This is a notification from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), number S.O. 5306(E), dated November 20, 2025/Kartika 29, 1947.
The notification, issued in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 (13 of 2025), amends a previous notification of the Ministry of Home Affairs, published under number S.O. 3987 (E), dated September 1, 2025.
The amendment adds the following seaports to Category II. SEAPORTS in the table of the original notification, after serial number 34:
35. Vizhinjam International Seaport (Kerala)
36. Hazira (Gujarat)
37. Pipavav (Gujarat)
The notification is signed by Nitesh Kumar Vyas, Additional Secretary, and the file number is F. No. 25022/04/2024-Imm.
Key Entities Referenced
Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025: Governs immigration and related matters in India, providing the legal basis for the amendments being made.
Ministry of Home Affairs: The central ministry issuing the notification and responsible for immigration-related regulations.
S.O. 3987 (E): The original notification being amended by this notification, published on 1st September, 2025.
Gujarat: State in India where Hazira and Pipavav Ports are located.
Kerala: State in India where Vizhinjam International Seaport is located.
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EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
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स.ं 5135] नई दिल्ली, बृहस्ट्प जतवार, नवम्ब र 20, 2025/कार्तकि 29, 1947
No. 5135] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2025/KARTIKA 29, 1947
गहृ मत्रं ालय
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 20 नवम् बर, 2025
का.आ. 5306(अ).— केंद्रीय सरकार, आप्रवास और जविेजियों जवषयक अजधजनयम, 2025 (2025 का 13) की धारा
4 की उप-धारा (1) द्वारा प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करते हुए, एतद्द्वारा भारत सरकार, गृह मत्रं ालय की अजधसूचना,
िो भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग II, खंड 3, उप-धारा (ii) में संख्या एसओ 3987 (अ) में प्रकाजित हुई ह,ै म ें
जनम्नजलजखत संिोधन करती ह:ै-
7774 GI/2025 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
उि अजधसूचना म,ें ताजलका म,ें श्रेणी II. बंिरगाहों म,ें क्रम संख्या 34 और उससे संबंजधत प्रजवजियों के बाि,
जनम्नजलजखत क्रम संख्या और प्रजवजियााँ डाली िाएगं ी, अर्ाित्: -
"35. जवझ ंिम अन्तरािष्ट्रीय बंिरगाह (केरल)
36. हिीरा (गुिरात)
37. जपपावाव (गुिरात)”.
[फा. सं. 25022/04/2024-आप्र.]
जनतेि कुमार व्यास, अपर सजचव
नोट: मख्ु य अजधसूचना भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग II, खडं 3, उप-धारा (ii) दिनांक 1 जसतंबर, 2025 में एसओ
संख्या 3987 (अ), दिनांक 1 जसतंबर, 2025 के माध्यम से प्रकाजित की गई र्ी।
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 20th November, 2025
S.O. 5306(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Immigration and
Foreigners Act, 2025 (13 of 2025), the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the notification
of the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section
3, Sub-section (ii) vide number S.O.3987(E), dated the 1st September, 2025, namely:-
In the said notification, in the Table, in category II. SEAPORTS, after serial number 34 and the entries relating
thereto, the following serial numbers and entries shall be inserted, namely:-
“35. Vizhinjam International Seaport (Kerala)
36. Hazira (Gujarat)
37. Pipavav (Gujarat)”.
[F. No.25022/04/2024-Imm]
NITESH KUMAR VYAS, Addl. Secy.
Note: The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3,
Sub-section (ii), dated the 1st September, 2025 vide number S.O. 3987 (E), dated the 1st September, 2025.
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