♦ The Central Government has issued the Immigration and Foreigners (Exemption) Order, 2025, introducing key exemptions from requirements related to valid passports, travel documents, and visas for specific categories of individuals and carriers.

♦ The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) notified the order under Section 33 of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025. 

♦ This new order supersedes the Registration of Foreigners (Exemption) Order, 1957, and the Immigration (Carriers’ Liability) Order, 2007, except in cases where actions had already been taken under those provisions. 

♦ The order lays out exemptions from certain provisions of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025, regarding the requirement of valid passports, travel documents, and visas for entry, stay, and exit from India. Under the new rules, members of the Indian Armed Forces entering or leaving India on duty, along with their accompanying family members on government transport, are exempt from these requirements.