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Application for Emergency Assistance for Non Resident Keralites

Financial aid will be disbursed from Saturday to COVID-19-affected Non-Resident Keralites (NoRKs) who had returned to the State and NoRKs who got stranded here because of the infection-induced travel restrictions.The assistance will be distributed through NoRKA-Roots and the Kerala Pravasi Welfare Fund.The government is extending ₹5,000 as emergency financial assistance to all those who had returned to Kerala after January 1 and could not return due to the ban on international flights. The emergency relief will also be given to NoRKs whose visas expired during the lockdown that commenced on March 25.

Application process

The NoRKs should upload their name, address, mobile number, passport number, address pages, travel information page, passport, invoice document, visa page and bank details for processing the application. The deadline for applying online for assistance is April 30.