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India guidance, from people on the ground

Prepare for India with the next decision in view.

Use IKAN's reviewed country, city and service guidance to understand the questions that affect a real move, then ask a consultant to confirm what applies now.

  • 35 Essentials guides
  • 18 city guides across 10 cities
  • Country guide and staged arrival planning
Prepare the question here. A person confirms what applies.
An IKAN consultant walking through a school with a relocating family

Start with the decision

What decision do you need to make next?

For an assignee or family on a sponsored move into IndiaDraft an example first-30-days sequenceFor mobility and GCC teamsPlan a cohort by city and waveFor an RMC or buyerReview how IKAN deliversFor an open questionBrowse reviewed field notes

India Essentials

35 published guides. Search the actual library.

IKAN's India Essentials library publishes 35 practical guides and 24 downloadable PDFs, including the complete pack.

Open the source library

8 curated starting points of 35

India Essentials library index
Need a different question?Search by task, choose a topic, or open the complete published index.

These guides explain the landscape. A specialist must confirm live immigration, legal, tax, school, housing and availability questions for the actual move.

A household planning sequence

The first 90 days work better in the right sequence.

Use these phases as a planning frame, not a fixed calendar. A specialist confirms the order and timing around the actual move.

  1. 01

    Before travel

    Confirm the applicable immigration route, household needs, school timing and temporary stay.

  2. 02

    Immediate needs

    Know who is meeting the household, where they are staying and what could still change.

  3. 03

    First decisions

    Sequence registrations where applicable, connectivity, banking, area tours, school and home choices.

  4. 04

    Establishing routine

    Move from temporary arrangements into a workable home and everyday routine.

  5. 05

    Move close-out

    Record tenancy, local-life and programme questions before ownership becomes unclear.

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Reviewed field notes

Written from the work. Dated for the real world.

All insights

Five reviewed field notes · swipe or scroll to browse

Local planning routes

Start with the city where life will happen.

Browse all city guides
01BengaluruA major Indian technology and GCC hub.02MumbaiFinancial heart; a compressed, fast-moving housing market.03Delhi NCRGurgaon and Noida: capital-region mobility at scale.04HyderabadA major GCC and life-sciences corridor.05PuneManufacturing & engineering talent base.06ChennaiAuto & BFSI hub with a long-standing IKAN office.07AhmedabadGateway to greenfield corridors.08KolkataEastern India coverage.

Next useful

Keep the practical question moving.

Use the public library to orient yourself, then bring the real city and moving parts into the right conversation.

  1. 01Plan the first 30 daysA data-free way to organise the early arrival questions.
  2. 02Open city guidesPublished city context for the questions that shape the brief.
  3. 03Read field notesReviewed guidance for practical India questions.