Before travel / Service field guide
Immigration & Visas
India immigration and registration requirements reviewed early by IKAN's Delhi-based Immigration Centre of Excellence, then coordinated against the live case and current authority process.
- Delivered output
- Reviewed immigration and registration plan
- Scope position
- Confirmed before delivery begins
Decision contextThe right route begins with the full case.
Visa category, registration requirements, dependant documents and case status can each change the sequence. IKAN reviews those dependencies before confirming scope or timing, and assesses whether an existing live filing can be handed over.
- Applicable visa category
- Principal and dependant sequence
- Registration requirements
02 / What happens
The working sequence.
Live facts decide timing. This is an operating sequence, not a duration promise.- 01
Assess & categorise
A specialist reviews the proposed visa route, employment, business or project, and maps dependant requirements before filing.
- 02
Coordinate, track & close
The agreed filing or lodgement, evidence review, authority follow-up, status communication and completion record stay connected for the case team.
- 03
Complete applicable registration
Where registration is required, the team prepares the applicable sequence and supports the family within the authority's live process.
- 04
Renew, legalise & exit
Renewals, document legalisation, apostille needs and exit dependencies are tracked against the case and current authority requirements. Global work-permit support can be coordinated through partners where scoped.
03 / Included
Every filing follows the live case.
The exact format follows the signed programme and live move.- Employment & business visas
- Residence Permit (RP)
- FRRO registration
- Form C
- Dependent visas
- OCI & post-arrival amendments
- Renewals & extensions
- Document legalisation & apostille coordination
- Exit & de-registration
- Scoped outbound consular & work-permit coordination
04 / Boundaries
Authorities decide the outcome and timing.
Authorities decide applications and current process requirements. IKAN confirms scope and timing only after reviewing the actual move.- 01
A promise of approval, appointment availability or authority timing
- 02
Legal or tax advice that is not separately assigned to the accountable specialist
- 03
A filing, renewal or dependant route not named in the signed scope
05 / If it goes wrong
When the plan changes, ownership gets more explicit.
Open the four-level ladder- Signal
- A document, authority status or dependant requirement changes the agreed route.
- First action
- The immigration specialist records the change, explains its effect and identifies the next decision.
- Escalation
- An unresolved authority or specialist dependency follows the named programme escalation route, with any external adviser identified.
- Record
- The live status, open dependency, owner and completion evidence remain in the case record.
06 / Answers
Settle the scope before the work begins.
01How fast can FRRO registration happen?
It depends on nationality, visa endorsement, category, documents and the current authority process. IKAN confirms the applicable window only after reviewing the live case.
02Can you take over an in-progress filing?
Some live filings cannot be transferred cleanly. IKAN reviews the authority record, status and available handover before confirming what can be taken over.
03Do you handle the whole family?
IKAN maps the principal and dependant requirements together, then confirms the appropriate filing sequence for the live case.
04How is immigration expertise organised?
IKAN coordinates India immigration, document legalisation and scoped global work-permit support through its specialist immigration team. The named specialist for a live move is confirmed through the approved programme channel.
Next useful
Put the filing sequence into the move plan.
Put the service next to the city, the programme and the person who confirms what applies.