{"id":120,"date":"2015-06-24T11:47:58","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T11:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caindelhiindia.com\/blog\/?p=120"},"modified":"2021-07-07T13:24:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T13:24:42","slug":"basic-for-the-issue-of-business-visas-and-employment-visas-for-foreign-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caindelhiindia.com\/blog\/basic-for-the-issue-of-business-visas-and-employment-visas-for-foreign-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"BASIC FOR THE ISSUE OF BUSINESS VISAS AND EMPLOYMENT VISAS FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS"},"content":{"rendered":"

BASIC FOR THE ISSUE OF<\/span> BUSINESS VISAS AND EMPLOYMENT VISAS FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry notified certain guidelines for the issue of Business Visas (“BVs”) <\/strong><\/span>and Employment Visas<\/span><\/span> (“EVs”)<\/span><\/strong> to foreign nationals.As Per these guidelines all foreign nationals in India who were on BVs and were engaged in the implementation of projects, were required to leave the country, either upon the expiry of their visas or by October 31, 2009, whichever was earlier, and that no further extension of visas was liable to be granted.Though, ostensibly directed at unskilled Chinese workers to whom an inordinately large number of BVs had been granted by the Indian Embassy and Consulates in the People’s Republic of China, the notification potentially threatened the continued presence of all the foreign expatriates and their dependents.Understandably, the Ministry of Home Affairs (“MHA”)<\/strong> <\/span>was undated by the foreign expatriates enquiring whether they were covered under the notification and whether they and their families were required to leave India. It was to address this emergent situation that the MHA on October 30, 2009 issued frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”)<\/strong><\/span> on “Work related visas issued by India” outlining the categories of those eligible and the conditions subject to which BVs and EVs were to be granted.<\/p>\n

Though the FAQs, issued just a day before the expiry of the deadline on October 31, 2009 clarified many doubts and issues raised by the expatriate community regarding the eligibility and conditions subject to which the BVs and EVs were to be granted, many unresolved issues and grey areas persist. Some of the issues the MHA needs to urgently address are : <\/strong><\/p>\n

a)<\/strong>The stay stipulation of the foreign experts visiting India for a “short duration”<\/span><\/em> in connection with: <\/strong><\/p>\n