Immigration,Visa and Foreigners Registration & Tracking (IVFRT) to facilitate Travelers

IVFRT Project Developed to Facilitate Travelers

The “Immigration, Visa and Foreigners Registration & Tracking (IVFRT)” project developed to a secure and integrated service delivery framework that facilitates genuine travelers while strengthening security. The IVFRT Central processing office is ready and  inaugurated by Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday 25.5.12 in the presence of Union Minister for Communication & Information Technology.

The Project envisages facilitation services to the travelers including on-line application forms, 24X7 on-line channel, phone support for grievance redressal and e-mail/SMS support for dissemination of information, application status and feedback.. Modernization and up-gradation of Immigration services is one of the Mission Mode project undertaken by the Ministry of Home Affairs under the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP).

This project highlights

a) Authentication of traveler’s identity at the Missions, Immigration Check Posts (ICPs) and Foreigners Registration Offices (FROs) through use of intelligent document scanners and biometrics;

b) Online registration of foreigners at the time of grant of visa and automated updation of the particulars of the foreigners at entry and exit points;

c) Availability of a centralized system for sharing of information across the concerned Agencies about foreign travelers;

d) Improved tracking of foreigners by integrating and sharing information captured during visa issuance at Missions, during immigration check at ICPs, and during registration at FRRO/ FROs;

e) Software aided Passenger profiling for identifying risky travelers at Missions, ICPs and FRROs, and Generation of automated alerts about overstayal and failure to register with concerned FRRO/FRO;

f) Convergence and integration with other initiatives such as e-passports, e-migration and crime and criminal tracking network for expeditious and informed decision-making.

The new system has already been implemented and operationalized at 60 Indian Missions in UK, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Netherlands, Germany, New Zealand, Finland and Estonia, Oman, South Sudan, Sudan, Australia, Switzerland, Belgium & Luxemburg, Canada, Italy, Malaysia France, Nigeria, UAE, Sweden, Oman, Spain, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Maldives, USA, Hong Kong, Thailand, Taiwan and Bahrain. Remaining Missions are to be covered during the financial year 2012-13 and 2013-14.