PROJECT VISA

The Government of India has introduced “Project (P) visa” under Employment Visa Chapter for those Italian/foreign national who are coming to India for execution of a project in Power and Steel sectors. The general guidelines issued by the concerned Ministry are as under:

• Project Visa is for those foreign nationals who are coming to India for execution for a project in Power and Steel Sectors.

• Period of visa would be determined on actual duration of the project/Contract. Initial Visa would be for one year or the period of the contract whichever is less.

• The employment/working of the foreign personnel would be restricted to the location of the project only.

• Project visa would be subject to submission of relevant documents establishing that the project/contact has been assigned to the particular foreign company by the India company concerned. Usual invitation letters from both the parties inviting the expert would be required.

• Project visa is only for skilled/highly skilled persons.

• A foreign national coming on Project Visa will not be allowed to take up employment in the same Indian company for a period of two years from the date of commissioning of the project.

• The Indian company would be responsible for the conduct of the foreign national during the period of the stay and to that effect give an undertaking in the invitation letter.

• Prior clearance would be required if the project/contract falls in the Protected/Restricted Areas as notified by the Government of India.

• Foreign coming on Project visa will have to register with the FRRO/FRO concerned with 14 days of the arrival if the validity of visa is for more than 180 days.

• Project visa to passport holders other than Italians would require usual clearance of 3 working days from the date of sending the message in this regard.

As the Project visa has been covered under Employment visa chapter, the fees for Project visa will be same what is now charged for Employment visa.

In addition to the documents indicted in the General Requirements for Visa, the applicant has to fill also a separate application forms in triplicate.

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The concerned authority in India has directed to introduce a separate application form for the Project Visa . These forms can be downloaded from this website and must be filled in triplicate with care by  furnishing all the required information correctly. All together five(5) photographs (50mmX50mm) with front face are required.