About PDOT
In light of Ministry of External Affairs motto ‘Surakshit Jaaye, Prashikshit Jaaye,
Vishwas ke Saath Jaaye” MEA started its flagship program, Pre-Departure
Orientation Training (PDOT) in 2018. Under this program, the emigrant going abroad
for employment is given a free of cost 8 hours Orientation training in order to apprise
him with the Dos and Don’ts of the country of employment, his rights and welfare
measures made available to him by Government of India. PDOT started with 4
centres in Delhi and Mumbai and has now expanded to 41 PDOT centres across
India in partnership with State Governments and NSDC.
Benefits of PDOT
This training helps migrant workers in learning about the culture, language and
regulations of their destination country to ensure their safety and security. Further,
the program gives the migrant an opportunity to know about the welfare measures
undertaken by Indian Government for their benefit such as Indian Community
Welfare Fund (ICWF), Pravasi Bharatiya Bima Yojana (PBBY), eMigrate Portal,
MADAD Portal, Pravasi Bharatiya Kendras (PBSKs) and 24 X 7 helplines at Indian
Embassies and Consulates.
Online PDOT Registration
In the aftermath of strict lockdown imposed due to COVID-19 pandemic various type
of travel restrictions were put in place and it was getting difficult for an Emigrant to
travel to the PDOT centre. Thus, to ensure seamless delivery of PDOT to the Indian
Emigrants, and to enable them to undergo PDOT as per their convenience, Online
PDOT module has been introduced by MEA as another step towards ensuring safe
and legal migration. In this module every emigrant has a choice to either undergo
Online or Offline PDOT at each centre as per their convenience. At the end of the
training they have the option of downloading the PDOT completion certificate. This
intervention is proving to be a landmark step in empowering our Indian Emigrants
and will expand the reach of PDOT multiple times.
To know the procedure for Online PDOT registration kindly visit: