FRRO Offices in India — addresses, helpline and e-FRRO contacts

The Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) is the in-country point of contact between a foreign national and Indian immigration authorities. It comes under the Bureau of Immigration (BoI), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). FRROs handle long-stay registration, visa extensions and conversions, change of address, exit permits, OCI applications routed from inside India, and overstay regularisation. Outside the metros the same functions are performed by the local FRO, usually the Superintendent of Police of the district. This page lists where the major FRRO offices are, how to contact them, and the single most important practical point most travellers miss — the FRRO websites only work from inside India.

The websites only work from inside India

Important: The official FRRO online services portal — indianfrro.gov.in (and its sub-paths services.indianfrro.gov.in and the e-FRRO module) — is geo-restricted to traffic originating inside India. From any IP address outside the country the page will typically not load, will time out, or will return a generic block page. Login and form submission cannot be completed from abroad.

What this means in practice:

Do not plan to "log in to e-FRRO before flying" from your home country — you will not be able to.
Do not rely on a VPN to a third country to reach the portal — VPN traffic that does not originate inside India is blocked by the same filter, and even where it appears to load, sessions tend to break mid-flow.
A VPN that egresses to an Indian IP is also not a recommended workaround: the portal handles biometrics-linked sessions tied to your physical presence, and submissions from spoofed locations risk rejection or scrutiny.
The correct expectation is: complete pre-arrival steps that live elsewhere (e-Visa at indianvisaonline.gov.in, OCI Part A at ociservices.gov.in, e-Arrival Card on the BoI portal), and finish FRRO-side steps once you are physically in India with an Indian internet connection.
If you must reach a specific FRRO before arriving, use email (addresses below) or have a relative in India log in on your behalf using your reference / file number (not your password).

This restriction applies to the FRRO portal specifically. Other Government of India immigration sites — e-Visa, OCI services, e-Arrival Card, MEA passport services — are not similarly locked, although they may rate-limit or challenge unfamiliar foreign IPs. See India's e-Arrival Card for the pre-flight filing that is meant to be done from abroad.

What an FRRO does

Registration of foreign nationals staying on a long-term visa beyond the threshold period (typically more than 180 days, or as the visa endorsement specifies).
Visa extensions and conversions — employment, business, student, research, X-visa, medical.
Change of address / change of purpose / change of employer entries on a long-term visa.
Exit permits for overstayed visas, lost passports, or babies born to foreign parents in India (see exit visa for baby born in India).
OCI applications routed from inside India for foreign citizens of Indian origin already on a long-term visa (see applying for OCI from inside India).
Overstay regularisation and penalty assessment (see legalising stay in India).
C-Form acceptance from hotels and accommodation providers reporting foreign-guest stays.

Most of the above is filed online via e-FRRO, with a physical visit only when biometrics or specific document verification is called for.

The all-India helpline

For phone contact across all FRRO / Bureau of Immigration matters there is a 24×7 Foreigners Helpline:

Toll-free (within India): 1800-11-11-66
From outside India: +91-11-2671-1443 (chargeable, may be paired with the BoI control room)
Email (central): foreignershelp@gov.in

The helpline can route a query to the right regional FRRO, confirm appointment status, or point an applicant to the correct online service. It does not, however, take case decisions over the phone — those happen on the file at the FRRO that has jurisdiction over your address.

Major FRRO offices

The 12 designated FRROs cover the metros and major Tier-1 cities. Outside these, the FRO of the district (Superintendent of Police) performs the same role.

Note on addresses: offices are occasionally relocated and contact numbers change. The addresses below are the long-running locations as of 2026; before you travel to an office in person, verify on the e-FRRO portal once you are in India or call the helpline above.

Delhi

Office: FRRO Delhi
Address: East Block-VIII, Level-2, Sector-1, R.K. Puram, New Delhi 110066
Email: frrodli@nic.in
Jurisdiction: Delhi NCR and adjoining districts not covered by a separate FRO.
Note: The OCI Cell of the Foreigners Division, MHA is housed separately at Jaisalmer House, 26 Man Singh Road, New Delhi 110011 — files referred from FRROs go there for final approval.

Mumbai

Office: FRRO Mumbai
Address: 3rd Floor, Special Branch Building, Badruddin Tayabji Marg, Behind St. Xavier's College, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus area, Mumbai 400001
Email: frromum@nic.in
Jurisdiction: Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai and the greater MMR; rest of Maharashtra largely via FRO Pune or local SP offices.

Chennai

Office: FRRO Chennai
Address: Shastri Bhavan Annexe, 26 Haddows Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600006
Email: frrochn@nic.in
Jurisdiction: Tamil Nadu and Puducherry; some districts served by local FROs.

Kolkata

Office: FRRO Kolkata
Address: 237, A.J.C. Bose Road, 4th Floor, Kolkata 700020
Email: frrokol@nic.in
Jurisdiction: West Bengal and parts of the eastern region not covered by a dedicated FRO.

Bengaluru

Office: FRRO Bengaluru
Address: 5th Floor, "A" Block, TTMC Building, BMTC Bus Stand, Shantinagar, Bengaluru 560027
Email: frrobng@nic.in
Jurisdiction: Karnataka.

Hyderabad

Office: FRRO Hyderabad
Address: Behind Sangeet Theatre, Old Bhoiguda, Begumpet, Secunderabad / Hyderabad 500003
Email: frrohyd@nic.in
Jurisdiction: Telangana and Andhra Pradesh (parts).

Amritsar

Office: FRRO Amritsar
Address: Sri Guru Ram Dass Ji International Airport, Raja Sansi, Amritsar 143101
Email: frroamr@nic.in
Jurisdiction: Punjab, with the airport-port-of-entry role for arrivals from western neighbours.

Kochi (Cochin)

Office: FRRO Kochi
Address: Police Headquarters Compound, Marine Drive, Ernakulam, Kochi 682011
Email: frrocok@nic.in
Jurisdiction: Kerala (central), shared with FRROs at Calicut and Thiruvananthapuram.

Calicut (Kozhikode)

Office: FRRO Calicut
Address: Office of the Commissioner of Police compound, Kozhikode 673032
Email: frroclt@nic.in
Jurisdiction: Northern Kerala.

Thiruvananthapuram

Office: FRRO Thiruvananthapuram
Address: Police Headquarters compound, Vazhuthacaud, Thiruvananthapuram 695014
Email: frrotvm@nic.in
Jurisdiction: Southern Kerala.

Goa

Office: FRRO Goa
Address: 3rd Floor, Junta House, 18th June Road, Panaji, Goa 403001
Email: frrogoa@nic.in
Jurisdiction: Goa — high foreign-tourist load, busy in season.

Lucknow

Office: FRRO Lucknow
Address: Office of the Senior Superintendent of Police, Hazratganj, Lucknow 226001
Email: frrolko@nic.in
Jurisdiction: Uttar Pradesh, working with the network of district FROs across the state.

Other FRRO and FRO points

Beyond the twelve listed above, FRRO functions are also discharged in or near:

Pune — FRO Pune at the Office of the Commissioner of Police; significant load from the IT and university populations.
Ahmedabad — FRO Ahmedabad at the Police Bhavan, Sector 18, Gandhinagar / Ahmedabad city office.
Jaipur — FRO Jaipur at the Police HQ.
Chandigarh — FRO Chandigarh.
Nagpur — FRO Nagpur.
Bhubaneswar — FRO Odisha.
Guwahati — FRO Assam, with several Inner-Line-Permit considerations for the North-East.
Srinagar / Jammu — FRO J&K, with restricted-area-permit overlay for foreign nationals.
Port Blair — FRO for the Andaman & Nicobar Islands; separate Restricted Area Permit applies to most of the archipelago.

For all districts that do not have a designated FRRO or named FRO, the Office of the Superintendent of Police of the district is the FRO by default.

Email is the most reliable foreign-side channel

Because the web portal is geo-restricted, email is in practice the only reliable way to reach an FRRO from outside India. Some practical notes when emailing:

Use the @nic.in addresses listed above. Beware of lookalike domains.
Subject line — start with the case type and reference if you have one. Example: "Visa extension query — file no. XXXXXX — surname".
Attach scanned passport bio page, current visa, and any prior FRRO acknowledgement as PDF.
Keep the body short and factual — avoid emotional appeals; FRRO works on documents.
Expect 24–72 hour turnaround on a substantive reply, longer at quarter-end and around major holidays.
For urgent in-flight matters (overstay, lost passport, imminent departure with an unresolved issue), call the helpline rather than relying on email.

What you cannot do from outside India

Log in to e-FRRO to start a new application.
Pay FRRO fees through the e-FRRO gateway.
Upload documents to a case.
Book a biometric appointment at an FRRO.
Track an application status that requires the e-FRRO login.
Generate / download a registration certificate.

All of the above presume an Indian-egress connection and the biometric / OTP flows that come with it. Plan the timing of the trip to allow these steps after arrival.

What you can do from outside India

Read general information about FRRO procedures from third-party sources (including this site) and the BoI's public-facing pages on boi.gov.in where reachable.
Email the relevant FRRO with a query.
Have a relative or representative in India log in or call on your behalf — but do not share the e-FRRO password; reference numbers are usually enough to track status.
Complete OCI Part A at ociservices.gov.in (this is a separate portal that is generally accessible from abroad) if you are coming to India to complete OCI from inside the country.
File the e-Arrival Card within the 72-hour pre-flight window at indianvisaonline.gov.in/earrival/ — see India's e-Arrival Card.

When you reach India

Land and clear immigration with your visa and the QR acknowledgement of the e-Arrival Card.
Connect to an Indian internet connection (hotel WiFi, Indian SIM data) once at your destination.
Open indianfrro.gov.in and create / log in to the e-FRRO account.
Register your stay within the period required by your visa (typically 14 days from arrival for visas marked "Registration Required").
Pay fees online and receive the e-FRRO acknowledgement / registration certificate.
Visit the FRRO in person only if asked — most cases in 2026 are processed end-to-end online.

Summary

FRRO is the in-country immigration office under the Bureau of Immigration, MHA; FRO plays the same role outside the major cities.
The e-FRRO online portal at indianfrro.gov.in is geo-restricted and only works from inside India. Plan to finish FRRO-side steps after arrival, not before.
A 24×7 toll-free helpline 1800-11-11-66 (and central email foreignershelp@gov.in) handles cross-FRRO queries.
The major FRROs sit in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Amritsar, Kochi, Calicut, Thiruvananthapuram, Goa and Lucknow, each with a dedicated @nic.in email.
Email is the only reliable channel to reach an FRRO from abroad; web-portal logins, fee payments and document uploads must wait until you are physically in India.

For the in-country OCI filing route through FRRO, see applying for OCI from inside India. For the new arrival-card filing that is done from abroad, see India's e-Arrival Card. For the overstay-regularisation pathway through FRRO, see legalising stay in India.