more-inIndians flying abroad will not be required to fill departure cards from July 1, 2017. However, those going out of the country via rail, seaport and land immigration check posts will have to fill the embarkation card. The move is aimed at ensuring hassle-free movement of Indians going abroad. At present, those going abroad need to fill in details such as name, date of birth, passport number, address in India, flight number and date of boarding in the departure card. The need for Indians to fill such cards on their arrival in India has already been done away with.

Source: The Hindu June 30, 2017 09:33 UTC