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The Central Government authorizes specific Foreigners Regional Registration Officers in the Bureau of Immigration to perform duties as Registration Officers under the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025, defining their respective jurisdictions.

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The Ministry of Home Affairs, through Notification S.O. 3991(E) dated 1st September, 2025, has authorized several Foreigners Regional Registration Officers (FRROs) within the Bureau of Immigration to perform the duties of a Registration Officer. This authorization is made in pursuance of clause (r) of section 2 of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 (13 of 2025), and supersedes the previous notification S.O. 3259 (E), dated 11th September, 2019, issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, with an exception for actions taken prior to the supersession. The notification explicitly lists twelve FRROs: Ahmedabad (jurisdiction: 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, 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 comes into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette and is signed by NITESH KUMAR VYAS, Addl. Secy.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-01092025-265869 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3886] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2025/BHADRA 10, 1947 5823 GI/2025 MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 1st September, 2025 S.O. 3991(E).- In pursuance of clause (r) 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. 3259 (E), dated the 11th September, 2019, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby authorises the following Foreigners Regional Registration Officers in the Bureau of Immigration as specified in column (2) of the Table below to perform the duties of the Registration Officer under the said Act within the jurisdiction mentioned against each Foreigners Regional Registration Officer in column (3) of the said Table, namely :- TABLE | Sl. No. | Foreigners Regional Registration Officer | Jurisdiction (State or Union territory) | | :---- | :------------------------------------- | :------------------------------------- | | (1) | (2) | (3) | | 1. | Foreigners Regional Registration Officer, Ahmedabad | Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat. | | 2. | Foreigners Regional Registration Officer, Amritsar | Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Ladakh. | | 3. | Foreigners Regional Registration Officer, Bangalore | Karnataka. | | 4. | Foreigners Regional Registration Officer, Calicut | Kerala (Kannur, Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Wayanad and Malappuram Districts). | | 5. | Foreigners Regional Registration Officer, Chennai | Andaman and Nicobar Islands Puducherry, Tamil Nadu. | | 6. | Foreigners Regional Registration Officer, Cochin | Kerala (Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kottayam, Palakkad and Thrissur Districts), Lakshadweep. | | 7. | Foreigners Regional Registration Officer, Delhi | Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh (Gautam Buddha Nagar and Ghaziabad Districts), Rajasthan. | | 8. | Foreigners Regional Registration Officer, Hyderabad | Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Telangana. | | 9. | Foreigners Regional Registration Officer, Kolkata | Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal. | | 10. | Foreigners Regional Registration Officer, Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh (except Gautam Buddha Nagar and Ghaziabad Districts). | | 11. | Foreigners Regional Registration Officer, Mumbai | Chhattisgarh, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra. | | 12. | Foreigners Regional Registration Officer, Trivandrum | Kerala (Kollam, Pathanamthitta and Thiruvananthapuram Districts). | 2. This notification shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. [F. No. 25022/43/2025-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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