I am an Indian muslim man married to a yemeni lady. My marriage was happened in kerala, India and duly registered and received the marriage certificate. my wife wanted to settle down in India, So please let me know the procedure for taking spouse visa for her further stay in India.
Dear Client,
Entry Visa is issued to Foreign Spouses of Indian Nationals. The visitors are required to fill online visa Application by visiting website http://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/ and visit their nearest embassy with printout of the online filled application and required travel documents.
And she will get citizenship by registration as married to a citizen of India and is ordinarily resident in India for seven years.
1)Foreigners who are married to Indian citizens are issued with an X (Entry) Visa, which is a residential visa.
2) make application to foreigner Regional Registration Office (FRRO) of the Ministry of Home Affairs.in your city
3) A Visa Officer will manually review your application and contact you via email or SMS, and let you know whether you're required to attend an interview. Application status can be tracked online through the portal.
4)
the main documents needed for Tourist to X Visa conversions are:
Foreigners who are married to Indian citizens are issued with an X (Entry) Visa, which is a residential visa. It provides the right to live in India, but not work.
Foreigners who are married to Indian citizens are issued with an X (Entry) Visa, which is a residential visa. It provides the right to live in India, but not work.
Presently, the task of processing applications has been delegated to the Foreigner Regional Registration Office (FRRO) of the Ministry of Home Affairs. This means that instead of going to Delhi for an interview, you'll need to apply through the FRRO.
The application must be completed and submitted online on the FRRO website (including the upload of a photo). Following this, it used to be necessary to schedule and attend an appointment at the relevant local FRRO. However, the assessment process is now carried out electronically. A Visa Officer will manually review your application and contact you via email or SMS, and let you know whether you're required to attend an interview. Application status can be tracked online through the portal.
going to Delhi for an interview, you'll need to apply through the FRRO.
The application must be completed and submitted online on the FRRO website (including the upload of a photo). Following this, it used to be necessary to schedule and attend an appointment at the relevant local FRRO. However, the assessment process is now carried out electronically. A Visa Officer will manually review your application and contact you via email or SMS, and let you know whether you're required to attend an interview. Application status can be tracked online through the portal.
The main documents needed for Tourist to X Visa conversions are:
It normally takes a couple of months for the process to be completed, so it's usually necessary to apply for an extension of your Tourist Visa along with the conversion of the Tourist Visa into an X Visa.
Prior to September 2012, all applications for the extension and conversion of tourist visas on the grounds of marriage had to be directly made through the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Delhi.
Now, the task of processing applications has been delegated to the Foreigner Regional Registration Office (FRRO) of the Ministry of Home Affairs. This means that instead of going to Delhi for an interview, you'll need to apply through the FRRO.
The main documents needed for Tourist to X Visa conversions are:
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Dear Querist
as per Visa Department of Indian Government you may apply for Entry Visa
ENTRY (‘X’) VISA
71 Eligibility
An Entry (‘X’) Visa may be granted to a foreigner in the following cases :-
(1) A Person of Indian Origin, who do not possess an OCI card, and may be granted ‘X-1’ Visa for a period of five years at a time, with multiple entry facility.
(2) Spouse and children of an Indian citizen/ Person of Indian Origin/ OCI cardholder (other than those who are registered as OCI cardholder) may be granted ‘X-2’ visa for a period of five years at a time, with multiple entry facility.
Note
(i) After completion of 5 years from the date of issue of X-1/ X-2 visa , if further extension is required, the proposal shall be referred by FRRO/ FRO concerned to the Ministry of Home Affairs for clearance. MHA would grant extension for one year after the expiry of the initial period of five years. Subsequent extensions, if any, up to a total period of another 5 years at a time may be granted by FRROs/FROs concerned. The same procedure will be adopted if further extension is required.
(ii) A “Person of Indian Origin” means - (a) a person who at any time held an Indian passport;
or (b) a person who or either of his / her parents or grand parents or great grand parents, was born in , and was permanently resident in India, provided neither was at any time a citizen of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Pakistan or Sri Lanka or any other country that may be specified by the Government of India from time to time.
Regularization of stay of foreign nationals married to Indian nationals
FRROs/ FROs are delegated powers to regularize the stay of foreigners who had entered India on Tourist Visa and have been staying in India for many years due to marriage to Indian nationals,convert their visas to Entry (X-2) visa and grant further extension of visa on case to case basis.
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See a dependent visa can be applied at this stage.for.your wife based on the fact that she is married to Indian man . Based on the same she will get visa and after a period when she is eligible after stay in India she can apply for citizenship. You need to make an application to MHA for X entery visa which is for resident visa.
You can apply a long-term is sponsored visa for your wife and she can stay in India for a longer period after 7 year of his Day in India you can go for neutralization and C can get the citizenship of India on neutralization.
Please be aware that the children born in this period will automatically be Indian national and there will be no need of any citizenship application
You can apply her ViSA to the authority.
As after marriage, she tends to get the VISA of India you just need to make an online application to Ministry of External Affairs and lifetime VISA.
further, you need to pay the required fees to the department.
Process:
we are not allowed to share websites here, so kindly google the same.
1. For getting Citizenship of India she shall have to continuously stay in India for a minimum period of 7 years.
2. So, you shall have to first come to India and bring her here with spouse Visa to be renewed everytime it is expired.
3. After completion of staying of 7 years in India, she can apply for its citizenship.
Dear Sir,
The following information may kindly be read. It will useful to you.
Unfortunately, there's no specific spouse visa for India. Foreigners who are married to Indian citizens are issued with an X (Entry) Visa, which is a residential visa. It provides the right to live in India, but not work. This type of visa is also issued to spouses who are accompanying people who hold other types of long-term Indian visas, such as employment visas.
So, you've fallen in love with an Indian citizen and gotten married in India on a Tourist Visa. What happens next? How do you convert your Tourist Visa to an X Visa so you can stay in India? The good news is that it can be done without leaving India. The bad news is that the process is quite time consuming. Here's how to do it.
A Change in Procedure
Prior to September 2012, all applications for the extension and conversion of tourist visas on the grounds of marriage had to be directly made through the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Delhi.
Now, the task of processing applications has been delegated to the Foreigner Regional Registration Office (FRRO) of the Ministry of Home Affairs. This means that instead of going to Delhi for an interview, you'll need to apply through the FRRO.
The application must be completed and submitted online on the FRRO website(including the upload of a photo). Following this, it used to be necessary to schedule and attend an appointment at the relevant local FRRO. However, the assessment process is now carried out electronically. A Visa Officer will manually review your application and contact you via email or SMS, and let you know whether you're required to attend an interview. Application status can be tracked online through the portal.
Documents Required
The main documents needed for Tourist to X Visa conversions are:
Steps in the Application Process
It normally takes a couple of months for the process to be completed, so it's usually necessary to apply for an extension of your Tourist Visa along with the conversion of the Tourist Visa into an X Visa.
The FRRO will normally grant an initial three month extension of the Tourist Visa. They will register you and issue you with a resident's permit. They will then conduct an investigation as to whether you're actually married and living together at your stated address. This involves a police verification being undertaken.
The police will visit your home and prepare a report and submit it to the FRRO. (This is where matters can get challenging, with the police not turning up to carry out the investigation or reports not being received by the FRRO).
After Two Years: Applying for an OCI Card
It's not possible to apply for Indian citizenship unless you've been living in India for at least seven years (and for anyone who comes from a more developed country, it's not an attractive option anyway due to the restrictions that come with having an Indian passport). The next best thing is an OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) Card, which grants working rights along with most other rights of an Indian citizen (except voting and buying agricultural land). It has lifetime validity and does not require the holder to be registered with the FRRO.
As its name suggests, the OCI card is usually for people of Indian origin. However, anyone married to an Indian citizen or person of Indian origin is also entitled to it (as long as they don't have any heritage from countries such as Pakistan and Bangladesh).
You can apply for an OCI card in India after two years of marriage if you're on a long term visa (of a year or more) and registered with a FRRO. FRROs in major capital cities have the authority to process applications. Otherwise, all applications must be sent to the MHA in Delhi.
More information and online applications are available from this website.
1) After the marriage with indian wait for seven years before he/she can apply for Indian Citizenship & apply for Indian passport on basis of this acquired Indian citizenship.
2) A PIO Card holder will be exempt from the requirement of registration if his stay on any single visit in India does not exceed 180 days.
Unfortunately, there's no specific spouse visa forIndia. Foreigners who are married to Indian citizens are issued with an X (Entry) Visa, which is a residential visa. It provides the right to live in India, but not work..
This type of visa is also issued to spouses who are accompanying people who hold other types of long-term Indian visas, such as employment visas.
To convert tourist visa to X visa, you may have to submit an application to the Foreigner Regional Registration Office (FRRO) of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The main documents needed for Tourist to X Visa conversions are:
It normally takes a couple of months for the process to be completed, so it's usually necessary to apply for an extension of your Tourist Visa along with the conversion of the Tourist Visa into an X Visa.
The FRRO will normally grant an initial three month extension of the Tourist Visa. They will register you and issue you with a resident's permit. They will then conduct an investigation as to whether you're actually married and living together at your stated address. This involves a police verification being undertaken.
The police will visit your home and prepare a report and submit it to the FRRO.
