About us

Bureau of Immigration (BoI) was set up in 1971. It’s headed by Commissioner of Immigration. FRROs & ChIOs handle Immigration services at the various Immigration Check Posts (ICPs) in India. BoI is responsible for Immigration services at various ICPs along with the Registration formalities and Visa Services of foreigners residing in India in accordance with extant Acts, Rules and Regulations.

Altogether, there are 114 Immigration Check Posts (Air/ Sea/Land/Rail/ River) in India, catering to international traffic.  There are 15 FRROs (Foreigners Regional Registration Officer) located at Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Calicut, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Trivandrum. Apart from this, there are 28  Chief Immigration Officers functioning in Bagdogra, Bhopal, Chitpur, Coimbatore,  Darranga, Dawki, Dera Baba Nanak, Dhamra, Gaya, Gede, Goa, Haridaspur, lndore, Kandla, Kannur, Madurai, Manglore, Mopa, Munabao, Nagpur, New Jalpaiguri, Port Blair, Pune, Raxaul, Sonauli, Surat, trichy and Varanasi. At remaining places District Superintendent of Police (SPs) are the FROs (Foreigners Registration Officers) to facilitate emergency cases of foreigners.