During the last few years I have heard a lot of stories from people that had been in contact with the FRRO, including my own experience in Calcutta. I needed to register with the FRRO within 14 days of arrival when I plan to stay more than 180 days, and since I do not know when I will go home on holiday I thought it would be better to just register within the 14 days to be on the safe side.
To do this on a business visa it requires a lot of diffferent documents and most of them in 3 copies, I already knew this before leaving Copenhagen, so I tried to take copies of all the documents I had before I left, so that I might not have to go out and get all of my things copied once I arrived.
Then last week, I spend a lot of time trying to get the last documents sorted out, so that I could be ready and go to the FRRO office. Monday and Tuesday this week I had my first real days at work. on my internship and Tuesday evening before leaving the office I got the last things printed and copies or at least I thought it was the last things, but Wedensday would make me know much better. After work and dinner Tuesday I spend some time sorting out some of the documents I had made copies of, so they all would be in the right order and easy to give to the personal at the FRRO.
This morning (Wedensday) my plan was to get upearly because I wanted to fill out the registration form in at least 1 copy before I left home. Just because I would feel much more comftable knowing what to write in the different boxes. I ended up not leaving the house very early in the end, by 9 I were on my way out the door, and I went to the metro station to find an auto rickshaw that could take me there. The first guy asked for what I thought was too much Rs. 70 so I tried to find another one, which I soon regretted because the next 3 auto's that I aksed did not know where the FRRO is, or the Hyatt Regency ( the Hyatt is used as a landmark, to find the right part of Delhi) Then the 5 guy I stopped knew were the Hyatt were but asked for Rs 80 I ended up saying yes, because I really neded to get to the office and by the time I had found the 5 guy it had taken me 30 min. just to get an auto. So I gave in an paid the higher price, if I had been able to talk any of them into using the meter, most likely it would not have cost me more then Rs. 60.
The actual drive to the Hyatt was not too long, around 15 min or so. But once I got to the Hyatt I still had to find the FRRO, which proved to be easier said than done, but after some time walking back and forward around the Indian passport office and even calling my colleague to try and see if he could help, I asked a security guy, that sked some other guy, who told me I needed to walk to the end of the street and turn left, so that was what I did, after walking for 5 min or so I started to think it might be the wrong way, so I asked an auto guy who said just go straight, I did that and all off a sudden there were a big blue sign that said FRRO. Big relief finally I had found the office, complex then I just needed to find the right entrance to the FRRO, this went rather smooth. At the entrance there were a desk where a guy took my passport and noted my name in a book and a lady gave me a number. I got number 38, and it was only around 10.30 so I could imagine that it would be a long day waiting.
Because I still needed to get the registration form, and I did not see any around, I decided to stand in line for the reception inside the FRRO office and ask the guy for the form, After 10 min or so it was my turn, he asked what visa I had and started checking my papers asking for different things. At some point he asked for a contact letter, a letter with the company adress stating that I would be working there. I did not have this because most of my documents have been made at the headquarters of the company in Hyderabad. So this I needed to get and he also looked at my adress proof, and realized that since it is a Noida adress I have to register at the Noida FRRO, not the Delhi office that I were in on Wedensday. So I left the office, called my clooeague to try and have the contact letter made, I also talked to my boss, and they promised that they would made the contact letter. Therefore I went to Barista cafe and relaxed, and had an early lunch. After words I went to an internet cafe and got the document that my boss had send my printed in 3 copies.
The plan for thursday is to go to the FRRO in Noida and try to get registrered there with all of my papers. So the tail of the visit to the FRRO will continue. Until the FRRO officer told me I never knew there was a office in Noida too, but it does make sense since Delhi and Noida belong to 2 different stats.
To do this on a business visa it requires a lot of diffferent documents and most of them in 3 copies, I already knew this before leaving Copenhagen, so I tried to take copies of all the documents I had before I left, so that I might not have to go out and get all of my things copied once I arrived.
Then last week, I spend a lot of time trying to get the last documents sorted out, so that I could be ready and go to the FRRO office. Monday and Tuesday this week I had my first real days at work. on my internship and Tuesday evening before leaving the office I got the last things printed and copies or at least I thought it was the last things, but Wedensday would make me know much better. After work and dinner Tuesday I spend some time sorting out some of the documents I had made copies of, so they all would be in the right order and easy to give to the personal at the FRRO.
This morning (Wedensday) my plan was to get upearly because I wanted to fill out the registration form in at least 1 copy before I left home. Just because I would feel much more comftable knowing what to write in the different boxes. I ended up not leaving the house very early in the end, by 9 I were on my way out the door, and I went to the metro station to find an auto rickshaw that could take me there. The first guy asked for what I thought was too much Rs. 70 so I tried to find another one, which I soon regretted because the next 3 auto's that I aksed did not know where the FRRO is, or the Hyatt Regency ( the Hyatt is used as a landmark, to find the right part of Delhi) Then the 5 guy I stopped knew were the Hyatt were but asked for Rs 80 I ended up saying yes, because I really neded to get to the office and by the time I had found the 5 guy it had taken me 30 min. just to get an auto. So I gave in an paid the higher price, if I had been able to talk any of them into using the meter, most likely it would not have cost me more then Rs. 60.
The actual drive to the Hyatt was not too long, around 15 min or so. But once I got to the Hyatt I still had to find the FRRO, which proved to be easier said than done, but after some time walking back and forward around the Indian passport office and even calling my colleague to try and see if he could help, I asked a security guy, that sked some other guy, who told me I needed to walk to the end of the street and turn left, so that was what I did, after walking for 5 min or so I started to think it might be the wrong way, so I asked an auto guy who said just go straight, I did that and all off a sudden there were a big blue sign that said FRRO. Big relief finally I had found the office, complex then I just needed to find the right entrance to the FRRO, this went rather smooth. At the entrance there were a desk where a guy took my passport and noted my name in a book and a lady gave me a number. I got number 38, and it was only around 10.30 so I could imagine that it would be a long day waiting.
Because I still needed to get the registration form, and I did not see any around, I decided to stand in line for the reception inside the FRRO office and ask the guy for the form, After 10 min or so it was my turn, he asked what visa I had and started checking my papers asking for different things. At some point he asked for a contact letter, a letter with the company adress stating that I would be working there. I did not have this because most of my documents have been made at the headquarters of the company in Hyderabad. So this I needed to get and he also looked at my adress proof, and realized that since it is a Noida adress I have to register at the Noida FRRO, not the Delhi office that I were in on Wedensday. So I left the office, called my clooeague to try and have the contact letter made, I also talked to my boss, and they promised that they would made the contact letter. Therefore I went to Barista cafe and relaxed, and had an early lunch. After words I went to an internet cafe and got the document that my boss had send my printed in 3 copies.
The plan for thursday is to go to the FRRO in Noida and try to get registrered there with all of my papers. So the tail of the visit to the FRRO will continue. Until the FRRO officer told me I never knew there was a office in Noida too, but it does make sense since Delhi and Noida belong to 2 different stats.
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