Registration Authority
The Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) works under the Bureau of Immigration, MHA. Besides overseeing immigration functions, the office looks after various registration and visa related services for foreign nationals within its jurisdiction.
Across the country, there are twelve FRRO offices. Their details are as under:
| S. No. | FRRO Office | Jurisdiction (States/ UTs) |
| 1 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli |
| 2 | Amritsar | Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir and Chandigarh |
| 3 | Bangalore | Karnataka |
| 4 | Calicut | Kerala (Kannur, Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Malappuram & Wayanad) |
| 5 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
| 6 | Cochin | Kerala (Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kottayam, Palakkad & Thrissur) and Lakshadweep |
| 7 | Delhi | Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gautam Buddha Nagar (Uttar Pradesh), Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) and Rajasthan |
| 8 | Hyderabad | Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Orissa |
| 9 | Kolkata | Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal |
| 10 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh (except Gautam Buddha Nagar & Ghaziabad) |
| 11 | Mumbai | Maharashtra, Goa, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh |
| 12 | Trivandrum | Kerala (Kollam, Pathanamthitta & Thiruvananthapuram) |
