Travel - Customs Formalities and Regulations

- Without discipline and following rules and regulations, one comes to ruin.

There are no restrictions on the amount of foreign currency, cash or travelers' cheques you may bring into India provided you make a declaration in a Currency Declaration Form on your arrival in India. The declaration will not only allow you to exchange the currency brought in, but also to take the unspent currency out of India on departure. Cash, bank notes and travelers' cheques up-to US $ 2,500 or equivalent, need not be declared at the time of entry.

If you have dutiable goods you want to take home again (for instance professional high-end equipment), you have to enter customs on airports through the "Red Channel" to get a Tourist Baggage Re-Export Form. Walking through the Green Channel indicates that you have no dutiable articles in your possession. Personal items like camera or laptop computer are concidered duty-free as long as you plan to take them home again.

Last updated: Mar 24, 2000 - Quote from Discourse, Prashanthi Nilayam, Aug 31, 1995