Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland have been excluded from the Foreigners’ Protected Area list. It will be effective from tomorrow initially for a period of one year. A Home Ministry release, however, said that all foreigners visiting these States will have to register themselves with the Foreigners Registration Officer – FRO- of the District they visit within 24 hours of their arrival. It further said that citizens of some specified countries would, however, continue to require prior approval of the Ministry of Home Affairs before their visit to these three States. Indian Missions and Posts have also been authorized to issue ‘Missionary Visa’ to foreign Missionaries visiting these three States as per the extant guidelines of the Government. AIR correspondent reports that these changes will ease the difficulties being faced by foreigners to visit these three States.