Boost in requests for dual citizenship in Sri Lanka

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Requests have actually apparently been made by 5,401 individuals to the Department of Immigration and Emigration for obtaining dual
citizenship in the year 2021
The Department of Immigration and Emigration explained that most of them are locals of Australia, which is numerically 1,621
individuals.Meanwhile, dual citizenship requests have actually been made by 885 individuals from the United Kingdom, 795 from the United
States, 371 from Canada and a number of others from the countries such as Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, New Zealand, France and
Denmark.Accordingly, the Immigration and Emigration Department has actually supposedly taken steps to offer them with double citizenship.In
the meantime, the appropriate department has actually provided 382,560 passports in 2021
The number of diplomatic passports issued in 2021 is 398, which is a considerable boost compared to 2020, according to the Immigration and
Emigration Department.The department further mentioned that 209,411 passports were released in 2020, while the variety of diplomatic
passports released within the year is 175
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