Emigration Act, 1983 provides that no citizen of India shall migrate unless he obtains emigration clearance from Protector of Emigrants. It has been recognized that certain countries (currently 17) do not provide avenues for grievance redressal. Thus they have been categorized as Emigration Check Required (ECR) countries. Hence, all persons, having ECR endorsed passports and going to any of the 17 ECR countries for taking up employment require emigration clearance. However, ECR passport holders going to any ECR country for purposes other than employment do not require emigration clearance. No specific mention of ECNR is made on the passports and the ones not endorsed as ECR, automatically belong to ECNR category.
You can check the details of registered Recruiting Agents on the eMigrate portal (https://emigrate.gov.in/External website that opens in a new window).
Initial registration has to be done on the eMigrate system (https://emigrate.gov.in/ ) .This can be done directly from any computer with internet facility.
Contact the foreign company directly to confirm is this letter is genuine. You can also send us an email at labour.doha@mea.gov.in.
You can lodge a complaint in the eMigrate or Madad Portals (www.emigrate.gov.in or www.madad.gov.in ) or call up the Overseas Workers Resource Centre (OWRC) on 1800 11 3090 for further assistance.
The complaint can be registered on one of the online portals of the Ministry eMigrate (https://emigrate.gov.in/External website) or the ‘Madad’ Portal (www.madad.gov.in ) or sent to the Protector General of Emigrants, along with details for taking necessary action.
Semi-skilled individuals who seek emigration clearance directly from the Protectors of Emigrants (and not through Recruiting Agents) are required to produce the following documents in original for scrutiny and return:-
Unskilled workers and women (not below 30 years of age) seeking employment abroad shall continue to furnish (in original) the following documents at the time of obtaining emigration clearance:
Recruiting agents who seek emigration clearance for skilled/semiskilled workers are required to produce: -
In addition to the requirements for skilled/semiskilled workers, all employment documents mentioned in (ii) above have to be duly attested by the Indian Embassy.
The specimen employment contract lays down the basic terms and conditions of employment including salary, accommodation, medical cover, transport, etc.
In the case of vulnerable categories of workers i.e. unskilled Labor and housemaids/domestic workers, in respect of six countries viz. Yemen, Lebanon, Libya, Jordan, Sudan, and Kuwait, these employment documents are required to be attested by the concerned Indian Embassy / Consulate (s).
Emigration clearance to women to work abroad as housemaids/domestic servants etc.
On the recommendations of the National Commission for Women, a ban was imposed on grant of emigration clearance to women below the age of thirty (30) years for all kinds of employment in any ECR country.
Such women who have come on leave to India and wish to go back to the same foreign employer are not subject to the said ban and the POEs have been empowered to grant a ‘no objection certificate’ to such women applicants to facilitate clearance by Immigration Authorities at the International Airports in India. The said ban is not applicable to:
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There are 10 Protector of Emigrants (POE) offices across India. The details are as below:
Ser |
Location |
Address |
Contact Number |
1 |
Mumbai |
Building "E" Khira Nagar, S.V. Road, Santacruz (West) Mumbai-400 054 |
022-2614 7393 |
2 |
Kolkata |
Room No. 18, A Wing, MSO Building, 3rd Floor, DF Block, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700064 |
033-2334 3407 |
3 |
Chennai |
Tamil Nadu Housing Board Complex, Ashok Nagar, Chennai-600 083 |
044-24891337 |
4 |
Delhi |
Jaisalmar House, Canteen Block, Man Singh Road, New Delhi |
011-23382472 |
5 |
Kochi |
Mercy Estate,4th Floor, RaviPuram,MG Road, Cochin-682015 |
0484-2360187 |
6 |
Hyderabad |
8th Floor,Chandra Vihar Complex, Opp. Exhibition Ground, M.J. Road, Hyderabad |
040-24652557 |
7 |
Thiruvananthapuram |
Suganth, 24/846 (I), Thycaud, Trivandrum-695 014 |
0471-2324835 |
8 |
Chandigarh |
Kendriya Sadan, 5th Block, Ground Floor, 9Sector-9-A, Chandigarh |
0172-2741790 |
9 |
Jaipur |
Hall No. 3, RIICO CFC Building, Sitapura Industrial Area Sitapura, Jaipur-302022 |
0141 -2771528 |
10 |
Rae Bareli |
1st Floor, Rudra Plaza, Hospital Road, Rae Bareli |
0535 –2211122 |
If you lose your passport, then please inform the nearest police station or the CEID and obtain a copy of the FIR. Also inform the Embassy without delay. Passport is a valuable document and in case it gets misused, you can be held responsible, if you have not informed the police and the Embassy. You may apply for a duplicate passport with the documents enumerated above. If your passport gets damaged, you can get it replaced. In case of damaged / lost passports (except in case of habitual losers), provided your original passport was issued at the Indian Embassy in Doha, you should get a passport in about 10 days. If you have applied for a duplicate passport in place of a passport which was originally issued at some other passport office, it can take up to 45 days. A duplicate passport may not be issued for the second loss/damage of passport unless the circumstances are adequately explained. Habitual losers of passports will be denied further passport facilities. All such duplicate passports which have been re-issued against lost/damaged passports will be submitted for post-police verification. Hence, the applicants are requested to fill up and submit the Personal Particulars Form along with the application.
Emigration clearance is required for employment in the following countries (18 in total): United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Malaysia, Libya, Jordan, Yemen, Sudan, Brunei, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Syria, Lebanon, Thailand, and Iraq. ECR passport holders taking up employment in the above-mentioned list of 17 countries require emigration clearance from the office of the Protector of Emigrants (POE) before leaving India; otherwise, they will be stopped from traveling at the port of exit. ECR passport holders traveling abroad for a purpose other than employment, to any of the list of 17 countries, will be allowed to leave the country on production of valid passport, valid visa and return ticket at the immigration counters of an international airport in India. However, action can be taken against you for misrepresenting the purpose of your journey.
ECR passport holders taking up employment in the list of 17 countries mentioned in the instructions of passport application form require emigration clearance from the office of the Protector of Emigrants (POE) before leaving India; otherwise, they will be stopped from travelling at the port of exit. A passport holder having employment visa in passport does not require clearance from POE when they go back after a short visit to India, else emigration clearance is required.