What is ECNR? Who requires it? Can anyone explain in detail.?

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What is ECNR? Who requires it? Can anyone explain in detail.?

Answer 1

ECNR : Emigration Check Not required

http://www.immihelp.com/nri/ecnr-emmigra...

As per the Emigration Act, 1983, Emigration Check Required (ECR) categories of Indian passport holders, require to obtain "Emigration Clearance" from the office of Protector of Emigrants (POE), Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs for going to following 18 countries.

  United Arab Emirates (UAE), The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Malaysia, Libya, Jordan, Yemen, Sudan, Brunei, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Syria, Lebanon, Thailand, Iraq (emigration banned).

However , the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (Emigration Policy Division) have allowed  ECR passport holders traveling 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.

          Nowadays, RPOs are issuing Indian passports either with endorsement of  ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚€ÂœEmigration Check Required” or no endorsement of “Emigration Check Required” in the passport.  POE clearance is required only when there is “Emigration Check Required” endorsement in the passport

Check more on http://www.immigrationindia.nic.in/

The POE offices in India are situated at the following places:



1

Jaisalmar House,

Canteen Block, Man Singh Road,

New Delhi.

Tel No. 011-2338 2472 5 8th Floor, Chandra Vihar Complex,

Opp. Exhibition Ground, M.J. Road,

Hyderabad.

2

Building "E" Khira Nagar,

S.V. Road, Santacruz (West)

Mumbai-400 054

Tel No. 022-2614 7393 6 Suganth, 24/846 (I),

Thycaud,

Trivandrum-695 014

Tel No. 0471-2324835



3

Room No. 116 A Wing,

3rd MSO Building, DF Block,

Salt Lake, Kolkata-700 064

Tel No. 033-2334 3407 7 Kendriya Sadan,

5th Block, Ground Floor,

Sector-9-A,

Chandigarh

Tel No. 0172-2741790

4

Tamil Nadu Housing Board Complex,

Ashok Nagar,

Chennai-600 083

Tel No. 044-2489 1337 8

Mercy Estate,4th Floor,                                                                 Ravi Puram, MG Road,                                                                Cochin-82015                                                                                  

Tel. No. 0484-2360187

Answer 2

As per the Emigration Act, 1983, Emigration Check Required (ECR) categories of Indian passport holders, require to obtain "Emigration Clearance" from the office of Protector of Emigrants (POE), Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs for going to following 18 countries.

  United Arab Emirates (UAE), The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Malaysia, Libya, Jordan, Yemen, Sudan, Brunei, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Syria, Lebanon, Thailand, Iraq (emigration banned).

However , the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (Emigration Policy Division) have allowed  ECR passport holders traveling 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.

Nowadays, RPOs are issuing Indian passports either with endorsement of  Ã¢Â€ÂœEmigration Check Required” or no endorsement of “Emigration Check Required” in the passport.  POE clearance is required only when there is “Emigration Check Required” endorsement in the passport

Answer 3

http://www.immigrationindia.nic.in/

The POE offices in India are situated at the following places:

1

Jaisalmar House,

Canteen Block, Man Singh Road,

New Delhi.

Tel No. 011-2338 2472 5 8th Floor, Chandra Vihar Complex,

Opp. Exhibition Ground, M.J. Road,

Hyderabad.

2

Building "E" Khira Nagar,

S.V. Road, Santacruz (West)

Mumbai-400 054

Tel No. 022-2614 7393 6 Suganth, 24/846 (I),

Thycaud,

Trivandrum-695 014

Tel No. 0471-2324835

3

Room No. 116 A Wing,

3rd MSO Building, DF Block,

Salt Lake, Kolkata-700 064

Tel No. 033-2334 3407 7 Kendriya Sadan,

5th Block, Ground Floor,

Sector-9-A,

Chandigarh

Tel No. 0172-2741790

4

Tamil Nadu Housing Board Complex,

Ashok Nagar,

Chennai-600 083

Tel No. 044-2489 1337 8

Mercy Estate,4th Floor, Ravi Puram, MG Road, Cochin-82015

Tel. No. 0484-2360187