1. List of documents which are required at the
time of registration with the Foreigners Registration
Officers in India.
- Photocopy of the passport and initial visa.
- Four photographs of the applicant.
- Details of residence in India.
- HIV test report from one of the WHO recognised
Institutions from people in the age group of 15
to 60 years, if the foreigner is visiting India
on a visa for more than one year.
- Copy of the marriage certificate in case of those
seeking extension of stay on grounds of being
spouse of an Indian national.
- Bonafide certificate from the University/College/Institution
in case of student visa.
- Accreditation certificate from the Press
Information Bureau in case of journalist visa.
- Approval of the Department of Company Affairs in
the case of Board level appointments in Public
Limited Companies.
- Copy of the approval from Government of India in
case of joint venture or collaboration (in
duplicate).
- Copy of permission from RBI in case of business/joint
venture, etc.
- Terms and conditions of appointment and copy of
contract or agreement, in case of employment visa.
- Undertaking from the concerned Indian Company on
the following lines in case of employment/business
visa:-
UNDERTAKING
We take full responsibility for the activities
and conduct of Mr/Mrs _______________, national
of ___________ during his/her stay in India. If
anything adverse comes to notice during this
period, we undertake to repatriate him/her on our
cost.
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Signature
of competent authority
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2. Addresses of registration
officers
- FRRO, Hans Bhawan, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, ITO,
New Delhi. Tel. No. 011-3319489.
- FRRO, 237 AJC Bose Road, Calcutta. Tel. No. 033-2470549.
- FRRO, Tata Press Building, 2nd Floor,
414 S. V. Marg, Mumbai. Tel. No. 022-2621169
- FRRO, Shastri Bhawan Annexe, 26, Haddow Road,
Chennai., Telephone No. 044-8277036
- At other places, the Superintendents of Police of
the Districts are foreigners registration
officers.
3. Certificates of registration will be issued
by the registration officers. The foreigners should
surrender their certificates of registration to the
registration officer of the place where they are
registered or of the place from where they intend to
depart or to the immigration officer at the port/check
post of exit from India. If the certificate is
surrendered to other than the immigration officer at the
port/check post of exit, the foreigners should produce
the receipt indicating such surrender of the document to
the immigration officer at the port/check post of exit.
4. Registration is required to be done only once
during the validity of a visa irrespective of the number
of times the foreigner leaves/re-enters India on multi-entry
facility.
5. Following categories of foreigners are exempted
from registration.
- US nationals holding 10 year tourist/business
visa, provided their continuous stay during each
visit does not exceed 180 days.
- Foreigners of Indian origin holding 5 year
multiple entry "X" visa with an
endorsement that "stay should not exceed 180
days during each visit".
- Foreigners holding five-year tourist visa, who
are actively engaged in tourism/travel trade,
desirous of visiting India frequently over
extended periods for promotion of tourism, etc,
provided their visa contains an endorsement that
"continuous stay should not exceed 180 days".
- PIO card holders, if their continuous stay during
each visit does not exceed 180 days.
- Foreigners below the age of 16 years.
| 1. Foreigners can visit
restricted / protected areas only after getting a
valid permit as visa alone is not enough to visit
such places. 2. Foreigners
coming from or through yellow fever countries
must come with valid vaccination certificate.
3. On arrival / departure, foreigners
should fill up Disembarkation/Embarkation cards.
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CAUTION
The Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act bans all
forms of wildlife trade. Violations of the
provisions of the Act are punishable with heavy
fines and imprisonment. Foreigners are,
therefore, advised not to buy any wildlife or
wildlife products or derivatives - specially
ivory articles, fur and skin articles derived
from wild animals such as Shahtoosh
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BEWARE
The foreigners should not buy, sell or use
psycho-tropic drugs or any other narcotic
substances while in India, as their purchase,
sell or possession is a cognisable offence
punishable by imprisonment
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