Panaji: There has been no communication from the bureau of immigration, which is under the Union home ministry, so far, after they informed the Goa police that they would take over the management of the immigration desks at Dabolim airport, the seaport and the FRO (foreigners registration office) in Goa by June 30.
Almost 150 Goa police personnel who had submitted applications to be posted on deputation at the immigration desks are waiting for the Union ministry of home affairs to take over the management of the immigration desks at Dabolim airport and the seaport at Mormugao.
"We were informed that the bureau of immigration would take over the management of the immigration desks at Dabolim airport, the seaport as well as the FRO in Goa by June 30. There has been no communication from them," said a senior police official.
At present, immigration services at major international airports in India and foreigners' registration work in seven major cities - Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Amritsar, Bangalore and Hyderabad - are handled by the immigration bureau. Sources said that as per the home ministry's instructions all airports in the country where international flights land are to be manned by immigration bureau officials.
18/07/11 Times of India
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