Dual Citizenship for Sri Lankan expats in Australia

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bow8888 New member

Member since 10 April 2015

bow8888New member10 April 2015 06:33:51

Hi All,

Recently the Sri Lankan government resumed (on March, 2015) the granting of dual citizenship to Sri Lankan expats.

immigration.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=299&Itemid=59&lang=en

This thread aims to capture each applicants experience in obtaining dual citizenship. As of now, the expected time for this process is unclear, hopefully through your submissions we can get a rough idea.

My journey:

1) Application submitted to the Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Melbourne – 02/04/2015
2) Received confirmation of receipt of my application, by mail, from the Melbourne Consulate – 10/04/2015
3) Awaiting further response...

Christine ViP

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ChristineViP10 April 2015 11:03:06

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Hi bow8888,

Welcome to Expat.com!

Thank you for this sharing.

I moved it on the Australia forum

bow8888 New member

Member since 10 April 2015

bow8888New member16 April 2015 14:16:11

Special interview with Controller General of Immigration and Emigration - Sri Lanka, Mr. M. N. Ranasinghe regarding the new Sri Lankan dual citizenship procedure. 31/03/2015

sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/sinhalese/en/content/how-apply-dual-citizenship-sri-lanka

Apparently 2 months max waiting time, will give an update, if this is true.

dilshanwelikala Member

Member since 08 July 2015

dilshanwelikalaMember08 July 2015 06:53:32

I applied in April 2015

Received a call from Melbourne saying that there is a new circular regarding all foreign documents & they need to be authenticated by DFAT.

Done that & posted pending docs 6/7/15

waiting to hear from Melbourne

JohnF777 Member

Member since 09 November 2015

JohnF777Member09 November 2015 01:05:06

Hi. Anyone heard anything from the Consulate after submitting the application and documents? I applied and submitted all documentation to the Consulate in Melbourne in August 2015 but have heard nothing since then.

dilshanwelikala Member

Member since 08 July 2015

dilshanwelikalaMember09 November 2015 03:07:07

I"m still Waiting from my previous post.

My Docs are in Sri Lanka for processing

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