Indian visa facilitated
Suraj A Bandara
Those Lankans who apply for a visa to travel to India on a particular
day, will receive it the next day, if it happens to be a working day.
“If a person submits a visa application form to the Indian High
Commission, the visa will be issued on the next working day,” sources
said.
“Earlier, there was a delay in issuing visas due to the war situation
in the country.
Since there is no security threat, the Indian High Commission has
taken a decision to accelerate the process of issuing visas,” sources
said. Visa applicants were earlier referred to New Delhi and once the
green light was given from New Delhi, visa was issued by the Colombo
office.
A senior official of the Indian High Commission said that considering
the normality in the country, the Indian government has relaxed rules on
issuing visas to Sri Lankan applicants. He said that if the situation
improves further, issuing of visas will be carried out over the counter. |