One common rite of passage for long-term outsiders in India is a trip (or trips) to the FRRO. It is probably too much of India to throw on a newcomer, but many must visit within the first 14 days. Here is an overview of what the Indian FRRO is and why FRRO Registration might be important for you.
What is the FRRO?
The Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) handles all the services related to foreigners living in India.
Do I have to register?
It depends on your visa and how long you plan on being in India. Your printed Indian visa may mention if you need to register and under what terms. If your visa says you must register, then you should. Otherwise, you can follow these guidelines:
Category 1 (Need to Register): If you are on an Employment, Student, Research, Project, or Medical (and attendant) visa, you must register regardless of the length of your stay (provided the visa is valid for at least 180 days).
Category 2 (Maybe Register): If you are on a Business, Entry, or Journalist visa, you must register if you plan on making one continuous stay for more than 180 days OR wish to extend your validity.
Category 3 (No Register): Foreign Diplomats and OCI cardholders do not need to register. Tourist visas are not valid for a single visit of more than 180 days, and therefore do not need to register.
Failing to register is illegal and can get you in big trouble when you try to leave the country (up to 5 years in prison and a fine upwards of Rs. 10,000).
Spouses should come to the FRRO to register. No one under 16 is required to register, but consult your local office before leaving the kids at home as rules can vary and some offices require children 12 and over to sign in person.
When should I register?
If you are in Category 1, you should register within 14 days of arriving. If you are in Category 2, you can register anytime within your first 150 days.
Pakistan and Bangladesh nationals must register within 24 hours. Afghan nationals must register within 7 days. Sri Lankans also have special terms that should be researched beforehand.
If you miss the deadline, you a liable to pay a fee (currently Rs. 1395) when you do register.
Where is the FRRO?
FRROs are located in Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Dehradun, Goa, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai, and Thiruvananthapuram. If you live outside of one of these areas, you can register with the nearest Superintendent of Police (SP) or Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), but it is advisable to travel to the nearest FRRO.
Most FRROs take applications from 9:30 – 1pm. After 1, they do not accept new applications, but remain open for those already in line.
Why should I go to the FRRO?
The FRRO provides three major services for foreigners:
1.) Registers your presence, issues a residence permit (RP), and registers any change of address
2.) Extends or converts certain kinds of visas
3.) Grants exit visas
Exit visas are for people who came into India without a visa (like a child born or adopted here), people who have overstayed their visa, or people who are in the extension process (usually just a simple paper slip in this last case).
Why do I need a residence permit (RP)?
The residence permit is a very important document that proves you are legally allowed to reside in India. It is used for getting your shipment from customs, setting up a bank account, getting a PAN card, getting a driving license, setting up an internet connection, and most importantly, leaving the country.
Your registration permit is specific to a certain location that should be in the same vicinity as your work. For example, even if your company has a registered office in Mumbai, you should not register in Mumbai if all of your work is going to be at their Bangalore office.
You are required to inform the FRRO if you will be away from your residence for more than 8 weeks, or if you officially change your residence. The residence permit is extended along with your visa. When you don’t need the RP anymore (leaving India for the last time), give it to the Immigration Officer at the airport.
If you do not yet know where you will reside within the first 14 days, register using your hotel/guest house address. Once you have found a place to live, go back to the FRRO and complete a change of address.
Can’t I just get an agent to do all this for me?
Agents are not allowed inside the FRRO, so you must do it yourself. If you rely on agents for everything else, consider this a badge of honor for braving the Indian bureaucracy. There is an exception for medical patients.
How many times do I have to register?
You only have to register once per visa. If you need to extend a visa, you will need to go back to the FRRO to renew it.
What should I expect when I go?
(Every office is different, but most follow something like this:)
First, go online to fill out the application form and set an appointment.
When you arrive, you will wait in line to see the Scrutiny Officer. This is like the triage line. The Scrutiny Officer takes a printed checklist of all the documents you need and gives an initial screening of your documents.
If he/she thinks you have everything in place, you are sent to the Duty Officer who gives you a token to see an actual agent at the counter. If the Scrutiny Officer thinks you are missing documents, he will give you the required checklist and send you back home. If it is for a small form you can get quickly, you may try to plead with the Duty Officer to still give you a token, but he is not obligated to do so.
Your token will tell you what place in line you are and which window you should go to. While you wait, make sure your documentation appears in the exact same order as the checklist the Scrutiny Officer gave you. Just because the Scrutiny Officer allows you to get a token does not mean that your request will automatically be approved. That is up to the agent (and subsequent superiors) you meet with later.
The wait for the FRRO Officer can be very long. It is ok to leave and come back, but do not be late. Once your token is called, the agent at the window will examine all of your documents in detail. Their job is to find any mistakes or missing documents. If they find something, they will let you know and tell you to fix it and come back. If everything is in order, they will process your request.
Processing can be done on the same day for easy requests like change of address. It can take weeks in the case of extending a visa. If you or your spouse is Chinese it will take extra time as these requests must be processed by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Delhi.
How do I make the visit as painless as possible?
The FRRO is a place of many horror stories, but can also be a place where you are pleasantly surprised at the efficient service you get if you follow the rules.
1. Show up early. Most offices usually start seeing people around 9:30am based on the numbered token system. The smart choice is to show up at least around 8:30am to get a low number. Don’t assume that because you have a token, someone will come and get you and invite you in when it is your turn. Sit near the door, be alert, and don’t let someone get in front of you.
2. Plan for two trips. Even if you follow the information given here perfectly, there is a great chance that there will be at least one thing wrong. Set your expectations low. If there is something missing, have the officer write out clearly what is missing and ask if you can skip the Scrutiny Officer the next day. The most likely scenario is that you will spend 4 hours there on the first visit and 3 hours on the second. If you do it in less time than that, celebrate!
3. Bring extra copies. It’s a bad feeling to sit in line for 3 hours and then be turned away because you are missing one copy of something. 3 copies of everything is a good rule of thumb, along with the originals.
4. Signed, Sealed, Attested. All copies of your personal documents should be self-attested (signed). All copies of corporate documents should be signed, stamped, and sealed. See How To Please the Babu for more help. Anyone who signs a document for you should also mention their contact details on the document and give you a copy of their identification proof (passport, PAN card, voter ID card, etc).
5. Just the right amount of information. At the FRRO, you may find that the Scrutiny Officer doesn’t require a certain document you brought. (Different locations can sometimes require different documentation.) Only give the officer what they specifically request and keep the rest of the documentation with you until they ask for it. There is always a chance they may find a fault with an ‘additional’ document you didn’t need in the first place.
6.) Be patient and friendly. Your approval can potentially be very subjective given the mood of the person you are speaking with. If you sit down in a fluster because you have been waiting for three hours and are very rude to them, you are not likely to get the best treatment back.
7.) No doesn’t always mean no. Remember that Grey is White in India and the rules can be up for interpretation if the situation demands it. The more you present yourself as an amiable, India-loving foreigner, the better your chances are to not have to come back for any small errors. If they initially reject a certain document, don’t get up immediately and sulk. Explain the situation, ask if it is absolutely necessary or if there is an alternative, but don’t be a jerk about it either.
Everyone has their own FRRO story – what’s yours?
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It was always confusing to me whether I was supposed to bring my kids (aged 3 and 8 when we arrived in Bangalore) or not. Their arrival form said that kids under 16 don’t need to register, but every official we spoke to said that they did, and they were both expected to have their residence letters whenever we traveled outside the country. My advice would be to bring the kids (and a couple of iPhones or iPads) and have them go through the registration process too.
Also before you arrive scope out the area where the office is located – you’ll almost certainly need to run somewhere to photocopy a few forms. The Bangalore FRRO had a couple of shops across the road which would oblige for a small fee. When it comes to visa extensions you’ll also need to run to the bank to get a bank cheque/check (it’s not always clear how much you’ll need to pay before you arrive) so be prepared for that side of things – it’s also an area where having an agent is super useful.
Once you do get the letters and documents back from the FRRO, triple-check everything. The first time we went, my three-year-old daughter’s residence letter said that she was a domestic worker from the Philippines!
Finally, bring a sense of adventure, and be prepared for the process to take all day!
Great advice on finding a local photocopier. Those guys could charge a fortune for a simple printout and make a killing!
The Demand Draft is a killer as well since you are never quite sure how much it should be for, ensuring the need for the second trip.
I haven’t seen anything quite as funny as your daughter’s residence letter! That’s pretty amazing…
Neil, thank you for the article: it – again – shows clearly that the bureaucrazy in India works according to set rules with local ‘variations’.
At our FRRO in Ahmedabad (could you add it to your location list as well?) for example there is no token system and you just have to sit and wait at least from 10.00 to 13.00 at interview day (officers will come in around 11.00).
Processing my employment visa and RPs for wife and child sometimes takes up to 3 months. Our son needs to be present at all times, even though he is ignored by all.
In eighteen years the procedure has never been the same.
In Ahmedabad you should also bring ear plugs as they let the dot matrix run at least for 3 hours a day in the waiting room.
Cheers Patrick
So glad that you’ve offered your regional ‘variations’, Patrick. I’ve added Ahmedabad to the list.
“In eighteen years the procedure has never been the same” – That is amazing.
Nowadays I keep track of the list of documents and before renewal is due I take the list and ask the officer if anything changed. In 10 minutes they help me out (I now know two of them for many years) by ticking the list and changing the amount of copies needed (why they need 6 copies of the full MoA of the employer each year beats me, I guess they have a deal with the pasti wallah).
Then I go and prep and come back with family.
Mumbling Gujarati certainly helps too.
Oh, we also have to submit the same set of documents again at the local police station, duty officer is ‘mostly’ available only after 20.00 so better eat before you go there!
and yes,18 years, time does move strangely in India.
Hi Patricks,
My wife is from Phillipines and we have registered in FRO and Applied for Visa Extension. My question here is once we get the X-visa my wife need to go back to phillipines. After she have a Valid X-visa also she need to get exit permit to go back to phillipines???
I get answer fro Mr.Miller and what you will say…??
Pls help..
Hi Patrick, I need to register my child in Ahmedabad as my husband is british and we got a british passport for my child who was born in Kerala. How complicated you think this will be and any idea how long they will take? We plan to fly out of India in 3 weeks time. I also don’t know where the FRRO is in Ahmedabad, could you let me know? Thanks in advance. Any help appreciated.
Hi Chintan, things have really improved now with the new office (at polytechnic college in the back, close to panjrapole Xroad) and the new boss. Last time we only had to visit trice in a week to walk out with extensions.
Go online (http://www.indianfrro.gov.in/frro/) to request your appointment date (you will need to upload the necessary documents at ridiculously small bytesizes) and appear with all the originals at the appointed date (the exact address is mentioned at the bottom of the last page of your forms). Smile a lot, pass the interview collect the papers and done.
Good luck!
Thank you Patrick for such a quick response and the information. I did do some more searches last night and then called up Ahmedabad FRRO and found out that I do not even need to go to Ahmedabad, I can do it in my town here in Bhavnagar! This makes things much easier for me as I was afraid to travel with my 1 year old son in this heat. So I will go to our local FRRO office (Which is just a desk apparently!) tomorrow.
Your last pt 7 is sooooo spot on!
I’ve had relatively painless FRRO experiences over the last 20 years – 1st in Delhi on a student visa, then resident visa, then eventually a PIO in Delhi before shifting to Mumbai.
There have been significant changes from completely manual to more and more digital.
The only constant is there is always some little element not immediately apparent however if you over-prepare with a stupid range of supporting documents, will generally sail thru!
I totally agree. If you overprepare, you’ll do fine. 20 years give a lot of chances to learn too!
And yes, the process is becoming a lot more digital which is a good thing.
Hi Neil Miller..
Pls help me to come out from my little problem…
My wife is from Phillipines and we have registered in FRO and Applied for Visa Extension. My question here is once we get the X-visa my wife need to go back to phillipines. After she have a Valid X-visa also she need to get exit permit to go back to phillipines???
Pls reply at your earliest convience..
If she does not have a valid visa to leave the country, then she will need an exit permit. If the visa extension covers that, then you shouldn’t need one. But ask several people to be sure!
Thank you Neil Miller…
If you have a valid X-Visa then also the resident permit is necessary to show immigration while the time of boarding…??
I don’t think it’s necessary unless you overstayed your visa. But then an exit permit is needed anyway.
But it never hurts to bring extra documentation!!
Hi Neil, I have been following your website entries for a while and its been quite the eye opener to me. Thank you for the article above. I have a question: i will be visiting India for an extended period of time (6 months to a Year). It seams that with a tourist visa status i am not require to register with the FRRO. Could i or should i still do it for the simple fact that, further down the line, having a resident permit can make my life easier when trying to rent a house, purchase a car etc.? Thanks for your thoughts on this. Daniel Chaveiro
Thanks, Daniel!
Registering with a tourist visa is not allowed anyway, so you don’t need to worry about it. Make sure that you don’t stay in the country more than 180 days at a time. Arrange for a quick trip to Sri Lanka, Bangkok, Nepal, etc., if your stay is going to be more than that.
The Residence Permit makes some of life easier, but it is not absolutely required for the things you mentioned.
Thank you Neil for your quick reply!
Apologies for the delay in my reply. Was offline for a few days…
Thank you for the clarification and it helps knowing that bit of info. yeah…i am aware of the 180 days rule. I trip to Sri Lanka will probably be in the planning.
Hello all…. my intern from Armenia is leaving the country on 16th December.. But yet still we didn’t start the frro.. She is on a emergency to leave the country and it’s been more than 6months she stayed.. Can I know is there anyway for her to leave the country.. Please reply asap
Sorry for the delay in responding. She needs an exit visa, which can only be given by the FRRO. But it was wrong to overstay the visa and there will definitely be a fine and a lot of explaining.
Greetings Neil and thank you for the helpful article!
I’ve just recently obtained a long-term tourist visa, multiple entry, and I’ve understood that it’s not required to register, but I’m still fairly new to this, so please bare with me through the inquiry process…
First, if, under the restrictions section of my visa, it says “registration required in continuous stay in india exceeds 180 days”, even though online it says it is not allowed for tourist visas, is this a particular exemption meaning that I can register, according to the consulate general of India’s permission?
Second, I am fully engaged in religious studies in U.P., through temple classes, personal endeavour and private training courses in the science of self-realisation. This keeps me pretty absorbed on a day-to-day basis, so I really need to figure out where I stand—whether it’s necessary to side step and plan trips out after ever 180 days.
If this is the route, and there is no other alternative, will anyone become suspicious of my activities if I keep going out and back to the same places (i.e. out to Nepal & back to U.P.)?
Also, how long is one expected to stay “out” before being allowed to come back in? Is there paperwork/forms for re-entry?
Thank you, kindly, for your patience through filtering out my confusion.
Here’s a few comments:
-It is not possible to register with a tourist visa as far as I have heard, so I wouldn’t even try it.
-It sounds a bit like you should be on a student visa since your main purpose is taking classes, but I’ll leave this to you.
-It is not suspicious to go to Nepal once in 6 months. That is within the terms of the visa and won’t attract any unnecessary attention. The 180 rule is so that the government can keep tabs on your every 180 days. As long as they know you are obeying your visa, you won’t have a problem. You can be out for as little as one day.
-No additional paperwork is required to reenter. Just the regular immigration form you get when you get off the plane.
How do you make the people at the immigration office do their job? They are beingn lazy and refusing to do a task that should have taken an hour. It has taken now a week. Many people are not being let out of India to return home, because the workers are being lazy and making things personal. Even locals do not seem to quicken the process. What the heck is wrong with this society?
The FRRO can bring out the worst in all of us and can be a really frustrating place. I’ve never found any of the people there to be lazy, but they can on occasion lack sympathy for your situation. If you treat them well and don’t bring undo stress to them, they will usually treat you well too and get things moving. If you offend them, then they might slow things down a bit.
Hi Neil, Thank you for this information. I am an indian citizen, from Gujarat and currently in Gujarat and my husband is british. I gave birth to a baby boy in Kerala and applied for a British passport which we just received a month back. We are planning to go to the UK soon, in fact we have bought a ticket already for beginning of June. Some friends told us that when you leave India with a child born here but with a british passport, you just pay some fine at the airport but after doing a bit of research it doesn’t seem to be that simple. So I had two questions: What happens if we do not register the child and go to the airport and say we are ready to pay the fine? If I start the process now, I will have to do it all in Ahmedabad, or I need to register in Ahmedabad and then go to Mumbai or Delhi to get his exit stamp? Please let me know. thanks Chintan
Did you get your answer from Patrick, or do you still need help?
Hi Neil, I did get an answer from Patrick and I am almost done with my procedure. Went today and it all worked out smoothly, they will issue the exit permit 3 days before traveling. Thank you.
Great news!!
Hello Miller,
Do you know how much it cost to extend a medical visa in FRRO. I mean 2months extension to finish medical treatment.
Thanks for your great work
Jomo
No idea. Good luck.
I need your advice. I was married to a indian, I have 2 children from here. she ran off with a other man. I took care of the kids for almost 2 years. I got remarried to another women that is a indian. but I have over stayed for 4 years. the FRRO told me that I need to leave india. so I left, but my question to you guy’s is will i be allowed to re enter india again. my wife is still there and she is carrying ? I am American passport holder .
Quite the story! I would imagine overstaying your visa will be a big knock against you if you try to reapply. But there is only one way to find out. It all depends on the person who is approving the visas that day. Good luck.
Thanks Neil , but would they still block me from entering India, even then my wife is a Indian citizen and she is pregnant ?
Yes, if you’ve overstayed your visa, that will be reason enough to block you. But you never know…
Hello Neil, my NGO employment visa is still valid but there was big problem to submit all required documents to Bengaluru FRRO on time. Subsequently my FRRO registration application was rejected and got a forced Exit Permit visa to leave the end of this month, but 15 days are not enough to wrap up all things from India, so looking for ways to stay 3-4 months more. Would it be fine if I buy another exit permit after 3-4 months? Now I’m very much worried about it. please give me advice. thank you
If they forced you to get an Exit permit, then you should leave. Staying longer will but you in legal jeopardy. You could face permanent barring from India, heavy fines, in some cases imprisonment. You cannot just get an exit permit as you wish.
Hello Neil,
Google brought me to your link. Can you please advise in my scenario. My indian wife and 2 year old daughter (born in canada and canadian citizen) went to india on valid e-tourist visa. Apparently, we changed the travel itinerary and did not realize that the port of entry initially chosen while applying for e-visa is mumbai while they travelled to nagpur which is not a valid port of entry for e-visa. The immigration officer gave a 3 day TLP (temp landing permit). Their return back is 3 weeks from now.
So, what are our options in this case? Based on some research, I understand, we need to get exit permit from FRRO. However, to cover the remaining 3 weeks and beyond the TLP expiry which is 3 days, do we need to apply for new visa or anything else. After TLP expiry, my daughter will not have any valid visa (presuming e-visa is no more useful due to incorrect port of entry).
Your help/inputs are greatly appreciated.
thanks,
Mike
They will need to plan to spend some serious time with the FRRO. I would guess it would take several visits to sort this out. As this is an exceptional case, it’s hard to know what to do, but the folks at the FRRO should be your best resource. Just plan to be patient.
Thank you..it appears they will issue an exit permit for my daughter. We filled the form online and submitted the printed copy to frro. Few days before departure, they will issue exit permit.
Oh good. I hope it goes smoothly.
This is the wrost department in the world. They treat people like animals. They are the reason I left India. Because they delayed and hassed me so much, caused sleepless nights and led to me having a anxiety attack. They really fuck up the image of India. The RK purnam office is the wrost. I still get pain in my chest when I return to India and pass by Hyatt hotel near their office. They caused educated teacher like me to move out of India not because of visa but because of the way they treat foreigners. They will burn in hell. They make you suffer and don’t tell what exactly they want. I have seen foreigners sit on the floor for hours to be served. The are the equivalent of how british treated indians before independence. I am so glad modi took power away from them and now we don’t have to register and they can stop making money. They ruined my life.
This is the wrost department in the world. They treat people like animals. They are the reason I left India. Because they delayed and hassed me so much, caused sleepless nights and led to me having a anxiety attack. They really fuck up the image of India. I still get pain in my chest when I return to India and pass by Hyatt hotel near their office. They caused educated person like me to move out of India not because of visa but because of the way they treat foreigners. They will burn in hell. They make you suffer and don’t tell you what exactly they want. I have seen foreigners sit on the floor for hours to be served. The are the equivalent of how british treated indians before independence. And they are wrost because they do not spare there own and treat indians wrose. I am so glad modi took power away from them and now we don’t have to register and they can stop making money. They ruined my life.
Hi, I came to India with student Visa to study english first then go to the college, but the English institute that give me the admission to take the visa it have a problem with AFRRO, it is illegal institute, I don’t know that before I came to India, so now I can’t take RP because the AFRRO need bonafide letter from the institute that I take the visa with it, so now I don’t know how I can take the RP. can you help me
Ouch. Looks like you need to find a new school to attend.
Would someone please be able to help me? I have an employment visa that is valid ’til June this year, however, I want to de-register my visa at the FRRO & leave India now to go to Nepal for a few weeks. Then, I wish to come back into Delhi for less than 24 hours in order to catch my flight home. Is this possible? Would I need to come through Delhi on a transit visa? Or would my employment visa still be valid? Or, should I come back to India a week before my flight home in order to go back to the FRRO I’m registered with to de-register?
I’m not sure of the process of “deregistering”. I’ve not known anyone who did this personally. I think it would only be necessary if you needed to change the address where you were living. I would just keep the employment visa through June and travel as you will.
Hi, I know this post is old but I really need help. I’m a Nigerian Oci holder with a 2 yrs old born in India. I applied for her Nigerian passport in 2015 and just applied for her visa in 2017. I didn’t know she needed a visa as she was born here and only got to know when I applied directly for her Oci card but was told she needed a visa. My local fro is asking for almost $400 for the visa fee and fine(bribe aside). A lot of friends have done their kids visas for Rs. 7500 max in fro cst mumbai. I’m so confused and don’t know what to do. I was directed by the Frro to the local fro because it was closer to me.
Sorry I won’t be too much help as this is a very specific case. Dealing with the larger FRRO would be better, but if they are denying it, then you are in a tight spot. You should expect fines and fees, as there are certain rules that they enforce. I don’t know the exact rates though.
When in doubt, pay the amount on the fee, but not more.
Hi Neil, I registered in college in Bangalore and now I want to change the college from Bangalore to another college in Punjab, is that possible ? if possible what documents need ?
It may be possible, but I have no idea what forms you need. Good luck!
Hi Neil! I came to india on a tourist visa valid for 1 year. In visa it says that i should register in frro. But i have stayed for just one week. So it hasn’t exceeded 180 days. And i intend to leave india within a week. Do i need to register?
Hmm, generally a tourist visa should never have to register at the FRRO.
Does it say “Must register at the FRRO if stay extends 180 days” or something like that?
Usually I would say don’t worry about it. But if there’s something specific on your visa that says you must register, you might want to take that seriously. What country are you from?
Hey! Having trouble uploading your photo to the FRRO site, just to book an appointment?
This site works: https://makepassportphoto.com/services.php
After an hour’s struggle, I finally used this tool and it got it into the FRRO’s mysterious format requirement.
Thanks, good resource!
Hi.
There are illegal bangladeshi living in my locality. They sell drugs n do illegal activities. Where should i complain ?
Kindly help sir.
Thank you for this very informative post.
Question for you – I am in India, holding a 2 yr business visa (with the endorsement of no stay being over 180 days). So, according to my understanding of the rules, I don’t need to register with the FRRO. However, I need to get a bank account – and no bank will let me open an account without an FRRO certificate. So – my question is – can I register anyway, despite not being obliged to?
Your help much appreciated!
Yes, there is no restriction from you registering. But there is a lot of paperwork!
Thanks, Neil. I will give it a try on Monday and see what happens.
Do you know what paperwork would be needed in this case? The GoI lists 10 items that would be required. In particular, they list the somewhat enigmatic ‘business papers for authenticity’. Any guesses what they are talking about….?
I would HIGHLY recommend planning for two trips to the FRRO. One to go and get a detailed list of all the paperwork you need (you won’t find this online anywhere). The second trip is to actually submit all your documents. If you try to do it all in one go, you will only find pain and suffering.
Neil, great article, i have a question and i hope you have the answer for it. My friend is going to india for studies but the courses will be for 3 weeks so the visa ( I guess ) can she extend her visa for one week at the arrival at the FRRO ?
thank you.
I would avoid the FRRO if you can. Any way to get a longer visa? It might be possible to get the extension, but plan on spending at least 2 days of your trip working on it!
Thank you Neil for the response, no thé visa IS given for the duration if the course (3 weeks), any Idea how to get an extention ? And why should avoid the FRRO ?
Thank you.
No idea how to get an extension, sorry. And I’m assuming you’ve never been to the FRRO if you are asking why you should avoid it. It is just not a happy place. :-).
Hi! thanks for a great informative article. I’m exiting India in one Month and wondering where one should hand over the FRRO Residence permit? All information I get is to an Immigration Officer at the airport. Do they mean the officer at the final Immigration check at the International Departures desk after check-in but before security?
I don’t have personal experience, but I think you can just give it to the Immigration officer who stamps your passport.
That’s what I’m thinking as well, thank you!