Rs 150 m revenue from online visa
Indunil Hewage
Sri Lanka earned Rs 150 million revenue from the recently introduced
on line visa payment system for January. The online visa system was
introduced last month and response from the international travellers has
been good for this initiative. The UK travellers rank top in the list of
making the highest online visa payments for the same period, followed by
travellers from Germany, France , India and Sweden, Immigration and
Emigration Controller Chulananda Perera said.
However, Sri Lankan authorities have been informed about a mass money
swindling activity with regard to online visa payment system. It is
disclosed that many fake websites have been designed to swindle money
away from the accurate online visa payment system created by Information
Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA).
Several foreign nationals who intended to obtain Sri Lanka visa have
fallen for these kind of frauds owing to lack of their awareness on the
Lanka Gate Internet Payment Gateway (IPG) which was created by (ICTA) to
enable foreign nationals to make visa payments. The correct IP address
to obtain Sri Lankan online visa is
www.eta.gov.lk
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