The Hon. Ananda Wijepala
Ananda Wijepala tabled an answer detailing current passport fees, including Rs. 10,000 for normal and online normal service passports and reduced options for applicants under 16 years of age. The response stated that, due to passport stock constraints at the Department of Immigration and Emigration, normal service passports are being issued by priority after one month from application until new stocks arrive.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I table the answer.
¶ 02 Answer tabled:
¶ 03 (a) (i) The fee for a passport under the normal service – Rs. 10,000.00 Online normal service passport fee – Rs. 10,000.00
¶ 04 For applicants under 16 years of age: - For a validity period of 03 years (normal service) – Rs. 3,000.00 - For a validity period of 10 years (normal service) – Rs. 10,000.00
¶ 05 (iii) Under the normal service, passports are issued daily based on applicants’ priority after one month from the date of submission of applications. Until new passport stocks arrive, given the current stock constraints at the Department of Immigration and Emigration, this interim stock management measure is being implemented.
¶ 06 (b) Does not arise.
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Cite as: The Hon. Ananda Wijepala. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 25 February 2025. No. 1741258607035810. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26581