New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will introduce the Immigration and Foreigners Bill 2025 in the Lok Sabha today, which will ensure strict action against foreigners staying in India illegally. After this bill becomes a law, four old laws related to immigration and foreign nationals will be repealed.

India’s national security and sovereignty have been given top priority in this new law. Under it: If the stay of a foreigner in India poses a threat to the security of the country, if someone obtains Indian citizenship through fake documents, or if a person’s entry into India affects relations with any other country, then strict action will be taken against him, and such persons will not be allowed to enter the country.

Four old laws will be repealed under the Immigration and Foreigners Bill 2025: Foreigners Act 1946, Passport Act 1920, Registration of Foreigners Act 1939, Immigration Act 2000. Earlier, officers had the power to prevent foreigners from entering India, but this was not clear in the law. Now this provision has been included in the written law.

If a person: enters India without a valid passport or forged documents, he can be punished with imprisonment for up to 5 years or a fine of Rs 5 lakh or both. If someone enters India by fraudulently obtaining a passport, he can be punished with imprisonment for 2 to 7 years and a fine of up to Rs 10 lakh.

If a foreign national stays in India illegally after his visa has expired, he can be punished with imprisonment for up to 3 years and a fine of up to Rs 3 lakh. This law is designed to make the immigration system in India stronger and more effective to prevent illegal movement.