However, the Afghan nationals, who beget been already in India on any class of visa, will seemingly be granted an extension below one at a time issued guidelines
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The Ministry of Dwelling Affairs launched on Thursday (September 2) that the visas of the international nationals who beget been stranded in India due to COVID-19 beget been prolonged till September 30.
The assertion said, “Indian visa or stop stipulation duration of international nationals stranded in India due to Covid-19 pandemic to be conception about as deemed to be valid till September 30, 2021.”
Speaking to a recordsdata company, an reputable said that the authorities had facilitated the stop of such international nationals within India by giving a deemed extension of their peculiar visa or e-visa or stop stipulation duration on a freed from price basis without levy of any overstay penalty.
The reputable extra added that such international nationals can also no longer be required to put up an application to the Foreigners Regional Registration Set aside of residing of work (FRRO) or Foreigners Registration Set aside of residing of work (FRO) concerned for extension of their visas till September 30, 2021, and earlier than exiting the nation, they’d possibly observe online for exit permission on the e-FRRO portal, which could possibly be granted by the FRRO/FRO concerned on freed from price basis without levy of any overstay penalty.
The reputable also said that if an extension of visa became once required previous September 30, the foreigner concerned might possibly observe for an extension of visa on the web e-FRRO platform on a fee basis, which could possibly be conception about by the FRRO/FRO concerned, field to the eligibility as per the extant guidelines.
However, the Afghan nationals, who beget been already in India on any class of visa, will seemingly be granted an extension below guidelines issued one at a time for Afghan nationals.
As a result of the convey coming up out of the Covid-19 pandemic, a different of foreigners, who had formulation to India on varied forms of visas earlier than March 2020, bought stranded within the nation within the absence of flights to their locations.
(IANS)
