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 10^th 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 10^th class (Matriculation) and provides his 10^th class certificate for the passport, then his or her passport will be of Non-ECR or ECNR type. So, if you are 10^th 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).