President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has announced a new “Global Sri Lankan Heritage Citizen” scheme aimed at connecting second- and third-generation people of Sri Lankan descent living overseas with their ancestral homeland.
He made the announcement while presenting the 2027 Budget in Parliament. Under the proposal, the government plans to grant dual citizenship free of charge to the spouses and children of dual citizenship applicants, as well as to third-generation descendants living abroad.
The scheme is intended to encourage Sri Lankan-born and Sri Lankan-descended communities overseas to maintain ties with the country and reduce the financial burden of obtaining citizenship.
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