Commercial’s The Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 Edition 2026

This edition of The Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 (No. 13 of 2025, dated 4-8-2025, effective 1-9-2025 vide S.O. 3981(E), dated 31-8-2025), provides the complete and updated statutory framework governing immigration control, entry, stay, and regulation of foreigners in India. The Act repeals earlier legislations including The Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920, The Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939, The Foreigners Act, 1946, and The Immigration (Carriers’ Liability) Act, 2000, thereby consolidating the law into a modernized structure.

Published as a bare act with short comments, this edition reproduces the statutory text in its precise legislative form while also offering concise explanatory notes for better understanding. It incorporates:
• The Immigration and Foreigners Rules, 2025
• The Immigration and Foreigners Order, 2025
• The Immigration and Foreigners (Exemption) Order, 2025
• List of Civil Authorities and Foreigners Regional Registration Officers (FRROs) as notified by the Central Government (dated 1-9-2025)

Alongside, it also includes The Passports Act, 1967 (No. 15 of 1967, dated 24-6-1967), along with:
• The Passports Rules, 1980 [as amended by the Passports (Amendment) Rules, 2025, vide GSR 156(E), dated 24-2-2025, effective 28-2-2025]
• The Passports Application (Facilitation and Processing) Rules, 2010 [as amended vide GSR 156(E), dated 24-2-2025, effective 28-2-2025]