International Payment Support

Accept payments in international currencies and/or payments via cards issued by foreign banks. Check the list of transaction purpose codes and supported currencies.


You can accept payments from your customers in more than 100 foreign currencies using our Payment Gateway and other products such as Payment Pages, Payment Button, Payment Links and Invoices.

Razorpay supports

for international cards.

Watch Out!

Your international payment will fail if you send us a dummy email id and phone number of the customer.

If you are an eligible, registered business with a valid website, you can accept international payments made using:

  • Cards issued by domestic banks or foreign banks

If you are an individual, such as a freelancer, you must

to accept international payments.

Watch Out!

Wire transfers and netbanking payments made from foreign banks are currently not supported.

To enable international payments for the first time, you need to place a request from the Razorpay Dashboard.

Feature Enablement

International payments are prone to a higher risk of fraud and chargeback. We can enable this feature after approval from our banking partners.

You must meet the following eligibility criteria set by our banking partners to accept international payments:

  • You must have an active Razorpay account with KYC verification completed.

  • You must have a valid website with the following sections/pages clearly defined:

    • Terms and Conditions
    • Privacy policy
    • Refund and Cancellation policy
    • Shipping policy

    Watch Out!

    International payments cannot be enabled for your account without these sections/pages on your website.

  • Business categories not supported by Razorpay are listed

    .

You can request international payments from your Dashboard.

To request international payments:

  1. Log into the .
  2. Navigate to Account & SettingsPayment Methods.
  3. Select International Payments and click Request.

    Request access for international card payments
  4. A request form is displayed. Provide details and click Submit. We will contact you via email for any clarifications.

Given below is a list of documents required:

  1. In case of sales of tangible products, Import/Export code is required.
  2. If you have past international transaction experience, the following documents are accepted:
    • Bank statement for inward remittance.
    • Settlement record from the current payment partner.

Razorpay allows you to enable or disable Non 3DS international card support via your Razorpay account.

You must meet the following eligibility criteria:

  • You must have an active Razorpay account with KYC verification completed.
  • You must have international payments enabled for your account.

To enable support for Non 3DS international card payments for the first time, you need to place a request from the Razorpay Dashboard.

  1. Log into the .
  2. Navigate to Account & SettingsPayment Methods.
  3. Select International Payments and click Request besides Support for Non 3D Secure transactions under International Cards.
  4. A request pop-up is displayed to confirm if you want to enable the support for Non 3D Secure transactions.

Feature Enablement

  • The Razorpay Risk team analyses your request for support on Non 3D Secure transactions. The team can either accept or reject your request based on certain parameters.
  • Non 3DS cards are processed without second-factor authentication. These international card payments are prone to a higher risk of fraud and chargebacks. In case of any fraud or service-related chargeback, Razorpay will pass on the liability to the seller.

You can disable the Support for Non 3D Secure transactions on your account from your Dashboard.

  1. Log into your .
  2. Navigate to Account & SettingsPayment Methods.
  3. Select International Payments and click on the Disable button to disable the support for Non 3D Secure transactions.

The Request button gets displayed once again.

On the checkout form or when using APIs for Razorpay products such as Orders, Payment Links, Subscriptions or Invoices, you need to specify the desired currency and pass the amount in the desired currency subunit.

Example

The following is a sample API request and response to create an order for $20:

curl -u <YOUR_KEY>:<YOUR_SECRET> \
-X POST https://api.razorpay.com/v1/orders \
-H "content-type: application/json"
-d '{
"amount": 2000,
"currency": "USD",
"receipt": "rcptid #11"
}'

currency

mandatory

string Currency in which you want to accept the payment. For example, GBP. Refer to the

section below for a list of supported international currencies.

amount

mandatory

integer The amount to be charged in the specified currency subunit.

For example, when selling a product for ₹1000 in the domestic market, you pass INR in the currency parameter and 100000 in the amount parameter (since the amount should be in paise).

When selling in the international market, you might want to charge $20 for the same product. In this case, you must pass USD in the currency parameter and 2000 in the amount parameter (since the amount should be in cents).

The

will contain additional fields when the currency is not INR to provide visibility into the conversion rate.

Example

The following is a sample payment entity for a $1 payment:

{
"id": "pay_Donb2t6WkJYhfU",
"entity": "payment",
"amount": 100,
"currency": "USD",
"base_amount": 7129,
"base_currency": "INR",
"status": "captured",
"order_id": "order_CjCr5oKh4AVC51",
"international": true,
"method": "card",
"amount_refunded": 0,
"refund_status": null,
"description": "Payment at the Dollar Store",
"card_id": "card_Donb2wk8eC8EDN",
"email": "gaurav.kumar@example.com",
"contact": "9364591752",
"notes": [],
"fee": 207,
"tax": 0,
"error_code": null,
"error_description": null,
"created_at": 1400826750
}

base_currency

string The conversion currency that will be used to calculate fees and settlements. This currently defaults to INR and is present only if the currency is not INR.

base_amount

integer The converted payment amount that will be used to calculate fees and settlements. Represented in the smallest unit of the base_currency. This attribute is currently only present if the currency is not INR.

When using products such as Payment Links or Subscription Links, ensure you select the desired currency from the currency dropdown and add the amount in the selected currency. For example, if you want to charge $20 when selling in the international market, select USD in the Currency dropdown and enter 20 in the Amount field.

Watch this video to see how to select the international currency from the dashboard.

Once your customers have made the payment, the payment amount is converted to INR and settled to your Razorpay Payment Gateway (PG) account as per your settlement schedule.

The exchange rate (according to the processing bank) on the date the payment was made is used to make the conversion. For example, a customer made a payment of $10 on February 02, 2019, and your settlement schedule is T+7 business days for domestic transactions, where T is the date of capture of payment. Here, the conversion rate depends on the date the payment has been captured, February 02, 2019, when USD to INR was 70, that is $1 = ₹70.

₹700 (minus tax and fees) is settled to your account on February 09, 2019, irrespective of the conversion rate on this date.

FIRS Certificate is a document that acts as evidence that you have received funds from a foreign country. The document is recognised as proof in scenarios such as for getting GST refunds, claiming drawbacks from the government, or being required by beneficiary banks for compliance purposes. You will receive an email on your registered mail id as and when the FIRS is uploaded on the Razorpay Dashboard.

FIRS certificate contains important information about the inward remittance, such as:

  • Sender details
  • Converted amount details
  • Amount on foreign currency
  • UTR and Account number
  • Date of Certificate issuance

Razorpay has a streamlined and improvised FIRS flow to provide a better experience for all businesses that accept international payments, every month. Whether you are a new user or an existing Razorpay user, obtaining the FIRS certificate is quite simple.

Below is the flow on how you can obtain the FIRS certificate from Razorpay:

  1. You can provide Purpose Code information at the time of applying for international payments. Visit your Razorpay Dashboard and update your purpose code under the Account & Settings section. Scroll down to choose from the list of Purpose Code.
    Here is a short video on how to update your purpose code.

    Handy Tips

    If you need to use a Transaction Purpose Code that is not on

    , please via your Razorpay Dashboard.

  2. The Razorpay Activation/Operations team checks whether the selected Purpose Code is correct or not.

    Handy Tips

    If the bank rejects a FIRS certificate request, an interim FIRS will be generated by Razorpay.

  3. Razorpay processes your FIRS certificate and shares the same on your Dashboard in the first week of every month.

  4. You can view or download the FIRS certificate from your Razorpay Dashboard every month.

Refer to the table below to know which products support international payments:

ProductInternational Payments Supported
Payment Gateway (Checkout)Yes
InvoicesYes
Payment LinksYes
Payment PagesYes
SubscriptionsYes
RouteNo
Smart CollectNo
RazorpayXNo

Currently, we support a host of currencies, including INR, USD, EUR, and SGD.

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    Last updated on 28 Nov 2022
  • For any other additional currencies, which are not a part of the above list and that you might want us to support, kindly raise a request on our .