Entry Visa - special visa status for Aurovilians
Acknowledging that Auroville is an International Cultural Township, the Government of India has passed a special visa regulation for Auroville. The Secretary of the Auroville
Foundation can, normally upon the recommendation of
Auroville's Working
Committee or Entry Service, recommend to the Indian
Embassy concerned, the issue of a so-called Entry Visa (X
visa). This Entry Visa will form the basis on which the
authorities in India will later issue a Residential Permit.
The Entry Visa and the Residential Permit are granted for a
period of one year and can be for up to five years, in case of
long term residents, but will be valid for a person's stay 'in
Auroville only'.