Apply In-Person:

1. To apply for a temporary residence certificate, applicant has to approach the “OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER“ office Link
2. An application form will be provided to the applicant by the concerned officer.
3. The applicant has to fill in all the necessary details in the application form. (Incomplete applications are not accepted)
4. Make sure that the applicant has to attach all the necessary documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. The applicant has to attach the photocopies of the required documents along with the application form while submitting.
6. Submit all the documents with the completed form to the concerned officer.
7. The applicant has to pay the prescribed fee as requested by the authority.
8. After receiving the application, the concerned authority will check the submitted application and document set. #If all are in place, the application will be accepted.
9. An acknowledgment receipt will be provided. Please save it for future reference.
10. Then the application will be processed further. All the updates on the application status will be sent via SMS to the applicant’s mobile number.
11. If required, the department will conduct the physical inspection of the premises/area to make sure, that the said premises/area doesn’t fall under the restricted zone for issuance of a license.
12. Based on the outcome of the above report, recommendation, and other internal processing, the designated authority will grant the license with his/her seal and signature.
13. once the verification process, gets completed, the applicant will get notification through call or SMS.
14. The applicant has to visit the office for completing the further process.

• Application Form
• Ration card
• Aadhaar card
• Residence proof like gas bill, EB bill, Bank passbook etc
• Driving license
• Photo proof like passport
• Appointment Order/Transfer Order/Govt. Identity Card
• Copy of 2 recent passport size photograph
• Attested copy of birth certificate.
• Attested copy of education certificate
• Attested copy of voter ID
• Attested copy of Inner line permit (This document is required in some states as per local government norms)
• Attested copy of trading license as per requirement
• Govt. Identity Card /Trading License of Guardian
• Trading/establishment of guardian.
• Certificate stating evidence of guardianship

Deputy Commissioner
Treasury Square, Aizawl,
Mizoram - 796001
Phone : 0389 232 9202,
Link for contact: Deputy Commissioner AIZAWL and List of Deputy Commissioner

• Applicant with a valid residence certificate from other state can apply for temporary residence certificate in the state where they are working/doing business.
• Applicant must be the citizen of India.

Approach the authorities for fee details.

Temporary certificate is valid for 1 year (it can be issued for a maximum of 2 years)

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

It takes nearly 15 days.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.gIn the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• Do not submit fake documents as a proof to obtain this certificate.
• Applying for residential certificate in another state is an offence.

• Name of the applicant.
• Name of the applicant for whom the certificate is required.
• Father / Husband name
• Local address of the person for whom the certificate is required.
• Address of the guardian
• Permanent address of the person for whom the certificate is required.
• Sex
• Residential details
• Family details
• Occupation

• Temporary Residence Certificate (TRC) is issued to persons who have come from other states to the district for Business, govt. service, etc

Temporary Residential certificate shall be issued by the following state authorities as per the respective state norms :

• Tehsildar / Naib Tehsildar
• District Magistrate
• Sub Divisional Magistrate
• Sub Divisional Officer
• Revenue department authorities

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

Place some external links which might help.

• Migrant workers/employees shall apply through the owner of the establishment or the person under whom the person is working.