Emigration check not required (ECNR) stamp is not required, if one is not travelling for employment purposes.
The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (Emigration Policy Division) have allowed ECR passport holders travelling abroad for purposes others than employment to leave the country on production of valid passport, valid visa and return ticket at the immigration counters at international airports in India w.e.f. 1st October 2007.
ECNR is only required if you are travelling to any of the below 17 countries for employment:
United Arab Emirates (UAE), The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Malaysia, Libya, Jordan, Yemen, Sudan, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Syria, Lebanon, Thailand and Iraq.
For all passports issued before January 2007, a blank second page in the passport means your passport is endorsed with ECR and you need to get emigration clearance if you are travelling to any of the above 18 countries for employment.
For all passports issued after January 2007, a “Blank” page 2 on your passport is deemed to have been ECNR endorsed. If you don’t fit into ECNR eligibility criteria, and Emigration Check is Required, there will be an endorsement in the passport regarding ECR.
Emigration clearance required (ECR)
Eligibility for ECNR status:
The following applicants are eligible for Emigration Check Not Required (ECNR) status:
- Gazetted Government servants, their spouses and dependent children
- Holders of Diplomatic/official Passports
- Persons having educational qualifications of matriculation and above
- Persons above the age of 50 years
- Children up to the age of 18 years. (For re-issue of passport, after they attain the age of 18 years, documents to proof their non-ECR category has to be submitted, else ECR stamping will be done)
- Income-Tax payers (including Agricultural Income-Tax payees) in their individual capacity, their spouses and dependent children below the age 18 years.
- Persons possessing two years diploma from any institute recognized by the National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) or State Council of Vocational Training (SCVT), or persons holding three years diploma/equivalent degree from institutions, such as Polytechnics recognized by the Central/State Governments of India
- Nurses possessing qualifications recognized under the Indian Nursing Council Act. 1947
- All professional Degree holders , their spouses and dependent children. Examples of professional degree holders are Doctors holding MBBS degree or equivalent degree in AYURVED or HOMEOPATHY, accredited Journalists, Engineers, Chartered Accountants, Cost Accountants, Lecturers, Teachers, Scientists, Advocates, etc
- All persons who have been staying abroad for more than three years (the period of three years could be either in one stretch or broken) and their spouses
- Seamen who are in possession of Continuous Discharge Certificate (CDC), or Sea Cadets and Deck Cadets
a. who have passed the final examination of three years B.Sc. Nautical Sciences courses at T.S. Chanakya, Mumbai and b. who have undergone three months pre-sea training at any of the Government approved training institutes, such as T.S. Chanakya, T.S. Rehman, T.S. Jawahar, MTI (SCI) and NIPM, CHENNAI, after production of identity cards issued by the Shipping Master at Mumbai/Kolkata/Chennai - Persons holding Permanent Immigration Visa, such as the visas of UK, USA and Australia.
How to apply for ECNR stamping
If and only if you are travelling to any of the below countries for employment, you need to get ECNR stamp, if you does not have already:
United Arab Emirates (UAE), The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Malaysia, Libya, Jordan, Yemen, Sudan, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Syria, Lebanon, Thailand and Iraq.
You have either to get the entire ECR stamp deleted, or if your are not eligible (categories listed above), you may get a temporary Emigration Suspension before leaving India. If the applicant does not have Non-ECR status then All such ECR passport holders need to obtain Emigration Clearance Certificate from the Protector-General of Emigrants, Ministry of Overseas India Affairs.
Documents required for ECNR (non-ECR) status:
All eligibility documents list can be seen here: Non-ECR documents list
Protector of Emigrants (PoE) offices for Emigration clearance:
The POE offices in India are situated at the following places:
- Protector of Emigrant office New Delhi
Jaisalmar House, Canteen Block, Man Singh Road,
New Delhi
Tel No. 011-2338 2472 - Protector of Emigrant office Mumbai
Building “E” Khira Nagar, S.V. Road, Santacruz (West),
Mumbai-400 054
Tel No. 022-2614 7393 - Protector of Emigrant office Kolkata
Room No. 116 A Wing, 3rd MSO Building, DF Block,
Salt Lake, Kolkata-700 064
Tel No. 033-2334 3407 - Protector of Emigrant office Chennai
Tamil Nadu Housing Board Complex, Ashok Nagar,
Chennai-600 083
Tel No. 044-2489 1337 - Protector of Emigrant office Hyderabad
8th Floor, Chandra Vihar Complex, Opp. Exhibition Ground,
M.J. Road, Hyderabad. - Protector of Emigrant office Trivandrum
Suganth, 24/846 (I), Thycaud,
Trivandrum-695 014
Tel No. 0471-2324835 - Protector of Emigrant office Chandigarh
Kendriya Sadan, 5th Block, Ground Floor,
Sector-9-A, Chandigarh
Tel No. 0172-2741790 - Protector of Emigrant office Cochin
3RD Floor Putherickal Building, Market Road, Ernakulam.
Kerala – 682035
Tel. No. 0484-2360187 - Protector of Emigrant office Jaipur
Hall No.3, RIICO CFC Building, Sitapura Industrial Area, Sitapura,
Jaipur-302022
Documents required for emigration clearance at PoE office:
- Passport (valid at least for six months)
- Valid Employment Visa
- Contract Duly Signed by Foreign Employer
- Valid Pravasi Bhartiya Bima Policy 2006
- Affidavit from Candidate Declaring Genuineness of Documents
Hi star I am moulasab I am going saudhi arbiya by agent
I give the Pasport by agent for emigration check required
I waiting for two month back pleas sir
@Moulasab
You need to get emigration clearance from PoE office. Please get your documents back from agent and visit PoE office.
Respected sir
How Can I find any visa applied for visa for Dubai recently?
Kindly do me needful its very urgent,plz send me through mail [email protected]
Regards
N.Selvakumar
@Selvakumar
We don’t have any idea on such service.
Respected sir,Thankyou for replying me.I would like you to recommend a good agency or other way to get work in Dubai or UAE arrange in a proper way?kindly suggest & help me urgently.
@Selvakumar
We don’t have much idea about good agency or other companies.
Once again happy and thankyou for your kind response.
I need to have Passport from Mumbai Sevakendra and my address proof documents are of my Village Address.
Please inform that about the Possibility.
@Rikesh
You would need to provide local mumbai address proofs
DEAR,Pankaj I NEED ECNR stamp on my passport for UAE. so pleace help me what to do ?
@Muhammad
You should apply for reissue of passport after submitting ECNR eligibility proof.
Hi pankaj….at present i am staying in uae and i am working(working visa) here.my passport do not have ecnr stamp.my question is Will i be able to fly back to uae after visiting India?
@Aftar
If you come back from India with employment visa, you would be stopped at airport for not having ECNR.
You can get passport reissued for ECNR in India or in UAE.
Dear sir,
my passport ECR ,i am apply passport office ECNR rile-ted,
but passport office issue new passport ECNR,
my visa have UAE work permit visa old passport number,
possible to travel UAE new passport with,
Thanks,
@Naushad
Visa on old passport would still be valid and you need to carry both passports.
Sir in my passport ecr required can I go to malaysia?
@Salim
If you are not going for employment, you can go even with ECR status.
hi.. my friend who is a tailor wants to go to uae. he had been in oman for some months before. in his passport it seems ecnr for oman. so cant he travel to Dubai now. he is not having sslc.
@Manju
ECNR is required for traveling to Oman/Dubai/UAE for employment.
He should get ECNR status passport or emigration clearance from PoE office before traveling.
I have ecr passport and poe clearance stamp on my passport and.for howmuch period poe stamp is valid or it is valid for only one trip.kindly advice.
@Pavan
It would be valid for one trip.
But if go back for same employer and country in a short time (6-7 months), it may be accepted again too.
Dear sir. I have a dubai electrician visa i need immigration clear passport,how can i applay this i dont have any certificate for education so please help me sir
@Jamaludin
If you are not eligible for ECNR, you can get emigration clearance from PoE office.
Dear Sir,
I have a doubt regarding visit visa for saudiarabia. When 3 months visa is expired in time. What is the alternate solution for that.what are the documents required for that
@Yasar
We don’t have information regarding visa renewals.
Hi sir,
I got poe stamp for Dubai with years visa.if I will come for holidays and is I want again poe stamp for to go dubai.
@Vinodhan
If you come for short visit and going back for same employer and country, restamping may not be required.
as my brother is holding a ECR passport and he has got a oppertunity to work in uae. so he is having a employment visa but due to immegration he is not allowed to fly abroad.
please help me what can be done or what we need to do as his visa is going to expire soon.
expecting a favourable reply at the earliest in my e-mail id given above.
@Ujjwal
Either he can get passport reissued for ECNR status or can get emigration clearance from PoE office.
Dear sir
My passport have ECR stamp. I received my employment visa. So what to do ECNR or Emigration.
If ECNR then it will no be problem due to visa has old passport number.
@Mohamed
If possible you should get passport reissued only for ECNR as its a permanent solution.
Visa on old passport would remain valid and you need to carry both passports.
Dear Sir,
My passports issued after January 2007, I didn’t have any stamp on 2nd page of my passport. I want to go anywhere in gulf countries. I require ecnr stamp in my passport. Please guide me asap.
@Atul
As you don’t have ECR stamp your passport is already with ECNR status.
Dear Sir,
Will they ask for papers or certificates at the emigration in airport even after having a ecnr passport for job in dubai. And is it possible to get ecnr done with income tax paper.
@Gabriel
If you have ECNR status, emigration officer won’t ask you papers or certificates.
My passport is ECR stamp can i go to abroad with tourist visa not for any job or employment
@Khireswar
yes, you can go to any country on tourist visa with ECR status passport.
Mr. Batra thanks for your info.
Actually we had already send his passport to POE a couple of month for emigration clearance via agency but they sent his passport back without emigration clearance. they said emigration clearance process in PoE is closed from few month back. is it so?????
@Ujjawal
Emigration clearance is closed for unskilled workers and for skilled workers also, attestation from Indian embassy for respective country is required.
dear sir,
company room provided it is addarge proff it is submit to passport present addarge . it is posiable
@Rikesh
Yes, you can provide same if you have proof for same.
You can ask employer to write declaration for you for this address.
dear pankaj,
i just want to know whether visa on arrival for australian citizen is available in delhi airport?
@Rashad
They would need to apply online for same
Read more here: https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/tvoa.html