Rules tightened for foreigners extending stay

Rules tightened for foreigners extending stay 

TIMES OF INDIA 03.06.2026

Foreigners who enter India on a visa valid for 180 days and wish to stay back beyond this period must now register with the competent authority at any time before expiry of their visa, instead of the earlier norm which allowed them to register within 14 days after expiry of their visa, reports Bharti Jain. 

The Immigration and Foreigners (Amendment) Rules, notified by the home ministry on Monday, also introduced the “only in emergent circumstances” clause for extension of stay of foreigners who entered on a visa valid for more than 180 days, with a single stay not lasting beyond 180 days, but who want to stay longer than 180 days on a single occasion.

Govt. changes foreigner registration regulations

Govt. changes foreigner registration regulations

Press Trust of India

New Delhi  03.06.2026

The foreigners coming to India on a visa for 180 days or less will now have to register themselves “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 Home Ministry.

The new provision will replace the previous rule that required the registration “within 14 days after the expiry of one hundred and eighty days of arrival in India.”

The foreigners on a visa for more than 180 days with a stipulation that “each stay shall not exceed 180 days” and who wish to stay in India beyond that period shall have to register “anytime before the expiry of 180 days,” the notification published in the gazette said.