NEW DELHI: Foreigners coming to India on a visa for 180 days or less will now have to register themselves “at any time before the expiry of the said period of 180 days” in case they want to stay beyond the visa period, according to changes in the Immigration and Foreigners Rules 2025 notified by the Union Home Ministry.
The new provision, notified on Monday, will replace the earlier rule that required registration “within fourteen days after the expiration of one hundred and eighty days of arrival in India”.
“…The Immigration and Foreigners Rules, 2025, in rule 12,” in the sub-rule, “in the third proviso, for the phrase ‘within fourteen days after the expiration of one hundred and eighty days from his arrival in India’, the phrase ‘at any time before the expiry of the said period of one hundred and eighty days’ will be substituted,” the notification published in the Official Gazette said.
Foreigners on a visa for more than 180 days with a requirement that “each stay shall not exceed 180 days” and who wish to remain in India beyond that period on any single occasion or in the aggregate in a calendar year must register “at any time before the expiry of 180 days”. The new rule has now made it clear that such registration will be granted “except in emergency circumstances.”
The new rules also provide slight relief to children born to parents where one or both parents are foreigners.
The previous rules stipulate that when a child is born in such cases, the parents must inform the registration officer electronically within 30 days to avail visa services, including granting a new visa and exit permission on the designated online portal or mobile application.
According to the notification, this sub-rule does not apply in cases where one of the parents is an Indian citizen and such parent wishes to retain Indian citizenship for the child.
However, the section states that if the child acquires citizenship of a foreign country while in India at a later stage, either parent must inform the registration officer of the situation within thirty days of the child acquiring citizenship of the foreign country.
The notification also revises the provisions relating to reporting requirements and administrative procedures for every hospital, nursing home or other medical institution providing medical, residential or sleeping facilities on its premises.
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