Two phones Indian customs

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Based on my experience, Indian customs majorly targets people coming from certain destinations, eg: UAE, US.

Secondly they are mainly concerned with high end mobiles and mostly iPhones, whenever I've passed through they have always asked me if I have an iPhone. They once asked my Mom which phone she had and when she said Motorola, the customs lady made a face and told us to go.

I have traveled multiple times with two phones between Australia and India, it has never been an issue but both have been Android phones.

If they ask you , do not lie, declare whatever phone you have.

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Like every other choose-your-lane Customs question, the regular practice answer comes down to this:

• If you're carrying goods on which duty may be owed, and you go through the red lane and declare the goods, you will pay the duty, typically a small fraction of the value of the goods. By making this payment, you obey the law and you get to keep the goods.

• If you're carrying goods on which duty may be owed, and you don't declare the goods and they're discovered anyway (random search, x-ray, canine sniffing, magic), then the goods will be confiscated, and you're likely to be fined or charged with a criminal offense for violating the country's customs laws, or lying on your Customs declaration. Your immigration record in that county will be besmirched; if not a citizen, future visas may be harder or impossible to obtain.

The reality is that while it is far from certain the goods will be discovered...if they are discovered the sanctions are much more serious.

What kind of traveler do you wish to be?

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I am not a lawyer, but carrying two phones with separate SIM cards seems normal to me, people do that all the time if you need one private and one for company communications for instance.

On the other hand if you carry 10 phones still in their original box unopened it is clearly imported gods and should be declared.

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