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Visas issued for foreigners in Sri Lanka extended

09 May, 2020

The Department of Immigration and Emigration today announced that the visas issued for foreigners in Sri Lanka has been further extended.

Accordingly, the validity period of all types of visas issued for foreigners in Sri Lanka have been extended for another period of 30 days with effect from 12th May 2020 to 11th June 2020.

All the applicants are hereby advise to pay the relevant visa fee and get the visa endorsed in the passport by securing an appointment via https://eservices.immigration.gov.lk/vs?on or before 11th June 2020.

Those who possess due Appointment Notice are only be permitted to enter the Department.

Limited number of appointments will be given per day and the applicants should be present at the Department 15 minutes prior to the allocated time.

If an applicant is unable to be present at the given time, the appointment becomes invalid after 10 minutes of grace period.

In such circumstances, the applicants will not be allowed to enter the Department premises and will need to obtain a new appointment. (Colombo Gazette)

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