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{{Infobox government agency<br />
| name = Bureau of Immigration<br />
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| seal = Bureau of Immigration seal.jpg<br />
| seal_width = 150<br />
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| formed = {{Start date and age|1971}}<br />
| preceding1 = <!-- up to |preceding6= --><br />
| dissolved = <br />
| jurisdiction = [[Government of India]]<br />
| headquarters = East Block-VIII, Level-V, Sector-1, Rama Krishna Puram, [[New Delhi]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://boi.gov.in/content/contact-us-0 |website=boi.gov.in |access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref><br />
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| minister1_name = [[Amit Shah]]<br />
| minister1_pfo = [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs]]<br />
| deputyminister1_name = [[Ajay Kumar Mishra]]<br />
| deputyminister1_pfo = [[Minister of Home Affairs#Ministers of State for Home Affairs|Minister of State for Home Affairs]]<br />
| deputyminister2_name = [[Nityanand Rai]]<br />
| deputyminister2_pfo = Minister of State for Home Affairs [[ Nisith Pramanik ]] Minister of State for Home Affairs <br />
| chief1_name = Rajeev Ranjan Verma<br />
| chief1_position = Commissioner of Immigration<br />
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| parent_agency = [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]<br />
| child1_agency = [[Foreigners Registration Office]] <br />
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| website = {{URL|https://boi.gov.in/}}<br />
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The '''Bureau of Immigration (BoI)''' is an Indian government agency responsible for administering immigration related functions such as immigration facilitation service at airports and [[Foreigner registration in India|foreigner registration]]. The agency was established in 1971, and is headed by the Commissioner of Immigration.<ref>{{cite web |title=Facilities & Services |url=http://cial.aero/contents/viewcontent.aspx?linkId=150&linkLvl1Id=149 |website=Cochin International Airport |access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Magazine |first1=Relocate |title=India - Visa & Immigration {{!}} Editorial |url=https://www.relocatemagazine.com/articles/immigration-update-india-visa-immigration-0119 |website=Relocate magazine |access-date=21 January 2019 }}</ref> The BoI functions as an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Home Affairs but does not come under any of the Ministry's Departments.<ref>{{cite web |title=Government of India Web Directory |url=http://goidirectory.nic.in/ministries_categories.php?ct=19#group6 |website=goidirectory.nic.in |access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref> The BoI manages 37 of the 86 immigration check posts operating in India. The remaining are controlled by the respective State Governments.<ref>{{cite web |title=About us |url=https://boi.gov.in/ |website=Bureau Of Immigration |access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref><br />
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