Sri Lankan passport

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The front cover of a non-biometric Sri Lankan passport.
Issued by  Sri Lanka
Type of document Passport
Purpose Identification
Eligibility requirements Sri Lankan citizenship
Expiration 10 years for adults and 3 years for minors (below 16 years of age).

Sri Lankan passports are issued to citizens of Sri Lanka for the purpose of international travel. The Department of Immigration and Emigration is responsible for issuing Sri Lankan passports.

Immigration and Emigration Department has began to issue biometric passports according to international standards with effect from 10 August 2015[1]

Types

All newly issued passports for adults will have a maximum validity of ten years from the date of issue under the Immigrants and Emigrants Act, regardless of when the previous passport (if any) was issued.

Cost and Validity

Type Valid countries Fee Validity
Normal Basis
(10 working days)
Urgent Basis
(same day)
Ordinary Passport For adults All countries රු.3,000 රු.10000 10 years
Specified countries* රු.1000 රු.2500
For Minors (below 16 years of age) All countries රු.2000 රු.5000 3 years
Specified countries* රු.1000 රු.1500
Official Passport All countries රු.3000 රු.10000 10 years
Diplomatic Passport
Emmergency Certificate India & Nepal රු.500 N/A 2 years (can be extended for further two years)
Non Machine Readable Passport & Temporary Travel Document N/A N/A රු.2500 valid only for one way travel to Sri Lanka

Specified countries* = Bahrain, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, India, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

In case of a lost passport, a fine of රු.10,000 charge in addition to the passport fee.

Identity information page

The Sri Lankan passport includes the following data:

The information page ends with the Machine Readable Zone.

Biometric Passport

From the 10 August 2015, all newly issued passports are to be enabled with Biometric interfaces to allow holders to be applicable for 'Visa Waiver Programmes' (VWP) available in certain countries. The passport is valid like the Machine Readable PP for 10 yrs. from issuance.

Citizens interested to receive this or renew their existing passport are to be photographed by authorized photo studios around the island and be present for "fingerprint scanning' at the office in Colombo and other major cities. A list of authorized studios are available here.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: (as at 10/08/2015)

Sri Lankan Passport for a Dual Citizen

Sri Lanka allows dual citizenship. However, under the 19th amendment of that country's constitution. An individual who holds citizenship in both Sri Lanka and another country can obtain a Sri Lankan passport.

An individual who holds citizenship in both Sri Lanka and another country can obtain a Sri Lankan passport by submitting the following documents.

(Download printable versions of the Application Forms here)

For further information: click here to be redirected to the department's website

Note of passport

The passport contains the following note :

Sinhalese:

මෙය දරන්නාට අවහිර බාධාවලින් තොරව නිදහසේ ගමන් කිරීමට සහ අවශ්‍යවන ආධාර ද ආරක්ෂාව ද සලස්වා දෙන ලෙසත් අදාල වගකීම් දරන සියලු දෙනාගෙන්ම ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජයේ ජනාධිපති ඉල්ලුම්කර ද අපේක්ෂාකර ද සිටී.

Tamil:

இதனை வைத்திருப்பவர் தங்குதடையின்றி இலகுவாகப் பிரயாணஞ் செய்ய அனுமதிக்குமாறும் வேண்டிய உதவியையும், பாதுகாப்பையும் அளிக்குமாறும் இது தொடர்புடைய சகலரையும் இலங்கைச் ஜனநாயக சோசலிசக் குடியரசின் ஜனாதிபதி அவர்கள் வேண்டிக் கொள்கிறார்கள்.

English:

The President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka requests and requires all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance and to afford the bearer such assistance and protection as may be necessary.

Visa requirements

Countries and territories with visa-free entries or visas on arrival for holders of regular Sri Lankan passports

In 2016, Sri Lankan citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 40 countries and territories, ranking the Sri Lankan passport 96th in the world according to the Visa Restrictions Index.

See also

References

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