What changes has the government decided to bring to the Indian passport? As the passport’s last page will not be printed now, passport holders with an ECR status would be issued a passport with an orange-coloured jacket. Also Read | Orange passports: Government discriminatory towards migrant workers, says Rahul GandhiWhat is ‘ECR’ status? Thus, all regular passports are either endorsed with an ‘Emigration Check Required (ECR)’ status or with ‘Emigration Check Not Required (ECNR)’ status. For passports issued before January 2007, no notation on the last page of the passport means ‘ECR’; for passports issued in or after January 2007, no notation in the passport means ‘ECNR’.

Source: Indian Express January 15, 2018 19:23 UTC