As a high school student in India, will I receive an ECR or non-ECR passport?

4/17/2016 2:46:45 PM

An Indian passport with ECR stamp will be issued only to those persons who are not educated i.e. they have not formally graduated class 10th (in other words have not passed Matriculation examination).

As you are pursuing BE, which clearly implies that you have graduated/passed your 10th grade examination (regardless of CBSE or state board). So you will have to apply for ECNR passport.

4/17/2016 8:35:30 AM

As you have not yet graduated, you require ENCR if you are traveling for purposes of work to certain countries; as stated plainly on http://boi.gov.in/content/encrecr:

As per the Emigration Act, 1983, Emigration Check Required (ECR)
categories of Indian passport holders, require to obtain “Emigration
Clearance” from the office of Protector of Emigrants (POE), Ministry
of Overseas Indian Affairs for going to following 18 countries.

United Arab Emirates (UAE), The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Qatar,
Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Malaysia, Libya, Jordan, Yemen, Sudan, Brunei,
Afghanistan, Indonesia, Syria, Lebanon, Thailand, Iraq (emigration
banned).

However , the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (Emigration Policy
Division) have allowed ECR passport holders traveling abroad for
purposes others than employment to leave the country on production of
valid passport, valid visa and return ticket at the immigration
counters at international airports in India w.e.f. 1st October 2007.

Once you graduate, you are no longer subject to ECR, as listed here; you will need to provide to matriculation certificate.

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