Registration of Birth and Citizenship
For more information please visit – https://www.immigration.gov.lk/pages_e.php?id=5
Registration Process
Submission of Application
It is required to submit the relevant documents along with the originals to the Embassy and the originals will be return after verification.
If the birth is not been registered at the country of birth and If the parents are living in Sri Lanka declaration for registration of the birth be forwarded to the Central Record Room of the Registrar General’s Department, Maligawatte, Colombo 10. (Prior to visit to the Central Record Room, applicants are advised to visit to the Consular Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka located at 2nd Floor of the Ceylinco Building, Colombo 01, to pay the fee.)
If the declaration is submitted to the Central Record Room of the Registrar General’s Department, Rs.3900 should be paid to the Consular Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and hand over the receipt to the Central Record Room for the registration and issuance of a birth certificate. Same set of documents specified above should be produces to the Consular Division and to the Central Record Room.
The Central record room and Consular Division is open from 9.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. Except for Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays)
However, if you are unable to visit Embassy, please contact Embassy officials for advice/instructions on case by case basis.
Visiting the Embassy:
You may submit the application to the Consular Division of the Embassy by hand. Consular Division is open from Monday to Friday except holidays
Submission of applications/documents from 09.00 hrs – 12.30 hrs
Collecting documents from 13.00 hrs – 16.15 hrs
Visiting Address:
Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in the Kingdom of Thailand, 13th Floor, 75/6-7 Ocean Tower2 Soi 19, Sukhumvit Rd., Wattana, Bangkok 10110
