{"id":118390,"date":"2023-07-19T17:58:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T17:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=118390"},"modified":"2023-07-19T18:00:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T18:00:04","slug":"about-30000-people-apply-for-passports-online-by-norman-palihawadane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/about-30000-people-apply-for-passports-online-by-norman-palihawadane\/","title":{"rendered":"About 30,000 people apply for passports online-By Norman Palihawadane"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"mvp-post-title left entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">About 30,000 people apply for passports online-<span style=\"color: #800080;\">By Norman Palihawadane<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"mvp-author-info-wrap left relative\">\n<div class=\"mvp-author-info-text left relative\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/island.lk\/about-30000-people-apply-for-passports-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49618 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/island.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/online-passport.jpg\" alt=\"elanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800080;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/island.lk\/about-30000-people-apply-for-passports-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Island<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">About 29,578 people had applied for passports online since the launch of the e-service at 51 Divisional Secretariats across the country, last month, Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Alles said that out of those, 5,294 people had submitted applications for one-day service and 24,285 for the normal service. Online service commenced with 51 Divisional Secretariats around the country on June 15 this year to enable applicants to obtain passports without travelling to Colombo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Minister said the Immigration and Emigration Department had received 29,579 applications within 30 days since the launch of the new service, and it was necessary to visit any of the 51 designated Divisional Secretariat offices for the registration and that the relevant payments could be made online or by visiting a branch of the Bank of Ceylon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He said the long queues in front of the Battaramulla Immigration and Emigration Department office had disappeared since the launch of the new system.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 30,000 people apply for passports online-By Norman Palihawadane Source:Island About 29,578 people had applied for passports online since the launch of the e-service at 51 Divisional Secretariats across the country, last month, Public Security Minister Tiran Alles said. 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