Foreign Ministry conducts mobile consular service in Batticaloa

As part of programme under the theme ‘RATA WENUWEN EKATA SITIMU’, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs conducted mobile consular services in the Batticaloa district from  April 10-11, 2019.

These mobile services were held at the premises of the Divisional Secretariats of Kattankudy and Chenkalady on Wednesday, April 10 and on Thursday  April 11, 2019 respectively, a statement from the Ministry said.

Services extended to the public from the Batticaloa district included registration of births and deaths which occurred overseas, assistance with regard to foreign employment, death of migrant workers and others on foreign soil, compensation and repatriation related issues of migrant workers, and attestation of documents.

The mobile service also offered services pertaining to the Economic Diplomacy and the Public Diplomacy programmes of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment and the Department of Motor Traffic also took part at the mobile service.

Two awareness programmes were conducted in coordination with the Batticaloa District Secretary, Divisional Secretaries of Kattankudy and Chenkalady, for public servants and the public with regard to the services provided by the Consular Affairs Division of the Foreign Ministry and the Regional Consular Offices in Jaffna, Matara as well as Sri Lankan Missions abroad.