valuation certificate supporting the issue price, and a company secretary's certificate, and the instruments must be allotted within 60 days of receiving the funds.
What our FC-GPR service covers
From remittance to acknowledged filing, within both windows.
- Sectoral eligibility, entry route and cap verification
- FIRMS Entity User and Business User registration for first-time filers
- Valuation certificate supporting the issue price
- Board and shareholder approvals and the list of allottees
- Company secretary's certificate and declarations
- Filing FC-GPR within 30 days and tracking to acknowledgement
What FC-GPR requires
Four documents that gate the filing.
FIRC and KYC
Evidence from the AD bank of the inward remittance and of the identity of the remitter.
Valuation certificate
Fair value supporting the issue price, determined under an internationally accepted pricing methodology.
Corporate approvals
Board resolution, shareholder approval where required, and the list of allottees with the instruments issued.
CS certificate
A company secretary's certificate confirming compliance with the Companies Act and the FDI framework.
Our process
Two deadlines in sequence.
Pre-issue check
Sector, route, cap and instrument type confirmed before the remittance is received.
Allotment
Capital instruments allotted within 60 days of receipt of funds, with the corporate approvals in place.
Documentation
FIRC, KYC, valuation and certificates assembled for the filing.
Filing
FC-GPR filed on FIRMS within 30 days of allotment and tracked to acknowledgement.
Where FC-GPR filings run into trouble
What sets our approach apart.
The 60-day allotment rule bites first
If shares are not allotted within 60 days of receiving the funds, the amount is generally required to be refunded — and no valid FC-GPR can follow.
Only certain instruments qualify
Optionally convertible or redeemable instruments are treated as debt, not equity, and cannot be reported through FC-GPR.
Valuations expire
A valuation used for an allotment months after it was prepared invites questions; the certificate should be current at the time of issue.
FCGPR Filing Services questions answered
What people ask before engaging us.
Allotting shares to a foreign investor?
We will run the valuation and route check before the allotment, so the filing is straightforward.
