Choose the passport or visa class that matches your documents. The list changes with your route, and your marks stay in this browser so you can prepare without uploading a document.
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Settling in feels lighter when the next handoff is visible. Choose the document or visa class you actually hold, mark the preparation steps you have completed, and take the remaining questions to your consultant. This is a private browser aid, not an immigration application, approval tracker, or legal opinion.
Before you begin
Use the current document, not the expected document. The passport, visa, eVisa, OCI card, entry stamp, address, and purpose of stay can change the route. Nothing typed or checked here leaves this device, and the checklist never asks for a passport number or a document upload.
One calm screen
Choose your route, then tick the next handoff
Your document or visa class
Pick the closest match. If your passport, visa, OCI card, or purpose do not line up, use the last option and ask for a human check before acting.
Current route
Employment or business visa
Your exact visa class and endorsement set the registration and onboarding questions.
Your marks save only in this browser. They do not prove submission, acknowledgement, registration, or approval.
When the list is done
Send the evidence that changes the next step
1
IdentityShare the current passport bio page, and say clearly if another passport is also involved. Do not send a guessed or expired document.
2
StatusShare the current visa or eVisa, including the page with any endorsement. OCI cardholders share the current OCI card with the foreign passport.
3
Purpose and timingConfirm the assignment or study purpose, intended arrival date, expected length of stay, and whether family members travel on different documents.
4
Address and hostGive the first hotel, temporary home, or landlord details. Ask who handles any host report or Form C duty and keep the acknowledgement if one is issued.
5
Evidence after arrivalSend the entry stamp and any official receipt, permit, or acknowledgement to your consultant. A checked preparation box is not proof of the next state.
Keep the signals honest
Prepared is not the same as approved
Four states to name correctly
Prepared
You have the paper or detail ready. The question can still need a consultant or authority check.
Submitted
A form or document was sent. Keep the timestamp, reference, or copy if the service provides one.
Acknowledged
A receipt or response exists. Read its conditions and next instruction instead of treating it as final approval.
Confirmed
Your consultant has checked the current route for your exact papers. This is the handoff to use before you act on a consequential question.
What IKAN confirms: the current document set, the visa or OCI conditions, the applicable FRRO or local authority route where relevant, and the evidence to keep. The consultant confirms the route before you rely on a generic checklist.
A good checklist does not make a promise on behalf of an authority. It gives you a clear next handoff, a clean evidence trail, and a human route when the papers do not fit a template.
Where expertise meets empathy, supporting your move to India, every step of the way. This guide is a web-first preparation aid, reviewed against official sources available in July 2026. Immigration rules, forms, portals, and local instructions change, so your consultant confirms the current route for your documents and purpose.
