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8960 (as on 30 November 2022) [1] Parent. The Blackstone Group. Website. www.vfsglobal.com. VFS Global is a visa and passport administration outsourcing company for governments and diplomatic missions. [2] Zubin Karkaria founded the company in 2001 while he was chief executive at Kuoni Travel. [3] Formerly based in India, the company is now ...
Visa requirements for Sri Lankan citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Sri Lanka. As of 2024, Sri Lankan citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 44 countries and territories, ranking the Sri Lankan passport 97th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index . [ 1 ]
On 2nd September 2024, Sri Lanka decided to implement visa-free access for citizens of 38 countries, including India, China, Thailand, the UK, the USA, and Indonesia. Although it was initially planned to be implemented on 1st October 2024, the decision was advanced due to the inconvenience caused to tourists at the visa-on-arrival counters ...
Beginning in the 2000s many countries introduced e-visas and electronic travel authorisations (ETAs) as an alternative to traditional visas.An ETA is a kind of pre-arrival registration, which may or may not be officially classified as a visa depending on the issuing jurisdiction, required for foreign travellers who are exempted from obtaining a full visa.
Sri Lanka: eVisa / Visa on arrival [322] [323] 60 days / 30 days The standard visitor visa allows a stay of 60 days within any 6 month period. [324] Visa fees (for Standard visitor visa): SAARC - USD 35; Non SAARC - USD 75; e-Visa categories will be charged an additional USD 18.50 service fee.
With Ceylon gaining self rule on 4 February 1948, the High Commission of the Dominion of Ceylon was opened on 22nd October 1948 at 13 Hyde Park Gardens, London. It was the second overseas diplomatic mission of Ceylon and the first embassy established by Ceylon after gaining its independence from Britain. It was renamed in 1972 as the High ...
Sri Lanka Overseas Service. The Sri Lanka Overseas Service ( SLOS) ( Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා විදේශ සේවය; śrī laṁkā vidēśa sēvaya) which is most commonly referred to as the Sri Lanka Foreign Service is the foreign service of Sri Lanka. It is the body of career diplomats of Sri Lanka. The Permanent ...
Sarah Anne Pascale Hulton OBE is a British diplomat who is the High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. [ 1][ 2] She officially became the British High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in August 2019 who replaced James Dauris who previously served in the office since 2015. [ 3][ 4][ 5] She is also the recipient of Officer ...