Immigration Officers’ Association Calls for Investigation into Passport Issuance Delays

November 08, Colombo (LNW): The Sri Lanka Immigration and Emigration Officers’ Association has released a special announcement addressing recent delays in the issuance of foreign passports, which has caused significant inconvenience to the public and President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

In a statement issued on the 7th, the Association attributed the delays to incorrect information provided by the department’s higher administration. They emphasized that the situation cannot be resolved by maintaining the arbitrary practices of a few high-ranking officials whose appointments were based on political allegiance.

The Association expressed its responsibility to expose the reality of the situation and called for a formal investigation to identify the officials accountable for the disruption. They also asserted that recent statements by various parties on the issue were contradictory and inaccurate.