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An individual who holds citizenship in both Sri Lanka and another country can obtain a Sri Lankan passport by submitting the following documents. Completed Application Form; Photo studio acknowledgement; Dual Citizenship Certificate with a photocopy. (A copy of payment receipt for citizenship Registration may be accepted)
Sri Lankan nationality law details the conditions in which a person is a national of Sri Lanka. The primary law governing nationality regulations is the Ceylon Citizenship Act, which came into force on 15 November 1948. Any person born in Sri Lanka to a Sri Lankan parent is automatically a citizen by descent.
Sri Lanka allows dual citizenship. [162] However, under the 19th amendment of that country's constitution, dual citizens are not allowed to hold public office. Bahrain and Qatar do not allow dual citizenship. Lebanon allows dual citizenship.
Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-national of a country acquires the nationality of that country after birth. [1] The definition of naturalization by the International Organization for Migration of the United Nations excludes citizenship that is automatically acquired (e.g. at birth) or is acquired by declaration.
Sri Lankans are unable to travel to Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Bangladesh and the Philippines, five of the world's most important markets, without a complex visa application process with a hefty visa fee. [9] The inability to access the financial markets of Hong Kong has been especially detrimental to the growth of businesses in Sri Lanka. [10]
Indonesia does not recognise dual citizenship for adults, according to Indonesian law, as a child with two passports must choose one and renounce the other when they turn 18.
On 7 October 2003 the Sri Lankan Parliament unanimously passed the Grant of Citizenship to Persons of Indian Origin Act No.35 of 2003 which granted Sri Lankan citizenship to all Indian Tamils who had been residing in Sri Lanka since October 1964 and their descendants. This amounted to 168,141 persons and included those who had been granted ...
There is a drive to attract the educated Sri Lankan immigrants in Canada for new opportunities arising in the government sector of Sri Lanka (such as universities, research institutes etc.), [19] [20] which may sometime require the applicants to be Sri Lankan citizens.