Centre Revises Rules For Foreigners Staying Beyond 180 Days In India, Mandates Early Registration

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• Centre Revises Rules For Foreigners Staying Beyond 180 Days In India, Mandates Early Registration Published By, Last Updated: June 02, 2026, 08:49 IST Foreign nationals seeking to stay in India beyond 180 days must now register before the deadline, as the Centre revises immigration rules.
• A representative, AI-generated photo of foreigners in India (News18) The Union Home Ministry has amended provisions under the Immigration and Foreigners Rules, 2025, changing the timeline within which foreign nationals must register if they intend to stay in India beyond 180 days, while also introducing relaxations in certain cases involving children born to foreign parents.
• According to a notification issued by the ministry and published in the official gazette on Monday, foreigners arriving in India on visas valid for 180 days or less will now have to complete their registration process “any time before the expiry of the said period of 180 days" if they plan to remain in the country beyond the permitted duration.
• The revised provision replaces the earlier requirement that allowed foreigners to register “within fourteen days after the expiry of one hundred and eighty days of their arrival in India".
• The notification stated, “The Immigration and Foreigners Rules, 2025 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 12, ‘(a) in sub-rule (1), ‘(i) in the third proviso, for the words ‘within fourteen days after the expiry of one hundred and eighty days of his arrival in India’, the words ‘any time before the expiry of the said period of one hundred and eighty days’ shall be substituted." The updated rules also apply to foreigners holding visas exceeding 180 days, but containing a condition that “each stay shall not exceed 180 days".