THE REGISTRATION OF FOREIGNERS RULES,1939 FORM 'A' (Rules 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17) Part-lII --Certificate of Registration 1 Sl. No. : _______________________________ 2. Name in full (block capitals, : _______________________________ surname first) 3. Sex: Height : _______________________________ Colour of eyes 4. Date and place of birth : _______________________________ 5. Present nationality : _______________________________ 6. Previous nationality, if any : _______________________________ 7. Manner and date of acquiring present nationality : _______________________________ 8. Occupation or profession and purpose : _______________________________ of visiting India 9. If a member of your country's Naval, : _______________________________ Military or Air Forces or their reserves, state which and rank held 10. Number, date and office of issue of : _______________________________ Passport or particulars of other proof of identity 11. Address or intended address in India : _______________________________ 12. Port or place of embarkation or : _______________________________ departure for India 13. Date and place of arrival in India : _______________________________ 14. Name of vessel on which or how : _______________________________ arrived in India 15. Address of last residence outside India : _______________________________ 16. Signature of registree : _______________________________ Date of expiry of registration (tourists only) : _______________________________ Registration Officer Registered at..................................... on............................................... Copy Forwarded for information to the Provincial Registration Officer. Photo Seal NOTICE 1. Subject to the reservation that tourists are exempted from the obligations mentioned in items (4)and(5) below, every registered foreigner is required :- i) On the demand of any Registration Officer or Magistrate or any Police Officer not below the rank of Head Constable to produce this Certificate and his Pass-port or such other proof of identity has may be required of him by such Magistrate or Officer. ii) Unless he is tourists, to produce, if he is about to depart from India his certificate of Registration before the Registration Officer of the district in which his registered address is situated, obtain from him an endorsement of the fact that the departure report has been made and surrender his certificate so endorsed to the Registration Officer of the place from which he proposes to leave India on board a vessel or to such authority as the - said Officer may appoint in this behalf and any other case to the Registration Officer of the district from which he commences, his journey for the purpose of leaving India. iii) If he is a tourist and is about to depart from India to surrender his certificate of Registration to the Registration Officer of the place from which he proposes to leave India on board a vessel or to such authority as the said Officer may appoint in this behalf and in any other case to the Registration Officer having jurisdiction at the place from which he proposes to depart from India. iv) To report to the Registration Officer of the district in which his registered address is situated A) If he proposed to be absent from his registered address for a continuous period of one B) week or more full particulars of his itinerary including particulars of places which he proposes to visit, the address or addresses at which he proposes to stay and the date on which he expects to return to his registered address, (this information is required to be furnished by a foreigner before he leaves his registered address). C) If he proposes to change his registered address or to leave India, the particulars of his new address and the date of the proposed change or departure; and D) Any circumstances which in any way effect the accuracy of any of the particulars set out in his Certificate of Registration. v) If he stays for more than three days at any place ( other than a hotel or other premises where travelers are accommodated) in any district other than ' the district in which his registered address is situated to report his presence in that other district to the Registration Officer thereof within three days of his arrival. 2. Failure to comply with the foregoing provisions will render the holder of this Certificate liable to imprisonment or fine or both. 3. A foreigner whose legitimate duties in India involve Inter-district touring may apply to his Registration Officer under para 10(2) of the Registration of Foreigners Rules, 1939 for a travel permit valid for a specified period between specified places or areas. It will then be unnecessary for him to report to the Registration Officers in districts other than that of his Registered address as required by paragraph 1(5) above.
