A one day Workshop for C-Form (Hotel Arrival Report of Foreigner) Module under the Immigration, Visa, Foreigner’s Registration & Tracking Mission Mode Project (IVFRT-MMP) was organized under able supervision of Sh. Anurag, IPS, Superintendent of Police-Cum-District Foreigners Registration Officer, Ujjain at Police Control Room, Ujjain on 11/09/2013. Also present were Sh. Gourav Tiwari, Addl. S.P. (City), Sh. Pankaj Shrivastava, Addl. S.P. (Rural), Sh. S.C.Dubey, DSP (DSB) and Sh. Dharmendra Singh Yadav, DIO, NIC, Ujjain and other officials of FRO, Ujjain. This workshop was attended by around 20 keepers/ representatives of various hotels, dharmashalas and institutions of the city.

In his keynote address, Sh. Anurag, IPS, stressed on the importance of the IVFRT system and submission of C-Form to the hoteliers. He stressed that as per the guidelines of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), it is mandatory for all the hoteliers to get registered into the C-Form system and submit the same online. He directed the participating hoteliers to register and use the new online C-Form submission system at the earliest.

Sh. Koshy John gave a brief introduction to the IVFRT project with emphasize on C-Form module followed by a detailed presentation and practical demonstration of the module to all the participants.

Implementation of the C-FRO, C-Form and S-Form Modules under IVFRT is under progress at pilot locations of Madhya Pradesh. In line with the same, the C-FRO and C-Form Modules have been launched at the Foreigners Registration Office (FRO), Ujjain. The system was formally launched with the online approval of the authorization request of a hotel by Sh. Anurag, IPS.

Subsequently, C-FRO Module was operational in FRO, Ujjain on 12/09/2013 with online registration of 3 foreign nationals into the system. The C-FRO module provides online services to the Foreigner like Registration, Visa Extension, Return Visa, Exit Permit, Visa Conversion, etc. The FRO officials have been trained to work with the module by Sh. Koshy John. With this launch, Ujjain has become the second district in Madhya Pradesh to get connected to the IVFRT system.

The queries raised by the participants were addressed to during the feedback session. This implementation has been made successful with inputs, guidance and active support from the Central IVFRT Team headed by Dr. B. N. Shetty, DDG, NIC and State-level support from Sh. M. Vinayak Rao, State Informatics Officer, NIC Madhya Pradesh State Centre. The workshop ended with hearty vote of thanks to all.