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From the Gulf

The time difference between the Gulf states and India, and how a document signed there is accepted here.

Time difference

India Standard Time is five hours and thirty minutes ahead of UTC throughout the year.

  • Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Muscat are one hour and thirty minutes behind Bengaluru.
  • Riyadh, Doha, Kuwait City and Manama are two hours and thirty minutes behind Bengaluru.
  • India and these states do not observe daylight saving time, so the difference holds all year.

Documents signed abroad

India is a party to the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, 1961, so a public document from another contracting State that carries an apostille issued by the competent authority there is accepted in India without further legalisation. The status table of the Hague Conference lists Bahrain, Oman and Saudi Arabia among the contracting States. It does not list Kuwait, Qatar or the United Arab Emirates.

A power of attorney executed by an Indian citizen in the United Arab Emirates may be executed before the consular officer of the Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi, which lists the attestation of such documents among its services.

The calculators on this site state figures in Indian rupees. No conversion into another currency is offered.

Country pages

  • United Arab EmiratesIndia-UAE Bilateral Investment Treaty: in force. India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement: in force.3.25 per cent of investment into India; 4,326,248 non-resident Indians
  • Saudi ArabiaInvestment treaty terminated 1 August 2019.0.42 per cent of investment into India; 2,747,551 non-resident Indians
  • KuwaitInvestment treaty terminated 2018.0.01 per cent of investment into India; 1,036,389 non-resident Indians
  • QatarInvestment treaty terminated 23 March 2017.0.23 per cent of investment into India; 830,491 non-resident Indians
  • OmanInvestment treaty terminated 23 March 2017. India-Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement: agreement signed.0.08 per cent of investment into India; 676,781 non-resident Indians

Each line states the investment treaty and trade agreement position set out, with its source, on the country page.

Offices

  • Bengaluru

    7th Floor, Raheja Towers, East Wing, 26/27 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Craig Park Layout, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001

    +91 76765 68787

    India Standard Time, UTC+5:30

  • Mumbai

    Unit No. 4, 3rd Floor, Inspire BKC, Village Kolekalyan, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400051

    India Standard Time, UTC+5:30

  • New Delhi

    L29 to L34, First Floor, Connaught Place, New Delhi, Delhi 110001

    India Standard Time, UTC+5:30

Notes

Sources

  1. ConventionHague Conference on Private International Law: status table of the Apostille Convention, 1961hcch.net
  2. Official pageMinistry of External Affairs: Attestation and Apostillemea.gov.in
  3. Official pageEmbassy of India, Abu Dhabi: attestation servicesindembassyuae.gov.in

Limits of this page

Nothing on this page is advice, and nothing on it is a statement that any provision applies to a particular set of facts. It is not an offer of engagement. Reading it creates no advocate-client relationship.