SEBI, vide its circular dated 10th December, 2025, relaxing the geo-tagging requirement for NRIs while undertaking re-KYC. The earlier condition that a client must be physically located in India during digital due diligence is now waived for existing NRI clients undergoing re-KYC. The KYC App must still implement safeguards such as random action prompts, timestamping, GPS location capture, and prevention of spoofed IP addresses. Additionally, the GPS coordinates captured by intermediaries must match the country mentioned in the client’s proof of address.
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