Sri Lanka High Commission in Ottawa

The Consular Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be relocated to the new premises at the 16^th floor of “Suhurupaya”, Sri Subhuthipura Road, Battaramulla with effect from 02 May 2024. All consular services will be provided to the public at the new office premises during regular office hours from Monday to Friday, 8.30 am to 4.15 pm.

Document authentication services provided by the Consular Affairs Division in Colombo will be temporarily suspended for the public on 29 and 30 April 2024 in order to facilitate the transition of the Electronic Document Authentication System (e-DAS) to the new premises at Suhurupaya.

However, during the said transition period, the Regional Consular Offices in Jaffna, Trincomalee, Kurunegala, Kandy and Matara will remain open to the public during regular office hours. Applications for document authentication can be submitted to the Regional Offices as usual and the authenticated documents will be delivered to the applicants only on Thursday, 02 May 2024.

The public is also hereby advised to submit any urgent application for authentication to the Consular Division in Colombo, or any Regional Consular Offices by 4.15 pm on 26 April 2024, with a view to avoiding any inconvenience.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Colombo

23 April 2024

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මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය

විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශය සිය ප්‍රදූත (කොන්සියුලර්) අංශය බත්තරමුල්ල "සුහුරුපායේ" පිහිටි නව පරිශ්‍රය  වෙත රැගෙන යයි

විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශයේ ප්‍රදූත (කොන්සියුලර්) අංශය, 2024 මැයි මස 02 වැනි දින සිට ක්‍රියාත්මක වන පරිදි බත්තරමුල්ල, ශ්‍රී සුභූතිපුර පාරේ පිහිටි "සුහුරුපායේ" 16 වැනි මහලෙහි ඇති නව කාර්යාල පරිශ්‍රය වෙත රැගෙන යනු ලැබේ. මින් ඉදිරියට, සඳුදා සිට සිකුරාදා තෙක් පෙ.ව. 8.30 සිට ප.ව. 4.15 දක්වා සාමාන්‍ය කාර්යාල වේලාව තුළ මෙම නව කාර්යාල පරිශ්‍රයේ සිට මහජනතාවට කොන්සියුලර් සේවාවන් සැපයෙනු ඇත.

සුහුරුපායේ පිහිටි නව කාර්යාල පරිශ්‍රය වෙත ඉලෙක්ට්‍රොනික ලේඛන සත්‍යාපන පද්ධතිය (e-DAS) මාරු කිරීමේ කටයුතුවලට පහසුකම් සලසනු පිණිස  2024 අප්‍රේල් මස 29 සහ 30 යන දෙදින තුළ, ප්‍රදූත අංශයෙන් මහජනතාවට සැපයෙන සත්‍යාපන සේවා තාවකාලිකව අත්හිටවනු ලැබේ.

කෙසේවුවද, ඉහත කී  සංක්‍රාන්ති කාලය ඇතුළත යාපනය, ත්‍රිකුණාමලය, කුරුණෑගල, මහනුවර සහ මාතර යන නගරවල පිහිටි ප්‍රාදේශීය ප්‍රදූත කාර්යාල සාමාන්‍ය කාර්යාල වේලාවන්හි මහජනතාවට විවෘතව පවතියි. ලේඛන සත්‍යාපනය සඳහා වූ අයැදුම්පත් සාමාන්‍ය පරිදි මෙම ප්‍රාදේශීය කාර්යාල වෙත ඉදිරිපත් කළ හැකි අතර සත්‍යාපනය කරනු ලැබූ ලේඛන යළි අයැදුම්කරුවන්/කාරියන් වෙත ලබා දෙනුයේ 2024 මැයි 02 වැනි බ්‍රහස්පතින්දා දින පමණි.

සිදුවිය හැකි කිසියම් අපහසුතාවන් මඟහරවා ගැනීම සඳහා, සත්‍යාපනය කිරීම පිණිස යම් හදිසි ලේඛන ඇතොත් ඒවා 2024 අප්‍රේල් මස 26 වැනි දින ප.ව. 4.15 ට පෙර කොළඹ පිහිටි ප්‍රදූත අංශයට හෝ ඕනෑම ප්‍රාදේශීය ප්‍රදූත කාර්යාලයකට හෝ භාරදෙන ලෙසද මහජනතාවට මෙයින් දැනුම් දෙනු ලැබේ.

විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්‍යාංශය

කොළඹ

2024 අප්‍රේල් 23 වැනිදා

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ஊடக வெளியீடு

வெளிநாட்டு அலுவல்கள் அமைச்சின் கொன்சியுலர் பிரிவு, பத்தரமுல்லயிலுள்ள ‘சுஹுருபாய’ இலுள்ள புதிய அலுவலக இடத்திற்கு மாற்றம்

வெளிநாட்டு அலுவல்கள் அமைச்சின் கொன்சியுலர் பிரிவானது, வரும் 2024 மே 2 ஆம் திகதி முதல் நடைமுறைக்கு வரும்படியாக, பத்தரமுல்ல, ஸ்ரீ சுபுத்திபுர வீதியிலுள்ள, ‘சுஹுருபாய’ இன் 16 ஆம் தளத்திலுள்ள புதிய இடத்திற்கு இடமாற்றம் செய்யப்படுகிறது.  அன்றைய தினத்திலிருந்து, புதிய அலுவலக இடத்தில், வழமையான அலுவலக நேரங்களான திங்கள் முதல் வெள்ளி வரை, காலை 8.30 முதல் மாலை 4.15 வரை சகல கொன்சியுலர் சேவைகளும் பொதுமக்களுக்கு வழங்கப்படும்.

‘சுஹுருபாய’ இலுள்ள புதிய கொன்சியுலர் அலுவலகத்தில், மின்னியல் ஆவண அத்தாட்சிப்படுத்தல் முறைமையை (e-DAS) மாற்றம் செய்வதற்கு வசதியேற்படுத்திக் கொடுப்பதற்காக, கொழும்பிலுள்ள கொன்சியுலர் பிரிவினால் பொதுமக்களுக்கு வழங்கப்பட்டு வரும் ஆவண அத்தாட்சிப்படுத்தல் சேவைகள், 2024 ஏப்ரல் 29 மற்றும் 30 ஆம் திகதிகளில் தற்காலிகமாக இடைநிறுத்தப்படும்.

ஆனபோதிலும், இவ்வாறு மின்னியல் முறைமை (e-DAS) மாற்றம் செய்யப்படும் காலத்தில், யாழ்ப்பாணம், திருகோணமலை, குருநாகல், கண்டி மற்றும்  மாத்தறை ஆகிய இடங்களிலுள்ள பிராந்திய கொன்சியுலர் சேவைகள் அலுவலக நேரங்களில் வழைமைபோல இயங்கும். பிராந்திய கொன்சியுலர் அலுவலகங்களில் பொதுமக்கள் தமது அத்தாட்சிப்படுத்துவதற்கான ஆவணங்களை வழமைபோல சமர்ப்பிக்கலாம் என்பதுடன், அத்தாட்சிப்படுத்தப்பட்ட ஆவணங்கள், 2024 வியாழக்கிழமை, மே, 2 ஆம் திகதி மட்டுமே விண்ணப்பதாரிகளுக்கு வழங்கப்படும்.

எந்தவொரு வசதியீனங்களையும் தவிர்ப்பதற்காக, பொதுமக்கள் அவசரமாக அத்தாட்சிப்படுத்தப்படவேண்டிய தமது விண்ணப்பங்களை, கொழும்பிலுள்ள கொன்சியுலர் அலுவலகத்திலோ அல்லது எந்தவொரு பிராந்திய அலுவலகத்திலோ, 2024, ஏப்ரல் 26 ஆம் திகதி மாலை 4.15 இற்கு முன்னதாக சமர்ப்பிக்குமாறு அறிவுறுத்தப்படுகிறது.

வெளிநாட்டு அலுவல்கள் அமைச்சு

கொழும்பு

2024 ஏப்ரல் 23

High Commissioner Harsha Kumara Navaratne ceremoniously handed over the Commission of Appointment of Honorary Consul for the province of Manitoba to Mohamed Ismath, on 25^th March 2024, at the office of the High Commission in Ottawa.

Honorary Consul Ismath is currently a Board of Director  of Tennis Canada. Tennis Canada is a non- profit national sports association with a mission to lead the growth of tennis in Canada. He is a retired accountant and is an old boy of Royal College, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Taking into account Mr Ismath’s background, the High Commissioner explored possibilities of promoting tourism through sports collaboration apart from routine consular assistance and   highlighted the importance of obtaining training opportunities for Sri Lankan tennis players in Canada. The High Commissioner also emphasized the need to establish Business Councils in each Canadian Province to facilitate trade and tourism between the two countries.

The  Honorary Consul  informed that there are  over 5000 Sri Lankans  living in Manitoba  and  this also  includes a  vibrant seniors group already engaged  in promoting Sri Lanka as a tourist  destination.  He  informed  that  he will be  working  closely  with all  associations  and    look forward  to network  with  Sri Lankan  Honorary  Consuls in other  provinces  to   synergize  the  efforts  of  the High Commission in  going forward.  Deputy High Commissioner Anzul Jhan and Minister Counsellor Lashinka Dammullage were part of the discussions   with the Honorary Consul.

The office of the Honorary Consul is based in 234 Portsmouth Boulevard, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3P 2E3, Canada and he could be reached on +1-(204) 227-4531 or  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Sri Lanka High Commission

Ottawa

2^nd April 2024

Notice to the Public

Kindly note that in terms of section 102 (1) of Inland Revenue Act (IRA) that every person chargeable with Income Tax shall obtain the registration with the Commissioner General of Inland Revenue (CGIR) via website: http://www.ird.gov.lk/. Accordingly, any Sri Lankan expatriate, a dual citizen or a permanent citizen having a taxable income as per provisions of IRA is mandatory to register under the said section.

Further to that, the Minister in terms of section 102(3) of IRA may specify the additional classes of persons who are required to get the registration under IRA irrespective of the chargeability there under.

The gazette notification bearing No.2334/21 dated 31/05/2023 issued in line with the above provision specifies such additional categories including those who are at the age of 18 years as at the date of 31/12/2023 and attaining such age on or after the date of 01/01/2024.

The said gazette notification is not applicable in the case of Sri Lankan non-residents. Therefore, any Sri Lankan non-resident person is not required to get the registration as above.

However, the government budget for the year 2024 has made proposals to mandate the TIN requirement for the purposes of following activities within Sri Lanka. Therefore, any non-resident person intending to perform such an activity is advised to be registered with the CGIR.

·         Opening a current Account

·         Obtaining approval for a building plan

·         Registering a motor vehicle, renewing the revenue license

·         Registering title deeds on lands.

More information could be accessed via: http://www.ird.gov.lk/en/Lists/Latest%20News%20%20Notices/Attachments/555/CMN27122023_E%20-%20Registration.pdf

Sri Lanka High Commission

Ottawa