Department of Immigration and Emigration

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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Inquiry

Passports

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

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....

Status
Inquiry

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....

Arrival /
Departure e-Card

Latest News

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING...

07 02 2023 - 08:55 AM

MOU signed between Sri Lanka Immigration & Emigration department and Maldives Immigration to enhance the cooperation between two parties on immigration....

Golden Paradise Visa...

31 05 2022 - 10:20 AM

‘Golden Paradise Visa’ is a special category of Residence Visa which is a permit for foreigners to obtain residence facilities for the purpose of making investment in a government approved bank. The spouse and the dependents of....

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.