The Government of India is slowly and progressively tightening
the regulations making the procedures more efficient for foreign
nationals working in India. All foreign nationals who enter India
on an employment visa need to report to/register with the local
Foreigners (Regional) Registration Offices (FRRO/FRO)
within 14 days of their in India, unless there is specific
endorsement on their Indian visas to the contrary.
For the purpose of these registrations, an application had to be
made at the FRRO/FRO that would issue a FRRO booklet to
the foreign national. A few years ago, in an effort to
standardize procedures, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)
introduced the online form filing system initially and then
followed it up with the mandatory uploading of the passport and
visa and photograph of the applicants. Slowly the requirements for
the documents upload expanded and now there is an entire set of
documents for each of the procedures at the FRRO that have to
