India Visa
- The right place to acquire visas to India is the Indian mission at your places. The kinds of visa's you may seek are tourist visa, business visa, transit visa, entry visa, student visa or employment visa.
- The validity of tourist visa lasts for 180 days. To extend your visas, you have to apply to The Ministry of Home Affairs, Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market, New Delhi.
- The letter should then be handed over at the Foreigners Regional Registration Office at Hans Bhavan, Tilak Bridge, near ITO. Delhi.
- An income tax clearance certificate, issued by the foreign Section of the Income Tax office is required if the sty exceeds 180 days.
- The 180 days start from the day visa is issued.
- Yellow fever inoculation certificated is mandatory in terms of those tourists who have traveled across Africa or Papua New Guinea in the last six days.
- In case you want to visit the neighboring country like Sri Lanka or Nepal, and then want to come back to India again, then you should obtain double/multiple entry visa.
- It is required by all the foreigners to get themselves registered at the Foreigners Regional Registration Office located at Han Bhavan, Tilak Road, near ITO, within 14 days of their first arrival in India.
- There is no concept like 'Visa on Arrival' in India, so the foreigners should ensure that they are carrying a valid Indian Visa.
- Nationals of Maldives do not require a visa to come to India for tourism purpose and a stay of 90 days.
- In case of Nationals of Nepal and Bhutan, they do not require visa for entering India for tourism purpose. However, if a Nepali citizen enters India through China, then the visa will be required.
- Those arriving on 'Entry' or 'Business visa' valid for more than 180 days, can stay without registration, if their stay does not increase 180 days.
- Tourist visa up to five years may be provided if the foreigner is associated with tourism trade.
Foreigners' Regional Registration Offices
New Delhi
Foreigners Regional Registration Officer
Level II, East Block VIII, R.K. Puram,
Sector-1 New Delhi -110022 Tele: 26102622
Mumbai
Foreigners Regional Registration Officer
237 Annexe, II, 3rd Floor, Crawford Market,
Mumbai 400 001 Tele: 22621169
Kolkata
Foreginers Regional Registration Officer
237 Acharya Jagdish Chander Bose Road,
Kolkata 700 020 Tele :22470549
Chennai
Chief Immigration Officer, Bureau of Immigration,
Shastri Bhawan' Annexe, No. 26, Haddows Road, Nungambakkam,
Chennai 600 006 Tele: 28232642
Amritsar
Additional Deputy Director, Bureau of Immigration,
B/123, Ranjeet Avenue,
Amritsar Tele: 258250
