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Entry Visa X-Misc — Property Holder

IndiaShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

Under general MHA policy a foreigner entering India needs a valid visa granted by an authorised Indian representative abroad; X-4 is a regular visa category for property owners.

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Limits of the record
  • General rule, not a nationality matrix
  • Source document dated 2018 (MHA Annex); current application not re-verified

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The current Consulate General of India, Marseille lists foreign nationals holding property in India with prior Reserve Bank of India approval under Entry Visa X-Misc. The old 2018 Annex called the property-owner purpose X-4; a current Indian consular table uses X-4 for an Afghanistan Stay Visa instead. This answer follows the property-owner purpose and does not transfer any rule from that Afghanistan category.

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Limits of the record
  • Current detailed validity and documentary conditions for the property-holder purpose are not established by this source.
  • Marseille current Entry Visa X-Misc property-holder purpose
    X-Misc: Visa is issued to foreign nationals whose purpose of visit does not fall under any of the standard visa categories outlined in the Indian Visa Manual like Foreign nationals holding property in India with prior approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

The X-4 visa is multiple-entry and granted for one year. The FRRO/FRO may extend the one-year X-4 on a yearly basis up to five years from the initial visa.

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Limits of the record
  • Source is MHA Annex III (2020 version); later changes not verified

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

Documentary proof of Reserve Bank of India permission to purchase/hold the property, showing registration of the property with the registration authority.

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Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

The FRRO/FRO may extend the one-year X-4 on a yearly basis up to five years from the initial visa. The visa is granted by an authorised Indian representative abroad.

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Limits of the record
  • Where to apply is not stated in this paragraph
  • Source is MHA Annex III (2020 version); later changes not verified

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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