For NRI & OCI families worldwide
Living in the USA, Canada, UK, UAE or Australia? Find an Indian or South Asian egg donor who shares your roots, and understand your options for treatment in India as an NRI or OCI cardholder. Coordination runs across your time zone.
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What are the egg donor options for NRI families? NRIs who hold Indian passports are Indian citizens, so they can use donor egg IVF in India under the ART Act, 2021 and — if married, within the age limits and medically eligible — altruistic surrogacy under the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021. OCI cardholders face less certain eligibility and should take legal advice. Most NRI families choose treatment where they live: IndianEggDonors.com matches them with pre-screened Indian and South Asian donors for IVF at licensed clinics in the USA and Canada.
Start with your status
Indian law treats Indian citizens living abroad differently from foreign citizens of Indian origin. Find the column that describes you.
Three routes
Most popular
IVF and embryo transfer at a licensed clinic in the USA or Canada, with an egg donor from our South Asian pool.
Treatment in India
For NRIs who want treatment in India, at a registered ART clinic and within ART Act rules.
Need a surrogate
Gestational surrogacy through our affiliated NYS-licensed program — open to couples, single parents and LGBTQ+ families.
*Typical range covering donor compensation, screening, agency coordination, clinic fees, medication and contracts. Travel is extra. Exact costs are confirmed in writing before you commit.
Surrogacy in India for NRIs
Before you plan India-based treatment
Embryos can’t simply be shipped in. The ART Act restricts importing human embryos and gametes into India. Donor embryos created abroad cannot be brought in for treatment, and even your own embryos need prior approval, which is difficult to obtain.
Expect time in India. Surrogacy approvals and court steps usually mean several trips, and the full process can take well over a year.
Get two opinions. Speak with an Indian family-law attorney about eligibility, and with an immigration attorney in your country of residence about your child’s citizenship and travel documents.
Across time zones
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A video call at a time that suits you — Dubai, London, Toronto or California.
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We check your eligibility and give you costs in writing.
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Profiles shared within days; matches typically finalised in 2–6 weeks.
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Medical and genetic screening, and independent attorneys for every party.
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Plan one trip around retrieval and transfer; your coordinator handles the logistics.
Why NRI families choose us
1,400+ pre-screened donors from Punjabi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Pakistani and Bangladeshi backgrounds.
Medical supervision of every donor, with carrier screening for conditions more common in South Asian populations, such as beta-thalassemia.
We work with families in the USA, Canada, UK, UAE and Australia and know where Indian and local rules differ.
We begin by understanding your goals—whether you’re a couple, single parent, LGBTQ+ parent, or overseas intended parent. We then cover costs, timelines, and legalities and answer all your questions.
Yes, if they are Indian citizens. NRIs with Indian passports are treated like resident Indians under the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021: they must be a married heterosexual couple (wife 23–50, husband 26–55, married at least five years) with a certified medical need, and the surrogacy must be altruistic.
It is uncertain. Some clinics and boards have accepted OCI couples on the same terms as Indian citizens, while other legal readings exclude them because they are not Indian citizens. OCI families should get written advice from an Indian family-law attorney before starting any India-based surrogacy plan.
Yes. NRIs who are Indian citizens can use donor egg IVF at a registered ART clinic under the ART Act, 2021. Indian donors must be ever-married women aged 23–35 with a child aged at least three, can donate once, and no more than seven eggs can be retrieved.
Generally, no. The ART Act restricts importing human embryos and gametes into India. Donor embryos cannot be imported for treatment, and approvals for a couple’s own embryos are difficult to obtain. That is why our program completes the embryo transfer in the USA or Canada.
Our USA program typically costs US$18,000–48,000, covering donor compensation, screening, coordination, clinic fees, medication and legal contracts. Travel is extra. Gestational surrogacy in the USA through our affiliated program starts at around US$120,000.
Yes. We coordinate with families in the UAE, UK, Australia and elsewhere, scheduling calls in their time zone. Treatment itself takes place at a licensed clinic in the USA or Canada, so families plan a trip around egg retrieval and embryo transfer.
That depends on where the baby is born and on your own citizenship, so it needs advice from an immigration attorney. A baby born in the USA is generally a US citizen by birth, and parents then apply for the documents their home country requires. Families who are Indian citizens can register the birth with the Indian mission.
Tell us where you live and what you’re looking for. We’ll lay out the routes open to your family, with costs and timelines in writing.
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