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- THE
REGISTRATION OF FOREIGNERS RULES , 1992
In
exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3 of the
Registration of Foreigner’s Act, 1939, the Central
Government made the Registration of Foreigners Rules,
which came into force on July 1st, 1939. These Rules
were amended by Registration of Foreigners Rules,
1992 which came into force with effect from March,
19, 1992
.
Under
the provisions of these Rules, the Central Government
has appointed Registration Officers (prescribed authorities)
in order to carry out the functions and supervision
of registration of foreigners.
These officers have further been delegated powers
to appoint other authorities to carry out functions
under these Rules, at other places.
These
Rules require every foreigner who arrives in India
on board any vessel, to furnish true particulars of
his name, nationality, age, sex, place of birth and
address or intended address in India, purpose of visit
and proposed length of stay in India.
A
foreigner entering India on a visa valid for a period
exceeding 180 days, and also a foreigner staying in
excess of 180 days after extension of visa, is bound
to present in person to the appropriate Registration
Officer a report containing a true statement of the
foreigner’s address in India and other particulars
as prescribed.
The
Registration Report is to be presented in person to
the Registration Officer specified in this behalf
by the Registration Officer of the port or other place
of arrival in India. This Report is to be furnished
within the time allowed in this behalf, as under :
- in the
case of a person with visa valid for a period upto
180 days but he wishes to stay beyond 180 days, at
least 60 days before the expiry of his visa ;
- in the
case of person with visa for a period beyond 180 days,
within 2 weeks of his arrival in India ;
- Every
foreigner presenting a Registration Report shall furnish
to the Registration Officer such information as may
be in his possession to establish accuracy of the
particulars stated by him, and to sign the aforesaid
document, and thereafter would be entitled to receive
from the said officer a ‘Certificate of Registration’.
As
such, under provisions of these Rules as stated
above, a foreigner is required to inform the Registration
Officer of his presence in India and obtain a Certificate
of Registration from that officer under Rule 6.
He is further required to surrender his Certificate
of Registration immediately before his final departure
from India in accordance with Rule 15 and obtain
an endorsement from the Registration Officer to
that effect.
The
purpose for which the Certificate of Registration
is issued in respect of a foreigner is to regulate
his movements within the district in which the registration
certificate was granted, and also to restrict his
stay within the period specified in the visa issued
to him.
Under
these Rules, the foreigner is also required to inform
the registration authorities in writing in case
he proposed to remain absent from his registered
address for a continuous period of eight weeks or
more.
Reference
may be made to Rule 11 for more details and regulations
presently applicable.
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