Issuance of New Passports

Sri Lankan citizen who are residing in the United States are eligible to apply for a Sri Lankan Passport. Ordinary passports are issued with the validity of 10 years from the date of issue. A new passport should be obtained on the expiration of validity period, lack of pages for visa endorsement or loss of current passport.

Issuances of all kind of travel documents (except emergency travel documents) and subsequent amendments on travel documents will be done at Department of Immigration and Emigration in Sri Lanka with the authority under the Immigrants and Emigrants Act No. 20 of 1948 and its regulations.

An application must be submitted to for a new passport if the validity period of the current passport is less than 06 months or the current passport has expired or running out of pages for visas.

if the original NIC is not available, a copy of the NIC or otherwise a self explanatory letter should be submitted. The letter should be addressed to:

• Profession:
  • If the profession needs high level of qualifications e.g., Doctor, Engineer, Accountant, Quantity surveyor, etc…the applicant must provide educational qualification or professional membership status
  • For other executive professions, a service letter should be provided
  • For unskilled jobs e.g., labor, house maid, no documents is required
  • If the profession is already included in the previous travel document, no document is required.
  • Original Marriage Certificate ( If the applicant is married and wishes to have spouse’s surname on the passport )

  In addition to the compulsory documents, it is necessary to submit the additional documents required under the following circumstances.

  If the current passport has lost / damaged (in addition to the compulsory documents)
  • Duly filled complaint form ( download ) – for lost passports
  • Police complaint/report from the nearest local Police department of the area of residence - for lost passports
    • Applicant’s name and the lost passport number (if available) must be mentioned in the Police complaint/report.
    • Regulations & fees for lost passports will be applied if the applicant failed to provide the damaged passport.
    For children under 16 years old (in addition to the compulsory documents)
    • Parents consent letter (download format letter)
    • Parents current passports
      • If, one parent has died, the death certificate
      • If, parents are divorced, the court order indicating the legal custody of the child
      • If, an adopted child, the court order in respect of the adoption of the child
      For Sri Lankan Dual Citizens (in addition to the compulsory documents)
      • Sri Lankan Dual Citizenship certificate
      • Valid foreign passport
      • Foreign naturalization certificate
      • If the Applicant born outside Sri Lanka and over 21 years of age those applicants need to submit an affidavit affirming that they will retain Sri Lanka citizenship (download format Affidavit)

      The Prescribed Fee (for Ordinary Passports) w.e.f. 1st July 2019

      For expired passports

      • For M or N series passport holders - USD 158.00
      • For L, K and J series passport holders - USD 373.00

      For lost passports (all series)

      • With a copy of bio page of lost passport - USD 373.00
      • Without a copy - USD 473.00

      For minors passport (children below the age of 16)

      • Valid only for 03 years - USD 129.00
      Payment Options Payments should be done at this Mission by cash / money orders / bank drafts /cheques.

      Money orders / Certified cheques should be made payable to the “Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, New York”.

      Card payments are not acceptable. Submission of applications

      Applications can be submitted to the consular division of this Mission by post or by hand. (Please click here)

      Applicants are always encouraged to submit their application in-person to this Mission.

      In the case of exceptional circumstances where the applicant will not be able to submit the application in person to the Permanent Mission, the signature of the applicant in the client undertaking section should be verified by a Notary or a Solicitor in the USA.

      If the applications are incomplete, this Mission will not be able to process the applications. Such applications will be returned to the applicants.

      Submission & collection of documents /

      open for visitors:

      For consular inquiries by phone:

      From 9.30 am to 2.00 pm from Monday to Friday (except Mission holidays)

      Please call between 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

      Mission Telephone No.:

      212-986-7040 (Ext. 118 or 112)