Department of Immigration and Emigration

Important : Stop getting imprisoned, paying penalty and facing unnecessary troubles by preventing from illegal entry to foreign countries, forgery of travel documents, misuse of a visit/ tourist visa for irregular employments and other purposes of diverse nature.

Citizenship

Citizenship Division offers you the services of registering your overseas born child/ children, renouncing Sri Lankan Citizenship, or registering person as a Sri Lankan Dual....

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Visa Services

One Month Tourist Visa Extension

Six Month Tourist / Business Visa Extension

A Sri Lankan visa is an endorsement on a passport or a similar document to facilitate the legal entry of non Sri Lankans into the country and to regulate the period of....

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Border Management

The major functions of this branch are to render an efficient service to the foreigners as well as Sri Lankans who travel in and out of the country through approved ports....

With effect from 10th August 2015, applicants applying for passports are required to provide digital photograph and fingerprints to the Department....

Latest News

Clarification 4...

04 08 2025 - 12:50 PM

Clarification of Procurement of Issuance System and Relevant Public Key Infrastructure Components for Personalization of e-Passports to the Department of Immigration and Emigration of Sri Lanka – Queries....

INVITATION FOR BIDS...

01 08 2025 - 10:20 AM

Procurement of Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of 09 Nos of UPSs for the Department of Immigration and Emigration Advertisement - DOWNLOAD Bidding Document....

Notice of Extension of Bid...

29 07 2025 - 09:40 AM

Procurement of Issuance System and Relevant Public Key Infrastructure Components for Personalization of e-Passports to the Department of Immigration and Emigration of Sri Lanka.....

Addendum 03...

28 07 2025 - 04:10 AM

Procurement of Issuance System and Relevant Public Key Infrastructure Components for Personalization of e-Passports to the Department of Immigration and Emigration of Sri Lanka.....

INVITATION FOR BIDS...

23 07 2025 - 11:30 AM

Procurement of Supply, Delivery, Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance of 22 Nos. of Document Scanner Machines for the Department of Immigration and Emigration IFB No: DIE/PRO/04/2025/24 Advertisement....

Clarification 3...

22 07 2025 - 14:40 PM

Clarification 2...

08 07 2025 - 15:40 PM

Notice of Extension of Bid...

02 07 2025 - 04:20 AM

Procurement of Issuance System and Relevant Public Key Infrastructure Components for Personalization of e-Passports to the Department of Immigration and Emigration of Sri Lanka.....

Addendum 02...

02 07 2025 - 04:10 AM

Procurement of Issuance System and Relevant Public Key Infrastructure Components for Personalization of e-Passports to the Department of Immigration and Emigration of Sri Lanka.....

Notice of Extension of Bid...

19 06 2025 - 12:40 PM

Procurement of Issuance System and Relevant Public Key Infrastructure Components for Personalization of e-Passports to the Department of Immigration and Emigration of Sri Lanka.....

Direct the complains on violations of visa conditions by foreigners to :
011 5749999 / acinvestigation@immigration.gov.lk

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Our Vision

To be the best immigration service in the region

Our Mission

We regulate the entry and exit of persons, and provide citizenship services, while safeguarding the nation's security & social order, and promoting economic development.

Powers, Duties and Functions Of The Immigration and Emigration Department

As mentioned in the preamble of Immigrants and Emigrants act no 20 of 1948 it has been enacted to make provision;

For controlling the entry into Sri Lanka of persons other than citizens of Sri Lanka.
For regulating the departure from Sri Lanka the citizens, and persons other than citizens of Sri Lanka.
For removing from Sri Lanka undesirable persons who are not citizens of Sri Lanka, and,
For other matters incidental to or connected with the matters aforesaid.