Globalisation has had a huge impact on immigration of people. People have started migrating to a country or place with better economic policy, more improved social and political stability. India is a country where there are people from different mixed cultures and races. This has widened the chances of people or immigrants to migrate into India from other countries. Immigration is simple terms is “The movement of people from one country to another from the purpose of long-term settlement.” However, immigrants have a major challenge and that is obtaining the citizenship of the country they have migrated into and to
avail the fundamental rights of that country. However, these issues have been formulated into polices, rules and laws for the immigrants. These laws and policies lay out the process and steps to attain a citizenship. In India, the immigration rules and laws are governed by the constitution of India.

Some laws and rules governing the immigrants are:

1) The Passport (Entry in India) Act, 1920: - Under this act, the foreigners who enter India are supposed to get visa from India Missions. This Act also requires the
immigrant to show specific documents to prove valid travel which is for the purpose of allowing them into the country.

2) The Foreigners Act, 1946: - This act regulates the entry of the foreigner into the borders of India and governs them until their departure from India.

3) The Registration of Foreigners Rules, 1992 and the Registration of Foreigners Rules, 1992: - According to these Acts, it is mandatory for the foreigners who stay for more period than the visa period to register with the registration office.

There have also been certain recent amendments in the Immigration Law, such as:

1) Any guest on a business visa has the freedom to change his/her manager once they have touched base in India by applying to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

2) A reliant visa or a (X) visa can be changed over into a business visa considering the qualification of the X visa holder and work status of the companion.

3) The PIO (People of Indian Origin) and OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) cards are converged as of the statute passed on January ninth, 2015.