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Which EMIs and dues count in FOIR, and which don’t?

In short: every regular repayment on credit counts: personal, vehicle, home and loan-app EMIs, credit card EMI conversions and usually pay-later instalments. Many lenders also count something for a revolving credit card balance, commonly a share of the outstanding or the minimum due, though practice varies. Loans you co-signed or guaranteed may count too. Rent, SIPs, insurance premiums, school fees and utility bills are usually not in the FOIR sum, although some lenders weigh rent when judging affordability.

Written by the Omozing Credit Team, which includes IIT and IIM alumni · Reviewed for accuracy by our credit and compliance team · Updated October 2026

What changes the answer

Item	Usually in FOIR?	Why
Personal, vehicle, home and education loan EMIs	Yes	Fixed repayments shown on your credit report.
Loan-app EMIs and short-term app loans	Yes	They are loans like any other, however small.
Credit card EMI conversions	Yes	A fixed monthly instalment until the purchase is paid off.
Pay-later (BNPL) instalments	Usually	Regulated pay-later credit is usually reported to bureaus.
Revolving credit card balance	Often, in part	Commonly a share of the outstanding or the minimum due; practice varies by lender.
Loans where you are a co-applicant	Generally	The loan appears on your report as well as the other borrower’s.
Loans you have guaranteed	Sometimes	More likely if the borrower has missed payments.
Rent	Lenders differ	Usually outside FOIR, but some consider it in affordability.
SIPs, insurance, school fees, utilities	No	Not credit obligations, though they are real costs for your budget.

A general guide to common practice. Each lender decides its own method.

An example: one borrower, two ways of counting

Vivek is an illustrative profile, not a real customer. He takes home ₹95,000 a month. Here is everything that leaves his account regularly:

Car loan EMI ₹14,500, a credit card EMI conversion of ₹3,200 and a pay-later instalment of ₹1,500.
A credit card balance of ₹80,000 that he carries, with a minimum due of ₹4,000 on his last statement.
He is guarantor on his brother’s loan, which has an EMI of ₹9,000.
Rent ₹22,000, a ₹10,000 SIP and a term-insurance premium.

A lender that counts only fixed EMIs sees ₹19,200, a FOIR of 20.2%. A lender that also counts the card’s minimum due and the guaranteed loan sees ₹32,200, a FOIR of 33.9%. Neither counts the rent or the SIP in FOIR.

Vivek’s FOIR under two counting methods

Bars drawn to scale. Illustrative; the two methods are examples of common practice, not any specific lender’s rules.

The gap matters. If both lenders allowed 50% of take-home for all EMIs, the first would leave ₹28,300 of EMI room and the second ₹15,300. At an example rate of 14% over 36 months, that is roughly ₹8.28 lakh versus ₹4.48 lakh of indicative eligibility from the same salary.

When it gets harder, and what helps

It gets harder when:

You carry a large card balance month to month, which some lenders turn into a monthly obligation.
You guaranteed a relative’s loan and the payments on it are irregular.
Your report still shows a loan you closed months ago.

What helps:

Download your full credit report and list every open account, including ones you co-signed. Checking your own report is free and safe.
Pay the card balance down before you apply. How card dues enter FOIR.
Get any closed loan updated to “closed” on your report before you apply.

How lenders look at it

Lenders build the obligation list from two sources: your credit report, which shows every reported loan and card, and your salary-account statement, which shows what actually leaves each month. A regular debit that matches no loan on your report, or a loan with no visible repayment, will usually prompt a question. Lenders then decide how to treat the grey areas, such as card balances, guarantees and rent, by their own policy. That is a big reason eligibility differs from lender to lender.

At Omozing

A credit officer reads your full credit report, not just the score. You need your last 6 months’ salary-account bank statement, your latest salary slip, and PAN and Aadhaar for KYC, which together show your income and your existing repayments.

What most people get wrong: they count only the EMIs they think of as “loans”. A card balance you roll over, a pay-later plan or your name on a brother’s loan can all show up as obligations, and together they can move your FOIR by more than a big EMI would.

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Frequently asked questions

Is rent included in FOIR?

Usually not in the FOIR sum itself, but lenders differ, and some consider rent when judging whether the loan is affordable. See how rent and FOIR fit together.

Do SIPs or insurance premiums count as obligations?

Usually not. They are savings or protection rather than credit, and you can usually pause or change them.

Does a credit card with zero balance count?

An unused card with nothing outstanding normally adds no monthly obligation.

If I am a guarantor, will the loan count against me?

Sometimes. It can appear on your credit report, and some lenders count it, especially if the borrower has missed payments.

Does an EMI that ends next month still count?

Usually yes, until the loan is closed and the closure shows on your report.

Next questions people ask:

How do I calculate my FOIR? A worked example How can I bring my FOIR down before I apply? FOIR and existing EMIs: questions answered

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