\WI \ . . ~ ' IMMEDIATE I BY F AX! BY POST NQ, Z - 1 1 025/9012007 - Emig Gov.ernment ofin dia Mi n istry o f Iilv , erseas I n dian Affairs [Emigrati o n S ec ti on] h i 1:.11111. Akb ar Bha wan , Cbanaky a puri , New D elh i , D ated: 26.09.0 7 T o I All the P OE s. S ub j oc t: Abolition of the Proc edure of Emigration Che c k R quired Suspensi o n (E C R S) wi th effect from 1.10.07 - regardi n g . , \S .:;Jl r ~ L . . ' In p ursuance o f t he o rd ers i ss u e d vi d e ' M' O IA's u OM c rlat ed 20.09.07 o n th e s ub jeci m en t i o n ed above, (copy e n closed) it is s ta ted tha t th e prpcedure of grant of ECRS Clearance stands abolished w.e.f. 1'1 October. 2007. Y ou ar e, therefore, r eq u est ed n o to pr ocess any case of gran t of EC R S clea r ance with effect fro m the said date. 2. C onsequently, w.e.f . 111 October, 2007 " the ECR passport hold e rs 1raveUng abroad for purpose s otber than empl o yment will be allowed to leave the country on produ c tion o f valid pa ss p o rt , v a l id vi sa and return t i c k e ~ at the Immigration C ounters at th e lnternstional,llirports in India. The data on all such passengers going abroad in tenos of the country a nd the dura li' on of the visit will be maint ai ned b y tbe Bureau ollmmigrstion . . ,;; , 3. I n case a n y perso n a ppr o a c h es P OE office for . gran t of E CRS cl eara n ce, w . eJ. I " October. 2007, the POE may p rovi d e him a copy o f t he MO I A ord e r wi th an end ors em ent ind i cating the authority t o be c on ta cted at th e po rt o f d e p art ure fo r re d r ess ed of grievance, i f an y , in this · regard. 4. P O Es are r eq ues te d to g e t in to uc h w i th alI · c onc e rned aut ho rities viz. I mmigrati on authorities, RP Os et c. in t hei r ju is d i ctio n i n o rd er t o e n su r e that passen g ers or persons ap pr oa chin g the conce rn e d au t ho riti es . b efo r e de p ar tu re fo r th e v i si t p u rp ose s are not in co nv e nie nc ed o r h ar as sed an d t h ei r d e p a rtu re fr om the countiy on th e va lid d oc um e n ts is ma d e smooth · and t ro ub l e free. 5 . F urther you a re re quested t o give wi d e ci rc u l ation to these instructions in your juris di c t ion an d by a ll p oss i ble means also bring it to tb e no t ice of a ll t he RAs, RA As s ociations and the gene r a l public . Th e ins truct ions m ay a lso b e di s play ed. p r o min e ntl y o n th e notice board in the POE office. . '. Yours f aithfully . ¥f!~ . (R.C.Me en a) U n d e r Se cr etary t o th e Gov ernmen t of i ndi a Te l e: 68 7423 6 Fax: 24197944 Co py f o r informati o n , neces sa ry action & c o mpliance to : 1. J oin t Di re ctor, B ur eau of I mmlgnrt i o n, MHA , New Delhi, w i th a r eq u es t t o issue n ecessary instruc t ions in th i s regard to all the co n cern ed a uth o ri ties Wlder the ir adm i ni s trati v e c o n t ro l. 2. I S (Gulf) ME A IJS (C S) , MHA . " 3. All RPOs. . . ", 4 . I nd ian Miss i o n s i n all E C R c ount r ies : . : ;;,,,'. ~ _ 5 .. Dr. RK Venna, Sr. Technical Directofj , N! C wi t h a so ft copy. . :. .. ~ .. .;;... :.;"'0 - 5· · .. 1'" .... r. ">I :;-:fI.fir."""l.;' •. ' ; . .. . ' . ,.( . / ~ · . ' · , ' . .. . ; ~ . .. (R . C. M e eno) U n d e r Sec r etary to the G ov ernment o fI ndi a /-:;r . - ~ ~ ~ ... . ::'"'~.~ ;:-r.; ~ n.:.i. > . ~ . . . . ";'''::'-'<'~':"'' .... ~ ~ .... . . ..... ~ '