**Executive Summary**
The Ministry of Home Affairs issued the Immigration and Foreigners (Amendment) Rules, 2026, which came into force on June 1, 2026. The document amends the 2025 Rules to revise foreigner registration timelines, reporting requirements for children acquiring foreign citizenship, and procedures for appeals. Key deadlines include a 30-day window for reporting citizenship changes and filing appeals, with a goal for authorities to resolve appeals within 60 days.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Registration Requirements (Rule 12)**
* **Timeline Change:** Foreigners must now register at any time before the expiry of 180 days from their arrival in India, replacing the previous requirement to register within 14 days after the 180-day period expires.
* **Emergent Circumstances:** Certain registrations under the fourth proviso will only be granted in emergent circumstances.
* **Exemptions for Children:** Registration rules do not apply to children where at least one parent is an Indian citizen intending to retain the child's Indian citizenship under the Citizenship Act, 1955.
* **Reporting Foreign Citizenship:** If a child acquires foreign citizenship while in India, the parents must inform the Registration Officer within 30 days of acquisition.
**Operational Adjustments (Rule 18)**
* **Timeframe Correction:** The wording regarding specific reporting or actions was corrected from "but beyond twenty-four hours" to "but not beyond twenty-four hours."
**Appeals Procedure (Rule 21)**
* **Filing Appeals:** Any owner or keeper aggrieved by a civil authority's direction may appeal to the Commissioner, Bureau of Immigration.
* **Electronic Submission:** Appeals must be submitted via the designated online portal in electronic mode.
* **Appellate Timeline:** Appeals must be filed within 30 days of the direction.
* **Resolution Process:** The Commissioner must provide a hearing and aim to pass a reasoned order within 60 days of receiving the appeal.
**Impact Analysis**
**Foreigners in India**
**Impact**
Subject to stricter registration timelines and specific "emergent circumstance" clauses for certain registration types.
**Action Required**
Ensure registration is initiated and completed at any point before the 180th day of stay in India.
**Indian Parents of Children in India**
**Impact**
Beneficiaries of registration exemptions for children intended to be Indian citizens; however, they face new mandatory reporting windows for foreign citizenship.
**Action Required**
Must intimate the Registration Officer within 30 days if their child acquires foreign citizenship while residing in India.
**Property Owners or Keepers**
**Impact**
Have a formalized, electronic pathway to contest directions given by civil authorities.
**Action Required**
Must submit any appeals through the designated online portal within 30 days of receiving a direction from a civil authority.
**Bureau of Immigration (Commissioner)**
**Impact**
Acting as the formal appellate authority with a mandate for electronic processing and timely resolution.
**Action Required**
Provide reasonable opportunities for hearings and endeavor to complete appeal proceedings within 60 days.
Key Entities Referenced
Immigration and Foreigners (Amendment) Rules, 2026: The specific policy document that amends existing regulations regarding the registration and stay of foreigners in India.
Immigration and Foreigners Rules, 2025: The principal set of rules governing the entry and registration of foreign nationals which are being modified by this amendment.
Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025: The parent legislation that grants the Central Government authority to make and amend rules concerning immigration and foreigners.
Bureau of Immigration: The regulatory authority responsible for hearing appeals from owners or keepers aggrieved by directions issued by civil authorities.
Citizenship Act, 1955: Referenced legislation used to define registration exemptions for children where at least one parent is an Indian citizen.
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EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (i)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 382] नई दिल्ली, सोमवार, िनू 1, 2026/ज्य ष्े ठ 11, 1948
No. 382] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2026/JYAISTHA 11, 1948
गहृ मत्रं ालय
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 1 िून, 2026
सा.का.जन. 424(अ).— केन्द्रीय सरकार, आप्रवास और जविेजियों जवषयक अजधजनयम, 2025 (2025 का 13) की
धारा 30 द्वारा प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करत ेहुए, आप्रवास और जविेजियों जवषयक जनयम, 2025 का संिोधन करने के जलए
जनम्नजलजखत जनयम बनाती ह,ै अर्ाात:् -
1. सजं िप्त नाम और प्रारंभ.- (1) इन जनयमों का संजिप्त नाम आप्रवास और जविेजियों जवषयक (संिोधन) जनयम, 2026 ह ै।
(2) य ेरािपत्र में इनके प्रकािन की तारीख को प्रवृत्त होंगे ।
3902 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
2. आप्रवास और जविेजियों जवषयक जनयम, 2025 (जिसे इसमें इसके पश्चात ्उि जनयम कहा गया ह)ै , के जनयम 12 म,ें -
(क) उपजनयम (1) म,ें -
(i) तीसरे परंतुक म,ें “भारत में अपने आगमन के एक सौ अस्ट्सी दिन की समाजप्त के बाि चौिह दिनों के
भीतर रजिस्ट्रीकरण कराना होगा” िब्िों के स्ट्र्ान पर “भारत में अपन े आगमन के एक सौ अस्ट्सी
दिन की उि अवजध के अवसान से पूवा दकसी भी समय रजिस्ट्रीकरण कराना होगा” िब्ि रखे िाएंगे;
(ii) चौर्े परंतुक म,ें अंत म ें जनम्नजलजखत िब्ि अतं :स्ट्र्ाजपत दकए िाएंगे, अर्ाात्:-
“,ककंतु ऐसा रजिस्ट्रीकरण केवल आपातकाल पररजस्ट्र्जतयों म ेंही अनुित्त दकया िाएगा” ;
(ख) उपजनयम (2) म,ें जनम्नजलजखत परंतुक अंत:स्ट्र्ाजपत दकया िाएगा, अर्ाात:् -
“परंत ु की यह उपजनयम उन ििाओं में लागू नहीं होगा जिनमें माता-जपता में स े कोई एक भारतीय
नागररक ह ै तर्ा ऐसा माता या जपता नागररकता अजधजनयम, 1955 (1955 का 57) की धारा 3 के
अधीन बच्च े की भारतीय नागररकता रखन े की इच्छा रखता ह:ै
परंतु यह और दक यदि बच्चा बाि में भारत में रहते हुए जवििे की नागररकता अर्िात कर लेता है, तो
माता-जपता में से कोई भी बच्चे द्वारा जविेिी नागररकता अर्िता करन े के तीस दिन के भीतर इस जस्ट्र्जत
के बारे में रजिस्ट्रीकरण अजधकारी को सूजचत करेगा ।”।
3. उि जनयमों में, जनयम 18 के, उपजनयम (6) में “ककंतु चौबीस घंटे के अपश्चात्” िब्िों के स्ट्र्ान पर “ककंत ु चौबीस घंटे के
अपश्चात ् नहीं” िब्ि रख ेिाएंग े ।
4. उि जनयमों के जनयम 21 म,ें उपजनयम (5) के स्ट्र्ान पर जनम्नजलजखत उपजनयम रखे िाएंगे, अर्ाात:् -
“(5) जसजवल प्राजधकारी द्वारा दिए गए जनििे द्वारा व्यजर्त दकसी स्ट्वामी या रखवाला द्वारा अजधजनयम की धारा 14 की
उपधारा (3) के अधीन ऐसे जनिेि की तारीख स े तीस दिन की अवजध के भीतर आयिु , आप्रवास ब्यूरो को, जनयम 12
के उपजनयम (1) के खडं (ख) म ें यर्ा जनर्िाष्ट अजभजहत ऑनलाइन पोटाल के माध्यम से इलक्ट्ै राजनक पद्धजत में अपील की
िाएगी ।
(6) उपजनयम (5) के अधीन अपील की प्राजप्त पर, आयुि, आप्रवास ब्यूरो पिकार को सुनवाई का युजियुि अवसर
प्रिान करने के पश्चात् तकाबद्ध आिेि पाररत करेगा तर्ा अपील की प्राजप्त की तारीख से सामान्द्यत: साठ दिन के भीतर
कायावाजहयां पूणा करने का प्रयास करेगा । ”।
[फा. सं. 25022/03/2025-एफ.I]
जनतेि कुमार व्यास, अपर सजचव
रटप्पण: मूल जनयम भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग II, खंड 3, उपखंड (i) म ें संखयांक सा.का.जन. 596 (अ), तारीख
1 जसतंबर, 2025 द्वारा प्रकाजित हुए र्े ।[भाग II—खण् ड 3(i)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 1st June, 2026
G.S.R. 424(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 30 of the Immigration and Foreigners Act,
2025 (13 of 2025), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to amend the Immigration and Foreigners
Rules, 2025, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement. — (1) These rules may be called the Immigration and Foreigners
(Amendment) Rules, 2026.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Immigration and Foreigners Rules, 2025 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 12, —
(a) in sub-rule (1), —
(i) in the third proviso, for the words “within fourteen days after the expiry of one
hundred and eighty days of his arrival in India”, the words “any time before the expiry
of the said period of one hundred and eighty days” shall be substituted;
(ii) in the fourth proviso, the following words shall be inserted at the end, namely:—
“,but such registration shall be granted only in emergent circumstances”;
(b) in sub-rule (2), the following provisos shall be inserted, namely :—
“Provided that this sub-rule shall not apply in cases wherein either of the parent is an Indian
citizen and such parent wishes to retain the Indian citizenship of the child under section 3 of
the Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955):
Provided further that if the child acquires citizenship of a foreign country while in India at a
later stage, either of the parents shall intimate the position to the Registration Officer within
thirty days of acquiring the citizenship of the foreign country by the child.”.
3. In the said rules, in rule 18, in sub-rule (6), for the words “but beyond twenty-four hours”, the words “but not
beyond twenty-four hours” shall be substituted.
4. In the said rules, in rule 21, for sub-rule (5), the following sub-rules shall be substituted, namely:-
“(5) An appeal under sub-section (3) of section 14 of the Act by any owner or keeper aggrieved by the
direction given by the civil authority shall be made to the Commissioner, Bureau of Immigration within thirty
days from the date of such direction, in electronic mode through the designated online portal as referred to in
clause (b) of sub-rule (1) of rule 12.
(6) On receipt of the appeal under sub-rule (5), the Commissioner, Bureau of Immigration, after giving the
party a reasonable opportunity of being heard, shall pass a reasoned order and endeavor to complete the
proceedings ordinarily within sixty days from the date of receipt of the appeal.”.
[F. No. 25022/03/2025-F.I]
NITESH KUMAR VYAS, Addl. Secy.
Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) vide
number G.S.R. 596(E), dated the 1st September, 2025.
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