No emigration check for visits abroad: Vayalar

No emigration check for visits abroad: Vayalar.
NEW DELHI ? Indians going on a visit abroad can soon stop bothering about the "emigration check required" clause on their passports, Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said here yesterday. They will not have to run around seeking suspension of that clause. 'The government is soon going to do away with the system of giving suspension to ECR status to people going abroad on visit visas,' Ravi said at a function to launch a digital integrated media platform for persons of Indian origin (PIOs). Under the Indian Emigration Act, 1983, anybody whose passport is endorsed with the ECR clause has to obtain emigration clearance (in case of employment visa) or suspension of emigration check requirement (in case of visit visa) from the office of the Protector of Emigrants (PoE) under the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA).