RBI notified format of Currency Declaration Form to declare foreign exchange brought

RBI notified format of Currency Declaration Form (CDF) to declare foreign exchange brought into India

Regulation 6 of the Foreign Exchange Management (Export and Import of Currency) Regulations, 2015 provides for the regulation related to import of foreign exchange into India. It is provided that (a) a person may send into India without limit foreign exchange in any form other than currency notes, bank notes and travellers cheques or (b) bring into India from any place outside India without limit foreign exchange (other than unissued notes),

However, bringing of foreign exchange into India under clause (b) is subject to the condition that such person makes, on arrival in India, a declaration to the Custom authorities in Currency Declaration Form (CDF).

RBI has notified the Foreign Exchange Management (Export and Import of Currency) (Amendment) Regulations, 2026 to prescribe the said Currency Declaration Form as under:

CURRENCY DECLARATION FORM (CDF)
[See Regulation 6]

Instructions for passengers:
1. This form need not be completed in cases where the aggregate value of the foreign exchange brought in by the passenger in the form of currency notes, bank notes, or travellers’ cheques does not exceed U.S. $ 10,000/- or its equivalent and/or the value of foreign currency notes does not exceed U.S.$ 5,000 or its equivalent.

2. Passengers are advised to produce this form to a bank authorised to deal in foreign exchange or money changer at the time of conversion of foreign exchange into Indian rupees or reconversion of rupees into foreign exchange.

3. Visitors to India may please note that in case they do not wish to encash all the foreign exchange declared below they should retain this form with them for production to the Customs at the time of their departure from India to enable them to take with them the unutilised balance.

4. Details of travellers’ cheques/currency notes need not be furnished.

5. Foreign tourists need not indicate their address

(To be completed by passenger)

I ______________________________________________________________________________ hereby, declare that the following foreign exchange is in my possession at the time of my arrival in India:

Signature____________________________
Passport No._________________________
Nationality__________________________

To be completed by Customs Officer

This is to certify that the above named person has brought with him foreign exchange as indicated above.
Date____________

________________________________
(Stamp and Signature of Customs Officer)

(Space for endorsement)

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