2. Certificates of registration will be issued by the registration officers. The foreigners should surrender their certificates of registration to the Registration Officer of the place where they are registered or at the place from where they intend to depart or to the Immigration Office at the post/check post of exit from India. If the certificates are surrendered to someone other than the Immigration officer at the post/check post of exit, then the foreigners should produce the receipt indicating such surrender to the Immigration officer at the post/check posts of exit.

3. Registration is required to be done only once during the validity of a visa irrespective of the number of times the foreigner leaves/re-enters India on a multi entry facility.

4. Following categories of foreigners are exempted from registration:

(i) US Nationals holding ten year Tourist/Business visas provided their continuous stay during each visit does not exceed 6 months.

(ii) Foreigners of Indian origin holding 5 year multiple entry X visa with an endorsement that “stay should not exceed 6 months during each visit.”

(iii) Foreigners holding five-year Tourist visas, who are actively engaged in tourist/travel trade, desirous of visiting India frequently over extended periods for promotion of tourism etc., provided that their visa contains an endorsement that “continuous stay should not exceed 6 months”.

(iv) Foreigners below the age of 16 years.

5. Foreigners can visit restricted/prohibited areas only after getting a valid permit as visa alone is not enough to visit such places.

6. Foreigners coming from or through yellow fever countries must come with valid vaccination certificate.

7. On arrival/departure, foreigners should fill up Disembarkation/Embarkation forms.

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