New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- Foreigners who are convicted on charges of anti-national activities, espionage, rape and murder, terrorist acts, child trafficking or being a member of a banned organisation may be refused entry into or stay in India, according to an order issued by the Union home ministry. The order coincided with the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 coming into effect on September 1. The ministry said that every foreigner applying for any category of visa, including registration as an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholder, shall allow his or her biometric information to be taken by the concerned authority before the grant of such visa or registration as OCI cardholder. The home ministry also gave powers to the foreigners tribunal (FTs) to send a suspected foreign national in a holding centre. So far, illegal immigrant were detained through executive orders. It added that illegal immigrants apprehended within India shall be imposed with restrictions on movement in a holding centre or camp pending deportation. "A foreigner may be refused entry into or stay in India on the following grounds, namely - if he is convicted on charges of anti-national activities, espionage, rape and murder, crime against humanity, terrorist and subversive activity, including arranging financial support or money-laundering or hawala for such activities, trafficking in narcotics and psychotropic substances, human trafficking including child trafficking, racketeering in fake travel documents and currency (including cryptocurrency), cyber crime, child abuse or found involved in such offences," the MHA order issued on Monday said. The MHA said that no foreigner who has a valid visa for taking up employment in India shall, without the permission of the civil authority, accept employment in an undertaking in the private sector engaged in the supply of power or water or in the petroleum sector. Besides, every foreigner shall be required to obtain a permit to enter into or stay in any protected or restricted area. However, anyone having their origin in Afghanistan, China, or Pakistan will not be allowed to visit such restricted areas, it added....