Exit permit leaving India

pnooguri

I am on an employment visa but need to be out of country to visit a friend in France & be back in one week. Do i need an exit permit?.if so what are the documents required. I was told i will need to get a letter from the employer as well along with a letter from my friend in France to present it to FRRO here in Hyderabad. The only problem is that i am going to meet my friend to explore some business opportunities before coming back and not comfortable disclosing this to my employer. Any way i can avoid this and still leave the country without any hassles?
Any experiences or feedback is welcome

mairangi_vice

Is your visa multiple entry? My understanding was that you only needed to inform the frro on your final departure or if you are going to be away for more than a month

pnooguri

Yes it is a multiple entry. I called the local police station where i originally registered to find out the exit requirements. The inspector of police handling the Foreign RP in fact has requested me to see him on Monday with the papers where he said will stamp my paper which i am believing is the residence permit. Hope he is not trying to cash in

srisri

Hi Pnooguri,

I have been on multiple entry employment visa for two years, and spent several holidays back home, each time for over one month. Never applied exit permit and had no problem when leaving or reentering india.

my understanding of exit permit is that you apply for this when you are not going to come back to india. As long as you will be back in india again, i dont see a need for exit permit.

Nick-H

How would they know you weren't coming back?

OK, you're supposed to hand over the RC/RP...

edwardseco

The only detail I recall on a different visa was a tax certificate when finally leaving India..

Nick-H

That's just what I was thinking about too, and this is something from the past.

pnooguri

I went to the local police station and had my "Leave India Permit" signed by FRO officer - an Asst commissioner of police rank on my residence permit. This officer reiterated the validity of this procedure regardless of Multiple entry or intention to come back etc. He took the time to sign but needless to say it was a nail biting moment !!!. To top that he suggested me to hand over a copy of the original at the departure gate

Aishah

Off the top of my head for most registered Visas, it is 6 weeks away before you have to inform your FRO people. I'm not sure about employment Visa. You can inform them by sending a registered or couriered letter which I have done in the past when the office was in Jaipur. Now that it is in Jaisalmer I give my letter detailing dates of exit and expected date of entry to one of my nephews to hand in. I never go there myself because this is when 'made up' rules come in and baksheesh is hovering in the air. In all my comings and goings I have never handed in my residential permit or registration certificates. And they have not been asked for either at the airport or locally. Not even photocopies. They are very handy for proof of residence or identity from time to time e.g. the RTO believe me that I have been here for so many years because I have all my Residential Permits there to show them.

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zahidmaqbool

Hi,

My wife has a single entry x visa which is going to expire soon. She would be leaving the country in 2 weeks. I wanted to know is an exit permit required for her. In short can anyone tell here in what circumstances does a person need exit permit.

Thanks!!

Nick-H

No, she doesn't need an exit permit, as long as her visa will still be valid when she leaves.

If she has a Resident's Permit, she is supposed to hand it in on departure, if she is not planning to shortly return.

goangoangone

If she's stayed longer than 180 days, she will have registered with the FRO, in which case she needs to tell them of her departure up to, I think, 48 hours before.

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zahidmaqbool

thanks for your reply..

srpski

In my experience, I was in India less than 180 days but was still denied exit because I had not registered. I had an employment visa and was in India about five months. The next day I got registered and then immediately left the country (all in the same day, no 48 hour notice).

I posted another thread about this here:
Denied exit from India

judecg

Continuing on this confusing issue.... if you are on an X visa (married to an Indian), and leaving the country, do you need an exit permit?
Its a one year visa and I didn't register with the FRRO on that visa as I was not planning on staying here for another 6 months.