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The Central Government appoints Foreigners Regional Registration Officers in the Bureau of Immigration as civil authorities for specified areas across various States and Union Territories under the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025.

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The Ministry of Home Affairs, through Notification S.O. 3990(E) dated 1st September, 2025, issued by the Central Government, appoints various Foreigners Regional Registration Officers (FRROs) in the Bureau of Immigration to serve as civil authorities. This appointment is made in pursuance of clause (c) of section 2 of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 (13 of 2025). This notification supersedes the previous notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs vide number S.O. 3260 (E), dated 11th September, 2019, while explicitly preserving actions done or omitted before such supersession. The twelve designated FRROs and their respective areas are: Ahmedabad (Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat); Amritsar (Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Ladakh); Bangalore (Karnataka); Calicut (Kerala's Kannur, Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Wayanad and Malappuram Districts); Chennai (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu); Cochin (Kerala's Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kottayam, Palakkad and Thrissur Districts, and Lakshadweep); Delhi (Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddha Nagar and Ghaziabad Districts, Rajasthan); Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Telangana); Kolkata (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal); Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh except Gautam Buddha Nagar and Ghaziabad Districts); Mumbai (Chhattisgarh, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra); and Trivandrum (Kerala's Kollam, Pathanamthitta and Thiruvananthapuram Districts). This notification shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette and was signed by NITESH KUMAR VYAS, Addl. Secy.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-01092025-265867 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3885] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2025/BHADRA 10, 1947 5822 GI/2025 NITESH KUMAR VYAS, Addl. Secy. MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 1st September, 2025 S.O. 3990(E). - In pursuance of clause (c) of section 2 of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 (13 of 2025) and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs vide number S.O. 3260 (E), dated the 11th September, 2019, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby appoints the following Foreigners Regional Registration Officers in the Bureau of Immigration as specified in column (2) of the Table below as the civil authority for the area specified in column (3) of the said Table, namely :- TABLE +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Sl. | Foreigners Regional Registration | Area (State or Union territory) | | No. | Officer | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1. | Foreigners Regional Registration | Dadra and Nagar Haveli, | | | Officer, Ahmedabad | Daman and Diu, | | | | Gujarat. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 2. | Foreigners Regional Registration | Chandigarh, | | | Officer, Amritsar | Jammu and Kashmir, | | | | Punjab, | | | | Ladakh. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 3. | Foreigners Regional Registration | Karnataka. | | | Officer, Bangalore | | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 4. | Foreigners Regional Registration | Kerala (Kannur, Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Wayanad and | | | Officer, Calicut | Malappuram Districts). | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 5. | Foreigners Regional Registration | Andaman and Nicobar Islands, | | | Officer, Chennai | Puducherry, | | | | Tamil Nadu. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 6. | Foreigners Regional Registration | Kerala (Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kottayam, Palakkad | | | Officer, Cochin | and Thrissur Districts), | | | | Lakshadweep. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 7. | Foreigners Regional Registration | Delhi, | | | Officer, Delhi | Haryana, | | | | Himachal Pradesh, | | | | Uttarakhand, | | | | Uttar Pradesh (Gautam Buddha Nagar and Ghaziabad | | | | Districts), | | | | Rajasthan. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 8. | Foreigners Regional Registration | Andhra Pradesh, | | | Officer, Hyderabad | Orissa, | | | | Telangana. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 9. | Foreigners Regional Registration | Arunachal Pradesh, | | | Officer, Kolkata | Assam, | | | | Bihar, | | | | Jharkhand, | | | | Manipur, | | | | Meghalaya, | | | | Mizoram, | | | | Nagaland, | | | | Sikkim, | | | | Tripura, | | | | West Bengal. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 10. | Foreigners Regional Registration | Uttar Pradesh (except Gautam Buddha Nagar and Ghaziabad | | | Officer, Lucknow | Districts). | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 11. | Foreigners Regional Registration | Chhattisgarh, | | | Officer, Mumbai | Goa, | | | | Madhya Pradesh, | | | | Maharashtra. | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ | 12. | Foreigners Regional Registration | Kerala (Kollam, Pathanamthitta and Thiruvananthapuram | | | Officer, Trivandrum | Districts). | +-----+---------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+ 2. This notification shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. [F. No. 25022/42/2025-Imm] [1] NITESH KUMAR VYAS, Addl. Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

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