Fraudulent dual citizenship to be cancelled
The Dual Citizenship granted without fulfilling qualifications will be cancelled, Public Order, Disaster Management and Christian Affairs Minister John Amaratunga told the Daily News yesterday.
He said even though the award of dual citizenship was suspended by the Immigration and Emigration Department in 2011, over 2,000 dual citizenships had been given behind the screen by the previous regime.
"We have now commenced investigations on these dual citizenships. We will inquire whether these were given under any political favourism or fraudulent manner. We will not hesitate to revoke any such dual citizenship if found to have not fulfilled the required criteria," he said.
Amaratunga said the new government is engaged in designing fresh rules and regulations pertaining to the grant of dual citizenship.
"We want to recommence the process as soon as possible as the suspension has inconvenienced many Sri Lankan expatriates. Hopefully, I will be able to present the new set of rules and regulations to the next Cabinet meeting," he said.
In the Interim Budget presented by the new government on January 29, it was announced that the fee for dual citizenship would be increased from Rs. 200,000 to Rs. 500,000.
Meanwhile, Cabinet Spokesman and Health and Indigenous Medicine Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne said diplomatic passports were misused during the previous regime.
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The Dual Citizenship granted without fulfilling qualifications will be cancelled, Public Order, Disaster Management and Christian Affairs Minister John Amaratunga told the Daily News yesterday.
He said even though the award of dual citizenship was suspended by the Immigration and Emigration Department in 2011, over 2,000 dual citizenships had been given behind the screen by the previous regime.
"We have now commenced investigations on these dual citizenships. We will inquire whether these were given under any political favourism or fraudulent manner. We will not hesitate to revoke any such dual citizenship if found to have not fulfilled the required criteria," he said.
Amaratunga said the new government is engaged in designing fresh rules and regulations pertaining to the grant of dual citizenship.
"We want to recommence the process as soon as possible as the suspension has inconvenienced many Sri Lankan expatriates. Hopefully, I will be able to present the new set of rules and regulations to the next Cabinet meeting," he said.
In the Interim Budget presented by the new government on January 29, it was announced that the fee for dual citizenship would be increased from Rs. 200,000 to Rs. 500,000.
Meanwhile, Cabinet Spokesman and Health and Indigenous Medicine Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne said diplomatic passports were misused during the previous regime.
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Fraudulent dual citizenship to be cancelled
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