Time taken for immigration checking at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA) below would be minimize down from April-end using the Bureau of Immigration (BOI) taking on the process, a best official of Airports Authority of India mentioned.

“BOI, an off-shoot of central Intelligence Bureau, is slated to just take around the immigration practice from your state police by April-end. This is able to cut enough time taken for checking the international travellers,” a prime AAI official explained to PTI about the situation of anonymity.

“BOI has proposed to depute above 100 personnel for checks at 26-odd immigration counters, that’s virtually ambigu the power in the officers deputed currently,” he explained.

You will discover 26 counters for immigration checks at SVPIA, 14 for departure and 12 for arrival, nonetheless they are operating at 50 percent the power owing to insufficient police staff (40-60). All around 2,000 to two,five hundred international travellers find immigration checks in the international airport.

A short while ago, a senior official in the Union Residence Ministry visited the airport to perform a need-assessment research and procedural prerequisites survey for taking on the immigration process.

Immigration expert services at major intercontinental airports within the land is presently dealt with by BOI.