IMPORTANT GUIDELINES
Processing
of Passport Application
To avoid unnecessary delays, you are kindly requested to make sure
that following requirements are fulfilled in your Passport applications.
- A Certified
photocopy of the current passport
- A copy of the
birth certificate (if available)
- If the applicant
was born outside Sri Lanka, a copy of the citizenship Certificate should necessarily be
attached, when applying for a passport for the first time.
- If there is a change of name after marriage, a copy
of the original marriage certificate should be attached.
- Necessary document
should be attached to confirm the applicant’s profession.
- The declaration by
the applicant and the attestation of the applicant should be made as instructed.
- Photographs should
be “direct face” (both ears must be visible). An authorized person should
authenticate photographs as instructed and they should be affixed to the appropriate
places in the application.
- Signature of the
applicant should be placed within the cage and should not touch the borders of the cage.
- In case of a lost
passport, a certified copy of the original birth certificate and a police report should be
produced along with form “D”.
- If it is an
application for a separate passport for a child, both his/her parents should be give their
consent in a letter along with the copies of their passports. (Photocopy of the data pages
and children pages).
- A person who was
born outside Sri Lanka should renounce his/her citizenship of the country of birth at the
age specified in the 3rd paragraph of his/her Citizenship Certificate, This
letter of renunciation of citizenship should be sent along with his/her application form,
if the applicant has reached this age.
Applications
for Sri Lanka passports and Extension of Passports
It is punishable offence to furnish false
information, to forward fraudulent or forged documents, to abstain from declaring
particulars regarding the Travel Document presently held, and to attempt to obtain another
Travel Document while being in possession of a valid Travel Document.
Incomplete or erroneously filled applications or applications forwarded with forged
documents will be rejected.
Issue of new passport in lieu of existing passport
When
applying for a new passport, please complete
form ‘K’ and return it to the High Commission of Sri Lanka together with the
following documents:
(i) Your present passport
(ii) Form ‘K’ and IM-35
B form Downlaod Form
(iii). ‘D’ - 3 Form filled
and signed Downlaod Form
(iv) Birth
Certificate
(v) Three color photographs of high
quality and clarity of size 4.5 X 3.5cm
(vi) The applicant who lives in Canada as Landed immigrant
for more than four(04) years, should submit the Landed card and a letter from the Immigration Department of Canada
that the applicant has not obtained Canadian citizenship.
(vii) A demand draft for C$ 230/- and cost of registered post for C$10/-
drawn in favor of “High Commission of Sri Lanka”
(If the processed passport is to be returned to you by EMS, please send this Mission
pre-paid EMS cover)
Please note
that the issue of a new passport will take
between 6-8 weeks, as this High Commission has to forward your application to the
Controller of Immigration and Emigration in Sri Lanka for processing and a new passport
issued.
Issue of a new passport in lieu of a lost passport
(i) A Police report with English translation
(ii) Form ‘K’ & IM-35 B filled and signed
Downlaod Form
(iii) Form ‘D’ Form filled and signed
Downlaod Form
(iv) Original birth certificate and Sri Lanaka National Identity Card
(v). Three color photographs of high quality and clarity of size 4.5 X 3.5cm
(vi). The applicant who lives in Canada as Landed immigrant for more than four(04) years,
should submit the Landed card and a letter
from the Immigration Department of Canada that the applicant has not obtained Canadian
citizenship.
(vii) A demand draft for C$ 570/- and cost for
registered post C$ 10/- drawn in favor of “High Commission of
Sri Lanka”
(viii) If the original of the Sri Lanka
National Identity Card or the Sri Lankan
birth certificate is not available, the applicant will, have to submit such other
documentary evidence as would satisfy the Embassy beyond all doubt of his/her Sri Lankan
nationality. In such cases the fee is C$
710/- and cost for registered post C$ 10/-
(If the processed passport is to be returned to you by EMS, please send this Mission
pre-paid EMS cover)
Issue of New Passport to a child whose name in already entered
in a parent’s passport
The following documents are required -
(i). Passports of both parents
(ii). Form ‘K’ & IM-35 B filled and signed
Downlaod Form
(iii). Birth Certificate issued by the approved Sri Lankan authority
(iv). Consent letter signed by both parents for the issue of a separate passport for the
child
(v). Three color photographs of high quality and clarity of size 4.5 X 3.5cm
(vi). Fee of C$230/- and cost for registered post C$10/- drawn in favor of “High
Commission of Sri Lanka”
(If
the processed passport is to be returned to you by EMS, please send this Mission pre-paid EMS cover)
Extension of a passport
The following documents are required -
(i) Current Passport
(ii) ‘O’ form filled and signed
Downlaod Form
(iii) Landed card
(iv). C$5/- per year and
cost for registered post C$10/- drawn in favor of “High Commission of
Sri Lanka”
(If the processed passport is to be returned to you by EMS, please send this Mission
pre-paid EMS cover)
Please note: A passport, which is more than 10
years old from the date of issue, can not be renewed.
All correspondence should be addressed to:
H.E. the High Commissioner
Sri Lanka High Commission
333 Laurier Ave. W., Suite 1204
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1C1
Canada.
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