Assam homestay guide

Practical property and application checklist
Reviewed 5 September 2026

### Starting facts
- [ ] Exact property address
- [ ] GPS coordinates
- [ ] Village/town/ward
- [ ] District
- [ ] Police station
- [ ] Local body/development authority
- [ ] Rural/semi-urban/urban status
- [ ] Nearest Tourism Department-notified tourism area
- [ ] Evidence property is within permitted tourism-area radius
- [ ] Existing/proposed/running status
- [ ] Proposed guest-room count
- [ ] Proposed bed/guest capacity
- [ ] Whether food will be served
- [ ] Whether foreign guests will be accepted
- [ ] Whether subsidy is proposed
### Ownership and applicant file
- [ ] Owner name/entity
- [ ] Deed/Patta
- [ ] Namjari/mutation records
- [ ] Miyadi Patta documents where subsidy route requires
- [ ] Co-owner position/consent
- [ ] Lease, if any
- [ ] Proposed registration holder
- [ ] Resident-host identity
- [ ] Voter ID
- [ ] PAN
- [ ] Aadhaar
- [ ] Age proof where subsidy eligibility applies
- [ ] Education proof where subsidy eligibility applies
- [ ] Category certificate where relaxation claimed
- [ ] Character certificate where required
- [ ] Police verification
- [ ] CTO registration if subsidy group
- [ ] Previous Tourism Department assistance declaration
### Property readiness
- [ ] Minimum two guest rooms
- [ ] Attached guest toilets/bathrooms
- [ ] Written ATDC clarification on current room dimensions
- [ ] Access/approach
- [ ] Parking
- [ ] Guest sitting/common area
- [ ] Dining/self-cooking arrangement
- [ ] Hygienic uninterrupted water
- [ ] Power backup/solar charging under S1
- [ ] First aid
- [ ] Covered waste bins
- [ ] Stair/path lighting
- [ ] Room privacy/security
- [ ] Building sanction/use reviewed
- [ ] Completion/occupancy position reviewed
- [ ] Fire-NOC applicability checked
- [ ] ESZ/protected-area screening completed
- [ ] Sewage/septic/waste arrangements reviewed
### Application
- [ ] Correct current application form obtained directly from ATDC
- [ ] 2026 Rules/current SOP obtained
- [ ] DPR if applicable
- [ ] Roadmap/Google map
- [ ] Minimum required tourist-attraction photos
- [ ] Site photographs
- [ ] Circle Officer NOC if current route requires
- [ ] Fee amount re-confirmed
- [ ] Payment route re-confirmed
- [ ] Receipt retained
- [ ] Application/reference number retained
- [ ] All declarations copied before submission
### Inspection
- [ ] Property kept inspection-ready
- [ ] Original title/identity documents available
- [ ] Standards checklist completed
- [ ] Guest rooms furnished
- [ ] Water/electricity/backup operational
- [ ] Register/billing systems prepared
- [ ] Food/self-cooking arrangement prepared
- [ ] Deficiencies recorded in writing
- [ ] Cure deadline recorded
- [ ] Evidence of corrections retained
- [ ] Classification mark sheet requested
### Operations
- [ ] Registration certificate displayed
- [ ] Rate list displayed
- [ ] Bill book/invoice system
- [ ] Guest identity procedure
- [ ] Guest register
- [ ] Police guest-reporting procedure confirmed
- [ ] Monthly ATDC data process confirmed
- [ ] Bureau of Immigration Form III account ready before foreign guests
- [ ] Foreign records retained electronically for at least one year
- [ ] FSSAI registration/licence where required
- [ ] GST position checked
- [ ] Udyam decision made separately
- [ ] Staff/caretaker verification position confirmed
- [ ] Food charges displayed where meals supplied
- [ ] Maintenance and hygiene checks
- [ ] Incident/emergency contacts
- [ ] ATDC training attendance records
- [ ] Refurbishment/extension notification procedure
### Renewal
- [ ] Current validity period confirmed from post-2026 primary Rules
- [ ] Expiry date diarised
- [ ] Renewal/auto-renewal procedure confirmed
- [ ] Current fee confirmed
- [ ] Updated documents prepared
- [ ] Reinspection status confirmed
- [ ] Outstanding deficiencies cleared
- [ ] Change in ownership/operator/rooms disclosed
- [ ] Certificate/current status verified after renewal