District Special Branch

The District Special Branch is a crucial component of the district police organization, playing a vital role in maintaining law and order. Its primary responsibilities include planning and designing security arrangements for various events like festivals, elections, examinations, and visits from VIPs and VVIPs. This involves coordinating with police stations and government agencies to ensure seamless execution.

Key Functions:

1. Intelligence collection and Analysis: Gathering confidential information on organizations ,political parties, and potential security threats.

2. Security Arrangements: Planning and implementing security measures for sensitive areas, VIP visits, and large events, Election.

3.Verification Services: Conducting character and passport verification, as well as investigating cases of noise pollution.

4.Licensing and Recommendations: Providing recommendations for various licenses and permits.

5.Emergency Response: Developing and implementing emergency response plans, such as flood schemes and employee strike schemes.

The District Special Branch also performs passport verification services, ensuring the accuracy of information provided in passport applications. Overall, this branch plays a critical role in maintaining public safety and order, and its functions are essential to the effective operation of the district police organization.

Foreigners Registration Office

The Foreigners Registration Office (FRO) in Sangli is responsible for regulating the registration, movement, stay, departure, and extension of stay for foreigners in India. To achieve this, the FRO Sangli office provides various services, including:

1.Registration and Residential Permits: Issuing residential permits to foreigners based on the validity of their visas.

2.Visa Extensions and Conversions: Handling extensions, conversions, and issuing new visas, such as for newborn babies.

3.Exit Permits and Repatriation: Processing exit permits and assisting with repatriation or deportation of foreigners.

4.Online Registrations: Facilitating online registration of hotels, lodges, hostels, colleges, and schools, as well as submission of online ‘C’ forms for foreigners.

5.Assistance for Foreigners: Offering help and support for foreigners, including issuing REFREE certificates for Pakistani nationals arriving in India.

The FRO Sangli office is located at the DSB Building in the Superintendent of Police Office, Sangli. It’s essential for foreigners and individuals hosting them to comply with the Foreigners (Report to Police) Order 1971, which requires reporting the arrival or presence of foreigners to the FRO office.

Contact Number : 0233-2672696

Important Links :

For form C (Arrival Report ) entry : http://indianfrro.gov.in/frro/FormC

Online application by foreigner (For Registration, Visa and other services) : http://indianfrro.gov.in/frro