Student and resident visa guidelines have been revised from this month, Immigration Controller General Pasan Rathnayake told Times Online.
Accordingly, student visas will be issued only for one year thereby amending the previous policy which allowed visas to be issued for the full duration of the study programme.
Further, individuals who maintain cash deposits to obtain resident visas must invest those funds within one-month of obtaining the visa, Mr. Rathnayake said. He warned that the visas of those who do not adhere to this regulation would be cancelled.
Persons who maintain deposits of USD 500,000 would be offered a 10-year resident visa while those having a deposit of USD 300,000 will be given a five-year resident visa.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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