FAQ - Business Visa

As per instructions of the competent authority in India, following categories may be covered under Business visa regime and not Employment Visa since they would not be receiving remuneration from the Indian company/organization:

• Foreign nationals who are coming to India on short visits to customer location to repair any plant or machinery as part of warranty or annual maintenance contracts.

• Foreign Engineers/technicians coming to India for installation and commissioning of equipments / machineries / tools in terms of the contract for supply of such equipment/machine/tools.

• Foreign experts coming to India for imparting training for the personnel of the Indian company

• Foreign personnel deputed for providing technical support/services, transfer of know-how, services supplies for which the Indian company pays fees/royalty to the foreign company.

Further, the concerned authority has advised that when a single company is submitting large number of applications for Employment visa, the restriction should be 1% of the total employment in the project in India subject to minimum of 5 and maximum of 20. The sponsoring Italian company in such cases should give a declaration to this effect in its letter itself.