ECR PASSPORT ഉള്ളവർ ECNR രെജിട്രേഷൻ ചെയ്യണോ | RULE OF ECR PASSPORT FOR ECNR REGISTRATION

ECR PASSPORT ഉള്ളവർ ECNR രെജിട്രേഷൻ ചെയ്യണോ | ECNR REAGISTRATION NOT REQUIRED FOR ECR PASSPORT

ECNR registration malayalam ECNR REGITRATION സമ്പൂർണ വിവരണം 18 countries Afghanistan, Bahrain, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Thailand, UAE and Yemen. Indian citizens holding Non-Emigration Check Required (non-ECR or ECNR) passports will now to have to mandatorily register themselves online before travelling to 18 countries, on an employment visa, according to a new advisory issued by India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). The registration has to be completed on the portal, www.emigrate.gov.in, at least 24 hours before departure. Those who fail to register will not be allowed to travel to these 18 countries – Qatar, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Thailand, the UAE and Yemen – for employment starting January 1, 2019, the MEA has said. Off-loading of unregistered non-ECR emigrants at the airports would be effected by the appropriate authority after January 1, 2019,” the advisory continues, adding that there is no change in existing procedures for all other visa categories. Some reports suggested that the new rule applies only to those Indians who are flying to these countries for the first time on an employment visa. Earlier, only holders of Emigration Check Required (ECR) passports were required to get prior approval before travelling to these 18 countries.