Since around September 2016, the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (the FRRO) at Hyderabad requires evidence of the visa sponsor's business operations in Hyderabad. Companies are required to provide evidence of it being a registered entity when it wishes to sponsor foreign nationals to work on employment visas in India. This is usually fulfilled by providing a registration certificate issued by the Registrar of Companies, which reflects the registered address of the company. The situation gets tricky when the registered address of the visa sponsoring company is in a location other than Hyderabad. In such cases, when the visa sponsor wishes to employ the foreign national in Hyderabad it is required to provide other, government issued evidence of it being an operating entity in that jurisdiction. This may be registration under the Shops and Establishment Act of Telangana State (which is a mandatory requirement for most entities) or any other relevant Telangana State Government body.
This evidence will be required at the time of registration with the FRRO or when extending the employment visa.
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