Guidelines to colleges in admitting foreign students

Updated on: Monday, April 27, 2009

Pune: The Foreign Registration Office (FRO) Police issued guidelines for admitting foreign students to city colleges to be followed before granting admission.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Ravindra Sengaonkar has issued guidelines to 70 colleges in Pune under section 7 (3) of the Foreigner's Act, 1946. If colleges fail to comply by these guidelines, the concerned officer from the educational institute will have to face imprisonment up to one month or a fine of Rs 500 or both.

'Under our online admission system, the software disallows students whose passport does not have at least six months validity from the commencement of the course. This ensures the student does not have to renew the passport after taking admission in our institute,' said Ashima Agashe, head of international students office of Symbiosis International University that has more than 2000 foreign students studying in various institutes.

Vishwajeet Kadam, secretary of Bharati Vidyapeeth University, that admits more than 1000 foreign students for various courses said that he was out of station and was unaware of the guidelines issued by the police. 'However, we will undoubtedly follow the police directive. We already have a separate cell that keeps a check on foreign students,' he said.

'It is the duty of FRO to keep track of illegal activities of foreign students, which is being pushed on the colleges. If the college is taking at least twice the usual fees from foreign students and gaining revenue out of the same, colleges must cooperate with them rather than eyeing them as suspects,' he added.

According to police, 164 foreign students have been issued 'leave India' notices, while 22 have been deported from September 2008.

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