The Government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has been expanding the number of FRRO offices across India to improve service accessibility and promote India as an attractive destination for foreigners. Since 2025, seven new FRRO offices have been set up in Jaipur, Chandigarh, Guwahat, Aizawl (Mizoram), Amravati (Andhra Pradesh), Kohima (Nagaland), Agartala (Tripura), and Bhubaneshwar (Odisha). The total number of FRRO offices in the country has now gone up to twenty.
Under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the Government is strengthening institutional framework for managing foreign nationals through expansion of Foreigners Regional Registration Offices (FRROs). This move is in response to the increasing number of foreigners visiting India for tourism, medical, and education purposes. Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah has directed to establish FRROs in all state capitals by 2027.
Pursuant to the above directions of the Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah, five new FRRO offices have been set-up in the capitals of five states since 2025. Three FRRO offices at Jaipur, Chandigarh and Guwahati were established in the year 2025. Earlier, these were under the jurisdiction of the FRRO offices located at Delhi, Amritsar and Kolkata respectively.
This year two new FRRO offices have been established in the state capitals, namely, Aizawl (Mizoram), and Amravati (Andhra Pradesh). Earlier, Aizawl was under the jurisdiction of FRRO, Kolkata whereas Amravati was under the jurisdiction of FRRO, Hyderabad. Recently three new FRRO offices namely Kohima (Nagaland), Agartala (Tripura) and Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) are notified. Earlier, Kohima and Agartala were under the jurisdiction of FRRO, Kolkata whereas Bhubaneshwar was under the jurisdiction of FRRO, Hyderabad.
The total number of FRRO offices in the country has now gone up to twenty (20), located at Ahmedabad, Amravati, Amritsar, Aizawl, Agartala, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Calicut, Chennai, Cochin, Chandigarh, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Kohima, Kozhikode, Lucknow, Mumbai and Trivandrum.
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