INNER LINE PERMIT                                                     

Arunachal Pradesh being a Protected Area, tourists are required to get an Innerline Permit/ Protected Area Permit as follows :-

I.   For domestic tourists   

Innerline  Permits  are  issued    by  the   Secretary (Political),  Government  of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar and respective  Deputy Commissioner and Additional Deputy Commissioner of the Districts. These can also be obtained from Resident Commissioner's office/ Liaison Offices located at New Delhi, Calcutta, Guwahati, Shillong, Dibrugarh, Tezpur, North Lakhimpur, Jorhat.

II.   For foreign tourists

The foreign tourists can obtain the Protected Area Permit from all Indian Missions abroad, Home Ministry, Govt. of India and Home Commissioners, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar, for a period of 10 (ten) days for a group consisting of four or more persons.

 

Addresses of  Resident Commissioner's office and / Liaison Offices for issue of Inner Line Permit :
1.Resident Commissioner,  Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh  Chanakyapuri, Kautilya Marg, New Delhi    011-3017909,3013956,3019772
2.  Deputy Resident Commissioner, Govt. of  Arunachal Pradesh Chowringhee Place, Calcutta, West Bengal 033-2486500
3.  Deputy Resident Commissioner, Govt. of  Arunachal   Pradesh Chandmari, Guwahati 0361- 562859
4.  Liasion Officer ,Govt.of Arunachal Pradesh,Mohanbari, Dibrugarh, Assam 0373-  20398
5.  Liasion Officer , Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh  Lilabari, North Lakhimpur, Assam 03752-  2186
6.  Liasion Officer,Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh Shillong-1 Meghalaya 0364-224247
7.  Liasion  Officer,   Govt.  of  Arunachal  Pradesh ,  Parvatinagar, Tezpur, Assam 03712-20241
8.  Liasion Officer ,   Govt.  of Arunachal Pradesh,  Jorhat (Rowriah), Assam 0376-320724

Protected Area Permit

Foreign tourist intending to visit Arunachal Pradesh must obtain clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi.
They are required to obtain Protected Area Permit(PAP) from the following authorities :
  1. Home Commissioner, govt. of Arunachal Pradesh,  Itanagar
  2. All Foreigners Regional Registration Officers (FRROs) at Delhi, Mumbai,Kolkata
  3. Chief Immigration Officer, Chennai
  4. All India Missions Abroad
Application for PAP to Commissioner, Home, Arunachal Pradesh may be obtained by enclosing the copy of the clearance from the Home Ministry which should reach Commissioner Home, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar, one month ahead.
Passport and Visa no. , validitiy, nationality, purpose of visit, period intended to remain in Arunachal Pradesh have to be quoted in the application form for PAP along with 2(two) nos. of passport sized photograph.
Minimum of four and maximum of 14 tourist can visit at a time.
After clearing the above formalities, the tour operators from outside Arunachal Pradesh must come through Local Tour Operators.
Toursists visiting Arunachal Pradesh on their own arrangement have to pay US $50 by head. In case all arrangements like fooding, lodging, transportation, etc have to be borne by the Government, they will be required to pay US$ 150 per day, per head.