The delay stems from ongoing legal complications linked to a previous visa outsourcing deal, Foreign and Tourism Minister ...

VFS Global, a partner in a consortium that carried out online visa service for Sri Lanka's Department of Immigration has ...

VFS Global stated that they informed the Auditor General's Department on November 7, 2024, that they were ready to provide ...

Sri Lanka is facing delay in implementing a visa free scheme for 33 countries as it is awaiting clearance from the Attorney General (AG) Department, amid legal complications related to a visa deal ...

Sri Lanka has scrapped a decision to charge tourists higher visa fees and has temporarily rolled back a move to outsource visa on arrival application processing to a private company after a backlash ...

Beginning April 17, 2024, Sri Lanka’s Department of Immigration and Emigration directed travellers to a new visa portal, run by VFS Global, for online visa application under various categories. The ...

The President of the Sri Lanka Immigration and Emigration Officers’ Association said that Immigration had switched to the new VFS e-visa system within five hours . They should be able to do the same ...

Starting from midnight on 26 September, all foreign nationals arriving in Sri Lanka will once again be able to apply for visas under the previous system, Minister of Public Security Vijitha Herath ...

Sri Lanka will reduce its tourist-visa-related administrative fee for visitors from January 1. Earlier, it announced a tourist visa fee of $ 50, payable online ahead of commencement of journey for ...