{"id":222607,"date":"2019-11-28T08:59:19","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T03:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=222607"},"modified":"2019-11-28T08:59:19","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T03:29:19","slug":"india-has-put-in-place-robust-visa-and-immigration-system-components-of-indias-immigration-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/11\/28\/india-has-put-in-place-robust-visa-and-immigration-system-components-of-indias-immigration-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"India has put in place robust visa and immigration system [Components of India\u2019s immigration policy]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai, in a written reply to a question regarding India\u2019s immigration policy, in Rajya Sabha today, said that <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>India has put in place robust visa and immigration systems to enable inward &amp; outward movement of all persons including legitimate foreigners like professionals and members of skilled workforce, business persons, students <\/strong><\/span>and<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong> tourists.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Minister added that entry, stay, movement, transit through and exit of foreign nationals in the country are governed by <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920, The Foreigners Act, 1946, The Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939, The Citizenship Act, 1955 &amp; The Immigration (Carrier&#8217;s Liability) Act, 2000<\/span><\/strong>. He also said that the entry and exit of foreigners into\/from India is regulated through authorized Immigration Check Posts (ICPs).\u00a0 He elucidated that currently there are 107 ICPs in the country comprising of 35 Airports, 27 Seaports, 36 Landports, 5 Railports, and 4 Riverports and said that while 47 ICPs are operated by the Bureau of Immigration, the remaining 60 ICPs are operated by the State Police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Further he noted that <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>21 main categories and 65 sub-categories of visas are granted by India to foreigners<\/strong><\/span> and noted that the thrust of India\u2019s present visa policy is to encourage foreigners to visit India for tourism, improve people to people contact &amp; business relationships, make India a hub of medical\/educational \/manufacturing activities and to promote various activities in line with the flagship programmes of the Government.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: 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