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Even I went through a Similar Trauma
by Saurav Banerjee on Dec 20, 2006 11:23 AM

Hi Vijay, I can fully empathise with you. Even my family went through a similar trauma at the Mumbai Airport, last year. Despite having a residence visa my wife & 2 kids aged 5 & 1 year respectively were refused to board the Emirates flight to Dubai by the immigration staff despite having checked-in b'cos of the fact that my wife's passport they claimed required Emigration Check. Thanks to some Babu in the passport office the line which was crossed across Emigration Check Required stretched upto ECNR and hence depite being a PG, my wife was refused immigration clearance. She begged the immigration staff and requested them that the passport office in Mumbai has confirmed that the passport is ECNR but it fell on deaf ears.

It is extremely unfortunate that people at the airport are more inclined in filling their pockets instead of being a little humane in their behaviour. It's high time that such issues are brought out in the open and action taken against such erring people. We have Pravasi Bhariti Sammelan every year where so much emphasis is given on NRI's contributing to the growth of the country but how unfortunate it is that the same Pravasi Bharti is treated with humiliation

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