Registering with the FRRO office in Delhi???

TinTin1976

Hi all,

I'm moving from London to Delhi in October to work for an Indian NGO. I have an employment visa issued by the Indian High Commission in London. They told me that I have to register at the FFRO office at Delhi airport when I arrive (or at least within 14 days), however, they didn't seem to know what the FFRO was or what registration involved!

I suspect my employer won't know too much either as I am the first foreign national they have employed.

Can anyone help me out here???

Any advice hugely appreciated.

Thanks,

TinTin

Aishah

TinTin - this is the Foreigner Regional Registration Office and it is not at Delhi Airport.
http://www.immigrationindia.nic.in/f...hi_address.htm

Check out this link for details for address.

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amystarcraft

Registering takes almost a full day of queuing , sitting around and waiting. You need a letter from your employer and proof of address which is interesting as generally you are still finding a place to live. Get there early, I think it opens at 10 (not sure). You then get a number which is your number in the queue. Then wait. Take a handful of passport photos as you have to submit I think 3 copies so have to fill in the forms several times. You then get a little yellow book with you details in it.

Nick-H

TinTin, there is a great deal of information on the site already about this sort of thing. Please browse and use the search function before repeating questions that are already answered.

mira4bai4

Arrive at the FRRO before 8.30 and you will be in front of the main bunch, the earlier the better. I was first in and first out on my last visit which was such a relief.

TinTin1976

Thanks for this, very helpful.

Dingostrategy

And take a book. It's a horrible experience. Say hello to the horrible, grumpy man who finally approves that you have something valuable to offer.

It is obviously important to follow the rules and culture, but the experience is not very 'welcoming'. Just my 2 Rupee opinion.

Nick-H

The people at Lunar House (is it still called that?), near London, queueing up for their humiliation at the hands of UK government staff don't have much fun either.

I think it must be an internationally agreed code of conduct among immigration officials

Dingostrategy

You are right, Nick-H. Suspend your dignity at the door.

Nick-H

And it seems that the USA doesn't stop at migrants these days, it is practising treating everyone that crosses its borders as a criminal.

Sorry, did I say 'practising'? I think I meant perfecting .



Woops.. I've mentioned America. That's the New Godwin's Law broken, isn't it? So I've lost my argument. If I ever had one...

MrEd

I found this a horrible experience - it seems to go on forever, and the system appears designed to be as frustrating as possible: queue up at one counter, then take your form and queue up for another counter to get it signed, then queue up at another counter to get it stamped, etc. ad nauseam...

I guess it's a good introduction to mindless Indian bureaucracy, as well as the fairly shoddy queuing etiquette you find here. OK, rant over.


btw, I am quite an impatient person, so it's possible I'm being a little bit OTT about how awful the whole thing is!

Nick-H

Once we got a scrap of paper from the Director of the MHA Immigration Office in Chennai saying, "Register this guy." It was easy.

If my wife hadn't forced her way into the big man's office, it would have been refusals and obstructions all the way.

Aishah

MrEd - it is terrible I agree. I remember from the one time years ago I registered there, and then another time got the letter to grant me an extension for Visa. It took hours of endless queues and waiting. Not enough chairs to sit down. Rude, bumptious officials when you finally get to see someone important.
The reason why I did my PIO in NZ - hardly a soul there, nice comfy lounge chairs in decently clean room plus very short wait.
I just knew it was physically impossible for me to do it in Delhi - the time it would take, the trips I would have to make to and fro, my aching back because of long standing times. And nowhere nearby is there a toilet! (This may have changed with the new location).

mints

Anyone, please help!

On moving fro london ,i registered at Pune FRO in OCT 07, WHERE i WAS LIVING intially,since then I have moved to Gurgaon (APRIL 08). Anybody has an idea how do I go around re-registering or simply getting my Pune FRO transfer my papers to Gurgaon FRO, without me shuttling to PUNE from Gurgaon.

aNY SUGGESTIONS /HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

THANKS
mints

Aishah

Take a look at this thread, this post in particular:
Moving from Goa to Gurgaon