Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court suspends cabinet decision to outsource visa process
Posted by Editor on August 2, 2024 - 6:00 pm
The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has issued an interim order today (August 2) preventing the Cabinet’s decision to allow two private companies to handle online Visa Electronic Travel Authorization.
The court also issued another interim injunction preventing the implementation of agreements reached with these foreign companies.
This order will be effective until the final determination of the petitions.
The court issued this order while agreeing to hear petitions filed by MPs M.A. Sumanthiran, Patali Champika, and Rauff Hakeem.
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Outsourcing the VISA process to a foreign entity is definitely a threat to national security. Therefore, we support Supreme Court’s interim order preventing private companies handling online Visa Electronic Travel Authorization.
Great! It is a deplorable thing to allow pickpocketing $25 from each tourist come to SL and fatten the wallet of an Indian goon.
Dear Amarakoon and Indira,
The company is not Indian; it is international based in Europe.
The IT systems, like all other IT systems in the world, are provided by Indian IT outsourcing service providers.
The great thig about this company is that it has International connectivity providing services to leading nations in the world.
If SL wishes to stay in a cocoon, well and good. Soon, the population will go back to the queues for essentials.