The CBIC vide Instruction No. 30/2025 dated October 13, 2025, regarding the Issuance of Look Out Circulars (LOC).
Kindly refer to CBIC Instruction F. No. 394/193/2015-Cus(AS) dated 16.12.2015, wherein guidelines regarding issuance of Look Out Circulars (LOC) in respect of Indian citizens and foreigners, were communicated.
In this regard, it is informed that an Online LOC Portal has been operationalised with effect from 1st of March 2024 and the LOC requests are now being processed only through the online portal. Thus, the earlier mechanism of routing the requests by letters or emails through DRI-Hqrs or DGGI-Hqrs is no more operational.
For access to online LOC portal, login credentials for nodal officers in field formations need to be created, which should be designation based. For this purpose, designated offices as indicated below, through their nodal officers, will be responsible for user creation, coordination and overall implementation of the online LOC portal for the field formations indicated against them-
| Sl. No. | Designated Office | Concerned Field Formations | Contact email id |
| 1. | Pr DG-DRI | DRI formations | drihqrs@nic.in |
| 2. | Pr DG-DGGI | DGGI formations | prdg.dggihqrs@gov.in |
| 3. | Pr. Chief Commissioner,
CGST Delhi |
all CGST field formations | ccu-cexdel@gov.in |
| 4. | Chief Commissioner,
Delhi Customs |
all Customs and Customs (Prev) field formations | ccu-cusdel@nic.in |
Accordingly, all concerned formations are requested to coordinate with the respective designated office to obtain procedural guidelines and for getting their online LOC portal access functional. Difficulties, if any, may be reported to the Board through the respective Nodal Offices.
The Instructions can be accessed at: https://taxinformation.cbic.gov.in/view-pdf/1000565/ENG/Instructions
