Nagaland homestay guide

Practical property and application checklist
Reviewed 5 September 2026

### Starting facts
- [ ] Exact property address
- [ ] District
- [ ] Municipality/town council/village
- [ ] Ward/village council/VDB where applicable
- [ ] Existing/proposed/under-construction/running
- [ ] Current building use
- [ ] Intended guest-room count
- [ ] Intended bed count
- [ ] Food service planned?
- [ ] Foreign guests planned?
- [ ] UNNATI funding intended?
- [ ] Tourism has confirmed the State category in writing
### Ownership and applicant file
- [ ] Title/LPC/allotment/customary title documents
- [ ] Encumbrance/dispute review
- [ ] Co-owner/inherited-property status
- [ ] Registered lease if lease model
- [ ] Applicant identity
- [ ] Applicant legal entity
- [ ] Residence/domicile position
- [ ] Resident host identified
- [ ] Caretaker identified where proposed
- [ ] Professional operator identified
- [ ] Written confirmation that proposed applicant/operator structure is acceptable
- [ ] Article 371A/Nagaland land-law diligence completed where relevant
### Property readiness
- [ ] Building sanctioned in actual form
- [ ] Use classification checked
- [ ] Completion/occupancy requirement checked
- [ ] Structural condition reviewed
- [ ] Access verified
- [ ] Water supply
- [ ] Hot water
- [ ] Electricity/load
- [ ] Sewage
- [ ] Waste management
- [ ] Fire requirement checked
- [ ] Emergency equipment
- [ ] Local trade licence requirement checked
- [ ] Protected/forest/heritage constraints checked
- [ ] Room/bathroom dimensions recorded
- [ ] State homestay standards obtained before renovation
### Application
- [ ] Current notified Rules obtained
- [ ] Current official form obtained
- [ ] Current document checklist obtained
- [ ] Current fee confirmed
- [ ] Current payment method confirmed
- [ ] Photos/plans/file-format instructions confirmed
- [ ] Required declarations read before signing
- [ ] Application acknowledgement retained
- [ ] No unsupported declaration submitted
### Inspection
- [ ] Current checklist obtained
- [ ] Inspector/committee identity confirmed
- [ ] All rooms match submitted plan
- [ ] Safety/water/sanitation ready
- [ ] Required original documents available
- [ ] Inspection report/query retained
- [ ] Corrective actions documented
- [ ] Approval not presumed before certificate
### Operations
- [ ] Certificate displayed if required
- [ ] Current tariff/guest-information display
- [ ] Guest invoices/receipts
- [ ] Domestic register requirements confirmed
- [ ] District police reporting requirements confirmed
- [ ] e-FRRO/Form III process active before foreign guests
- [ ] Electronic foreign-guest records retained ≥1 year
- [ ] PAP/ILP verification workflow
- [ ] FSSAI compliance where food business operates
- [ ] GST position reviewed
- [ ] Staff/caretaker compliance
- [ ] Waste/fire/safety maintained
- [ ] Tourism statistics return requirement confirmed
- [ ] Complaint process
- [ ] Insurance reviewed
### Renewal/change management
- [ ] State certificate validity confirmed
- [ ] Renewal date entered in compliance calendar
- [ ] Renewal form/fee obtained
- [ ] Ownership/operator changes reported as required
- [ ] Additional rooms approved before use
- [ ] Successor/inheritance procedure followed
- [ ] Foreign-reporting portal access maintained
- [ ] FSSAI status maintained
- [ ] UNNATI annual conditions monitored where applicable