**Executive Summary**
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has launched a digital module on the National Single Window System (NSWS) for Indian companies to generate sponsorship letters for foreign professionals under the e-Production Investment Business Visa (e-B-4 Visa), effective from 29th November, 2025. This module aims to facilitate visa applications and streamline processes. It supports both PLI and non-PLI businesses.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **e-B-4 Visa Introduction:**
* A new "Production Investment Visa" (e-B-4 Visa) has been created under the Business Visa regime.
* Allows foreign subject matter specialists/engineers/technical people to engage in specific activities.
* Eligible activities: installation and commissioning; quality check and essential maintenance; production; IT and ERP Ramp-up; training; supply chain development; plant design and bring-up; and senior management and executives visits.
* **Digital Sponsorship Letter Module:**
* Indian companies can digitally generate sponsorship letters via the NSWS for e-B-4 visa applications.
* The module streamlines the visa application process and is available for both PLI and non-PLI businesses.
* Processes are simplified with automated data population and authentication.
* Recommendation requirement of the Line Ministry has been done away with.
* **Visa Application Process:**
* The Production Investment Visa will be issued as an e-visa and has to be applied for in the online Visa portal.
* The existing e-PLI business visa was dispensed with.
* The unique ID of the generated Sponsorship Letter shall be referred by foreign professional when he applies for Visa on the e-Visa portal.
* **August 2025 Circular:**
* The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a Circular for resolving certain issues related to employment visa, business visa and e-PLI business.
* Foreign nationals coming for installation and commissioning of equipment and for which Indian companies pay fees or royalty, are now brought under the business visa regime.
* The Ministry of Home Affairs also made amendments to relevant chapters of the Visa Manual, 2019.
**Impact Analysis**
**Indian Companies (Including LLPs)**
* **Impact:**
* The digital module enables Indian companies to easily generate sponsorship letters for foreign professionals, simplifying the process of inviting them for production-related activities.
* **Action Required:**
* Register on the National Single Window System (NSWS).
* Use the module to generate sponsorship letters for foreign professionals applying for the e-B-4 Visa.
**Foreign Professionals**
* **Impact:**
* Simplified visa application process due to the e-visa and digital sponsorship letter system.
* Clearer guidelines for production-related activities under the new e-B-4 Visa category.
* **Action Required:**
* Refer to the unique ID of the generated Sponsorship Letter when applying for Visa on the e-Visa portal.
**Ministry of Home Affairs**
* **Impact:**
* Streamlined processing and alignment with the updated visa manual chapters.
* **Action Required:**
* To note that Ministry of Home Affairs has also made amendments to relevant chapters of the Visa Manual, 2019.
Key Entities Referenced
e-Production Investment Visa (e-B-4 Visa): A new category of Business Visa that enables foreign specialists/engineers/technical people to engage in production-related activities for Indian companies.
DPIIT (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade): The primary entity launching the digital sponsorship letter generation module for e-Production Investment Visa.
National Single Window System (NSWS): The online platform on which the e-Production Investment Business registration module is launched, facilitating visa applications.
Visa Manual, 2019: The document that the Ministry of Home Affairs amended relevant chapters of in relation to the change.
Ministry of Home Affairs: Ministry issuing circular regarding employment, business and e-PLI Visas.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
DPIIT launches a digital sponsorship letter
generation module under e-Production
Investment Visa (e-B4 Visa)
Module to help Indian companies generate sponsorship
letters for inviting foreign professionals in National Single
Window System
प्रव तथ: 17 DEC 2025 8:43PM by PIB Delhi
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry
has launched an online module for Indian companies to generate sponsorship letters for inviting foreign
professionals for production related activities under the e-Production Investment Business Visa (e-B-4
Visa) on 29th November, 2025. The launch of this digital platform is a part of a series of reforms that the
Government of India has instituted under the business visa regime for improving the ease of doing
business in India.
In August 2025, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a Circular for resolving certain issues related to
employment visa, business visa and e-PLI business. As part of this circular, two activities which were
earlier covered under the employment visa namely, Foreign nationals coming for installation and
commissioning of equipment (i) as part of contract of supply of equipment and (ii) for which Indian
companies pay fees or royalty, are now brought under the business visa regime. Further, a new sub-
category of "Production Investment Visa" has been created under the Business Visa regime and called the
"B-4 Visa" for enabling foreign subject matter specialists/ engineers/ technical people being engaged by
Indian companies under the following categories: a) installation and commissioning; (b) quality
check and essential maintenance; (c) production; (d) IT and ERP Ramp-up; (e) training; (f) supply chain
development for empaneling vendors, (g) plant design and bring-up; and (h) senior management and
executives to visit India for such production investment activities seamlessly. Moreover, the existing e-PLI
business visa was dispensed with. The Ministry of Home Affairs also made amendments to relevant
chapters of the Visa Manual, 2019.
As part of this reform, this Production Investment Visa will be issued as an e-visa and has to be applied for
in the online Visa portal. Further, to facilitate the Visa application process for e-B-4 visa, Indian
companies shall generate sponsorship letter digitally. For enabling this facilitation digitally, DPIIT had
launched the e-Production Investment Business registration module on the National Single Window
System (NSWS) on 29th November, 2025, which can be availed by PLI as well as non-PLI businesses.
Processes have been streamlined with simpler forms and recommendation requirement of the Line
Ministry has been done away with. With this module, Indian companies and Limited Liability
Partnerships (LLPs) can instantly generate sponsorship letters for inviting foreign professionals for
production related activities under the e-B-4 Visa category on NSWS (https://www.nsws.gov.in). The Auto
population of data and automatic authentication through existing data bases like MCA, GSTN etc. haveeliminated the requirement of approval of line ministry. The unique ID of the generated Sponsorship
Letter shall be referred by foreign professional when he applies for Visa on the e-Visa portal
(https://indianvisaonline.gov.in) where the module has been integrated with NSWS through API.
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Abhishek Dayal/Shabbir Azad/Anushka Pandey
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