NEW DELHI | The Union Home Ministry has notified new Foreigners Regional Registration Offices (FRROs) in Kohima and Agartala, expanding the country’s immigration registration network and bringing the total number of such offices to 20. The move is part of the Centre’s efforts to establish an FRRO in every state capital, in view of the growing number of foreign nationals visiting India for tourism, medical treatment and education.

According to an official statement is sued on Monday, the new offices in Kohima, Agartala and Bhubaneswar will take over responsibilities previously handled by offices in other cities. Cases from Nagaland and Tripura were earlier managed by the Kolkata FRRO, while those from Odisha came under the Hyderabad office.

More offices planned in Northeast The Home Ministry is considering opening additional FRROs in states that do not yet have one, including Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Meghalaya. Other states under consideration are Bihar, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Since 2025, FRROs have also begun functioning in Jaipur, Chandigarh, Aizawl, Amravati and Guwahati.

Officials said the expansion is intended to facilitate the lawful entry and stay of foreign visitors while strengthening enforcement of immigration regulations and security requirements. FRROs monitor compliance with immigration laws, deal with visa violations and overstays, and coordinate legal action or penalties where necessary.

Immigration law provides framework The offices operate under the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025, which consolidated four earlier laws into a single framework governing the entry, stay, movement and departure of foreign nationals. Under the legislation, the Bureau of Immigration receives support from FRROs authorised by the Centre to carry out immigration-related functions. The ministry has listed the following cities as locations of FRROs: Ahmedabad, Amravati, Amritsar, Aizawl, Agartala, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Calicut, Chennai, Cochin, Chandigarh, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Kohima, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai and Trivandrum.