Pravasi Varthakal

NORKA ROOTS is a public sector undertaking under the Department. In addition NORKA ROOTS is licensed by Protector General of Emigrants as a licensed recruiting agency. It provides assistance to evacuate NRKs from strife torn areas and to transport them to their home towns.

The Department has no Directorate, instead NORKA ROOTS implements the welfare schemes for the Government. NORKA coordinates efforts for remedial action on threats to the lives and property of those who are left at home, for tracing missing persons abroad, for obtaining compensation from sponsors for taking action on cheating by recruiting agents and other such grievances of Non-Resident Keralites (NRKs). On 6th December 1996, Government of Kerala launched the Department of Non Resident Keralite’s Affairs (NORKA) to redress the grievances of non resident Keralites both in India and abroad and to have a sustainable partnership with them.

NORKA is the first Department of its kind in India.NORKA attestation centres in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode provide attestation facilities of educational qualification documents. According to the Kerala Migration Survey, there are 22 Lakh migrant workers from Kerala, 90% are in Gulf Cooperation Council countries.

WHO CAN APPLY:

1.Age Between 18-65

2.Minimum 2 Years Employed in Abroad

DOCUMENTS NEED FOR APPLY

1    1.Passport size photo(in .JPG format)

       2. Copy of passport that shows the VISA details(in .PDF format)

       3.Project report of the business(in .PDF format)

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