What is the full form of ECR
What is the full form of ECR
ECR: Emigration Check Required
ECR stands for Emigration Check Required. It is related to the type of passport. Your passport can be either ECR (Emigration Check Required) type or Non-ECR or ECNR (Emigration Check Not Required) type. It depends on the following two conditions:
- If a person who has applied for the passport does not provide his or her matriculation certificate, the case may be that he has not passed the 10th class (Matriculation), his or her passport will be of ECR types, or it will fall under ECR category, i.e., it will have a stamp of ECR.
- A person who has passed the 10th class (Matriculation) and provides his 10th class certificate for the passport, then his or her passport will be of Non-ECR or ECNR type. So, if you are 10th pass, by default you are eligible for ECNR category passport.
How to know if a passport is a ECR or non-ECR (previously ECNR)?
If a passport (old booklet type) does not contain ECR stamp (normally the stamping is done on page 3 of the passport), it is a non-ECR passport.
In the new type of passport booklet, ‘Emigration Check Required’ is printed just above the Name of father / Legal Guardian column on the last page of the booklet.
If there is no stamping or printing of ECR status on the passport booklet, then the passport is a non-ECR passport (previously ECNR).