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Sri Lanka immigration handicapped in on-arrival visa processing Featured

The Department of Immigration and Emigration at the airport is facing a critical situation with visa checks for arriving passengers, mainly due to the lack of an active Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) system.

A senior official from the department said that officials in the arrival lounge are struggling to verify passengers’ online visas previously submitted before suspension of online visa processing.Some passengers reported dif­ficulties with visa verification when boarding their flights.

As a result, the department has decided to issue only on-arrival visas. Online visa checks upon passenger arrival have not returned to normal.

However, on-arrival visas are not available for nationals of Afghanistan, Syria, Ghana, Nigeria, Pakistan, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, North Korea, and Myanmar.

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