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FORMALITIES TO BE COMPLETED ON ARRIVAL AND STAY IN
INDIA
Immediately
on arrival in India by an international carrier, e.g.
aircraft etc., the foreigner is required to fill up
a form stating personal particulars and purpose of visit.
This prescribed form is required to be submitted to
the concerned immigration officer at the airport of
arrival.
- Registration
Formalities for stay in India :
The
authorities have waived the requirement of registration
in respect of a foreigner who enters India on a visa
valid upto 180 days and who does not remain in India
beyond 180 days.
Foreign
snationals arriving in India with visa for a period
more than 180 days, are required to register themselves
with the concerned Foreigners Regional Registration
Officer (FRRO) in the district/city in which the foreigner
is to reside in India. Registration with FRRO in such
cases is necessary even if the foreigner’s stay
is likely to be of a shorter period of say one or two
months. Application for such registration is to be made
by the applicant in person to the FRRO office, in the
prescribed form. Upon verification of the particulars,
FRRO gives a Certificate of Registration (RC) or a Residential
Permit (RP) to the concerned applicant, mentioning therein
the period for which such registration/period of stay
has been granted.
In
smaller cities and towns where no FRRO office exists,
registration formalities and powers have been delegated
to the police authorities of the district where the
foreigner resides. In such cases, the Superintendent
of Police (SP) of the concerned district/city is empowered
for all registration related formalities.
Upon
furnishing the application for registration, FRRO scrutinizes
the application and other particulars of the intending
registree, and, on being satisfied, grants a Residential
Permit (RP)/Certificate of Registration (RC) to the
concerned foreigner. The RP/RC permission is given in
the hand-book filled up alongwith Registration Form,
and mentions the period upto which the foreigner has
been allowed to stay in India. An endorsement to this
effect is also made on the foreigner’s passport.
The
purpose of such registration is to keep the local authorities
informed of the presence, period of stay and local address
of the foreigner.
- Formalities
for extension of stay in India :
All
foreigners holding visas only upto 180 days, and desiring
to stay in India beyond 180 days can seek extension
for the intended period
of stay by making application to FRRO in prescribed
form. (In these cases, the concerned FRRO authorities
after being satisfied can grant extension of visa for
a period upto 6 months. In case the visa desired is
of a period exceeding six months, then the concerned
FRRO authorities seek permission of the Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA) in New Delhi, who allow extension
of desired stay on being satisfied about the purpose
and need. To satisfy the authorities about the nature
of activity to be carried on, authorities may require
production of some of the following documents :
- Copy
of the Agreement between the Foreign Company (Employer)
and the Indian
Company under which services of foreign national are
being deputed ;
- Copy
of approval of Government of India or the Reserve
Bank of India to the above Agreement ;
- Confirmation
of the employer that services of the foreign national
are being provided under the Agreement with the Indian
Company for the execution of work in India ;
- Recommendation
from the Indian Company ;
- A confirmation
that the Indian company takes full responsibility
for the conduct of the foreign national ;
- Permission
granted to foreign employer, if operating in its own
name, by the Reserve Bank of India.
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