The Consular Affairs Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be relocated to the new premises on the 16th floor of “Suhurupaya” on Sri Subhuthipura Road, Battaramulla with effect from 02 May, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said today (23).

Accordingly, all consular services will be provided to the public at the new office premises during regular office hours from Monday to Friday between 8.30 a.m. and 4.15 p.m.

As a result, document authentication services provided by the Consular Affairs Division in Colombo will be temporarily suspended for the public on 29 and 30 April in order to facilitate the transition of the Electronic Document Authentication System (e-DAS) to the new premises at Suhurupaya.

However, during the said transition period, the Regional Consular Offices in Jaffna, Trincomalee, Kurunegala, Kandy and Matara will remain open to the public during regular office hours.

Applications for document authentication can be submitted to the Regional Offices as usual, but the authenticated documents will be delivered to the applicants only on Thursday, 02 May.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry advised the general public to submit any urgent application for authentication to the Consular Division in Colombo, or any Regional Consular Offices by 4.15 p.m. on 26 April, with a view to avoiding any inconvenience.