The department of Immigration had decided to discontinue applications submitted for dual citizenship temporary.
A notice from the department said the applications for the same would be discontinued while suspension would be applied to those who have already applications for dual citizenship.
No reason was given for the decision. Department sources said the suspension would not be applicable for those who have already obtained dual citizenship. According to the department dual citizenship is two fold - namely retention of citizenship and resumption of citizenship.
Retention is where a person retains the Sri Lankan citizenship when acquiring the citizenship of another country.
Resumption is resuming the Sri Lankan citizenship at a later point of time after losing it when acquiring citizenship of another country.
A person has to reach the age of 22 to obtain dual citizenship in Sri Lanka if he or she is an ex Sri Lankan holding a citizenship of another country or is qualified to receive citizenship of another country.
Countries that accept Sri Lankan dual citizenship are Australia, New Zeland, UK, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, USA and Canada.
dailymirror.lk - By Yohan Perera
