New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- The Central government introduced regulatory relaxations to enable the issuance of visas within a day, given proper submission of all documents, stated a release.

Furthermore, two new portals--District Police Module (DPM) and Foreigners Identification Portal (FIP) were launched to strengthen the monitoring of illegal immigrants and foreigners overstaying their visas.

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Kumar Sanjay, in a review meeting held on Wednesday with senior officials of the Foreigners Division, discussed policies on visa simplification, modernisation of immigration check posts and other related matters.

The minister was also briefed by officials on the steps taken to simplify visa procedures. Th...