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On 17 April 2024, Sri Lanka replaced its previous Electronic Travel Authorisation system with a new e-Visa system, [5] operated by VFS Global. [ 14 ] [ 17 ] On 2 August 2024, the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka issued an interim order, which suspended the e-Visa system operated by VFS Global and ordered the restoration of the previous ETA system ...
In July 2024, Sri Lanka announced it will issue biometric passports to its citizens in order to address the poor standing of the passport. [16] The process, however, has been delayed due to procurement inconsistencies. [17] Most recently, Sri Lanka signed a visa waiver for diplomatic and official passport holders with Cambodia. [18]
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 ]
TikTok is already banned in a handful of countries and from government-issued devices in a number of others, due to official worries that the app poses privacy and cybersecurity concerns.
There are about 100,000 Sri Lankans in Italy, [4] making them the second largest Sri Lankan community in Europe, while there are about 5,000 Italians in Sri Lanka, [5] making them the largest European community in Sri Lanka.
[93] [94] The general lack of competition for visa outsourcing contracts, which are dominated by companies such as VFS Global, BLS International and TLScontact, has also been blamed for the poor service. [95] This has partly spurred the EU to further digitalise the process.
TikTok is planning to lay off large swaths of its operations and marketing workforce, current employees briefed on the plans told CNN. The global layoffs are expected to hit teams that handle user ...
TikTok is facing the music from every direction. Just as it faces existential questions in the U.S., the social media application was slapped with a €10 million ($11 million) fine by Italy on ...