the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Beijing provides consular assistance such as issue of passports, renewal of passports, registration of births to Sri Lankan nationals living in mainland China, HKSAR and Macau SAR. For specific details please see below:

Applications for Sri Lanka passports and extension of passports

Please read the instructions given below carefully before you start filling the application for issue of a new passport or an extension of the current passport.

1. Issue of new passport in lieu of existing passport

When applying for a new passport, please complete form 'K' and return it to the Sri

Lanka Embassy in Beijing together with the following documents:

i) Your present passport

ii) three colour photographs of high quality and clarity of size 4.5cm.X 3.5cm.

iii) A demand draft for HKD 1130/- or Chinese RMB 1215/- drawn in favour of "Embassy of Sri Lanka in China" payable at "Bank of China Head Office, Beijing" (Beneficiary's Bank).

iv) Cost of Express Mail Service (EMS) is HKD110/- or RMB 40/- within mainland China. If the processed passport is to be returned under EMS post, please add the above charges to the passport fee.

Please note that the issue of a new passport will take between 6-8 weeks as this Embassy has to forward your application to the Controller of Immigration and Emigration in Sri Lanka for processing and a new passport issued.

2. Issue of New Passport to a child whose name in already entered in a parent's passport

the following documents are required

i) Passports of both parents.

ii) Birth Certificate issued by the approved Sri Lankan authority

iii) Consent letter signed by both parents for the issue of a separate passport for the child

iv) three colour photographs of high quality and clarity of size 4.5cm. X 3.5cm.

v) Form 'K' annexure filled and signed

vi) Fee of HKD 1130/- or RMB 1215/-

vii) Cost of express Mail Service (EMS) HKD 110/- or RMB 40/- in addition to the above fee for the new passport.

3. Issue of a new passport in lieu of a lost passport

i) A Police report with English translation

ii) Duly filled form 'D'

iii) Duly filled form 'K'

iv) Original birth certificate and Sri Lanka National Identity Card

v) Fee of HKD 2890/- or RMB 3070/-

vi) If the original of the Sri Lankan National Identity Card or the Sri Lankan birth certificate is not available, the applicant will have to submit such other documentary evidence as would satisfy the Embassy beyond all doubt of his/her Sri Lankan nationality. In such cases the fee is HKD 3670/- or RMB 3890/-

vii) Cost of Express Mail Service (EMS) HKD110/- or RMB 40/- in addition to the above fee for the lost passport.

4. Documents necessary for extension of a passport

i) Current Passport

ii) 'O' form filled and signed

iii) HKD 25/- per year or RMB 30/- per year iv) Cost of EMS HKD 110/- or RMB 40/- in addition to the above fee for the extension of passport.

Please note: A passport, which is more than 10 years old from the date of issue, cannot be renewed.

5. Registration of Birth

It is essential to register a child who was born outside Sri Lanka, at the Embassy of Sri Lanka if the child's name is to be entered in the passport of one of the parents. Registration of births should be made after 3 months and within one year from the date of birth. Please note that if the father of the child is a foreign national, in terms of the Citizenship Act no: 18 of 1948 (as amended) the child is not deemed to be a citizen of Sri Lanka and hence his/her name cannot be registered. For the registration of birth, the following documents should be submitted:

1. Declaration of birth under Section 16 (Form Registration B 4), if application is made within three months of birth or if application is made under Section 24 after 3 months since birth or Form Registration B6. these declaration forms should be completed in duplicate.

II. Application for registration of birth outside Sri Lanka (Form Citizenship - 1), should be completed in duplicate.

III. Declaration of citizenship by father. this should be filled in triplicate(fathers passport should be sent)

iv. Birth certificate of the child (original) issued by the competent author