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According to the Emigration Act of 1983, certain Indian passport holders need to obtain an Emigration Clearance from the ‘Protector of Emigrants’ office before travelling to certain countries.
ECNR in passport denotes that an Emigration Check is not required for your passport. All passports without notation issued in or after January 2007 are ECNR passports.
Now that you know what an ECNR passport means, let's proceed to its eligibility criteria.
Here is the list of applicants eligible for ECNR -
You need to apply for ECNR before travelling to any of the countries stated below -
You can apply for ECNR in these simple steps -
Different documents are required for different types of applicants to apply for ECNR.
Here is the complete list of ECNR passport documents for your reference.
|
Passport Holder Type |
Documents |
|
Official or Diplomatic passport holders |
Only diplomatic passport is required |
|
Those with matriculation or any higher qualifications |
Pass certificates |
|
Those more than 50 years of age |
Birth certificate, School Leaving Certificate, Date of birth and place according to the specimen provided in Annexure A |
|
All children till 18 years old, For re-issue of passport once they turn 18 years old |
School Leaving Certificate |
|
Seamen with CDC or Continuous Discharge Certificate, and Sea Cadets |
Continuous Discharge Certificate |
|
Those with a permanent immigration visa |
Permanent Resident Card or photocopy of the immigration visa |
|
Self |
Spouse |
Dependent Children |
|
Identity certificate as mentioned in Annexure A, NOC as per Annexure M, PI letter as per Annexure N. |
Identity as mentioned in Annexure B, Joint affidavit as per Annexure D, Marriage certificate photocopy attested |
Identity certificate according to Annexure B, Birth certificate Certificate of leaving school, Copy of the passport of the government employee |
|
Self |
Spouse |
Dependent Children |
|
Assessment proof for actual income tax payment and income tax in the previous year, IT return statement (in case of the past one year. It must be stamped by IT authorities) and PAN card photocopy |
Marriage certificate photocopy (attested) |
Birth certificate, School leaving certificate |
|
Self |
Spouse |
Dependent Children |
|
Certificate of professional degree |
Photocopy of marriage certificate (attested), Joint affidavit according to Annexure D |
Birth certificate, Certificate of school leaving |
|
Self |
Spouse |
|
Passport photocopy, including the page with ECR/ECNR |
Marriage certificate photocopy (attested), Joint affidavit as mentioned in Annexure D |
Typically, the ECNR stamping process takes about three to four days from the date of application.
To check your ECNR status, you need to submit the following documents.
If you wish to travel abroad for employment, you first need to remove the ECR stamp from your passport. The steps to remove it are listed below.
Keeping these pointers in mind will help you understand ECNR in your passport better.
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