斯里兰卡落地签延到明年3月

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Sri Lanka will continue with the on-arrival visa scheme for visitors three months more to March 31, 2012 after industry complaints that the trial online visa was not working perfectly, officials said.

According to a communiqué to the industry from the Sri Lanka Convention Bureau Acting Director General Vipula Wanigasekara on behalf of the immigration authorities, the online visa will also begin simultaneously on January 1, 2012 along with the continuation of the on-arrival visa scheme. Earlier the government was switching to the online visa process from January.

The communique states that: "The ETA (online visa) system will be operational from 01.01.2012. However, the existing facility of Free Visa on arrival will continue until March 31, 2012 for those who are making travel arrangements before December 31, 2011."

This circular has been sent with the intention of alerting all tour operators and business partners on clarifying the visa related concerns of the industry, industry officials said. The online scheme which opened a few months on a trial basis has led to a lot of confusion and management issues. – (SD)