AMRITSAR, Nov 5 — The Amritsar Commissionerate Police and the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) have deported three Thai nationals who were staying in India beyond the validity of their visas, and have registered a case against the owner of the property where they were staying for allegedly accommodating foreign nationals without the mandatory registration, both reporting outlets said on Thursday.

Source: The North News

5foreign nationals found at the Pratap Nagar property
3Thai nationals deported after visa overstay
263FIR number, dated Nov 2, B-Division police station
Section 23Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 — section under which the case was registered

The joint inspection at Pratap Nagar

A joint police–FRRO team inspected a residential building in Pratap Nagar, along GT Road in Amritsar, to verify compliance with immigration and accommodation regulations. Five foreign nationals were found staying at the property, and examination of their travel documents showed that three Thai nationals had continued to stay in India after their visas had expired, in violation of immigration rules.

Source: The North News

After the required legal formalities were completed, the three Thai nationals were deported to Thailand, PunjabNews reported in the same terms.

Source: PunjabNews

Case against the accommodation provider

The inspection found that the building was not registered on the mandatory Form-III portal used for recording information about foreign guests, and that the accommodation provider had allegedly failed to submit the required details of the foreign guests to the authorities. Police registered FIR No. 263, dated November 2, 2026, under Section 23 of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025, at B-Division police station against the accommodation provider, The North News reported. The allegation against the provider has not been tested in court.

Source: The North News

Advisory to hotels, PGs and property owners

The Commissionerate Police and the FRRO have directed hotel operators, guest-house and paying-guest operators, homestays and private property owners to ensure mandatory registration and to submit foreign guests' details through the Form-III portal. Authorities warned that violations could pose challenges to national security and immigration management and would attract strict legal action.

Source: PunjabNews

What is solid

  • A joint Amritsar police–FRRO inspection at a residential building in Pratap Nagar, GT Road, found five foreign nationals staying there (The North News; PunjabNews)
  • Three Thai nationals whose visas had expired were deported to Thailand after legal formalities (both outlets)
  • A case was registered against the accommodation provider at B-Division police station under Section 23 of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 (both outlets); FIR No. 263 is dated November 2, 2026 (The North News)

What is only claimed

  • The claim that the provider housed the foreigners without registration and failed to file their details is a police allegation in the FIR; it has not been adjudicated
What happens next

Watch for the police investigation under FIR No. 263 against the accommodation provider, and for further FRRO–police compliance inspections of hotels, paying-guest facilities and private properties housing foreign nationals in Amritsar following Thursday's advisory.