Hi All,
Recently the Sri Lankan government resumed (on March, 2015) the granting of dual citizenship to Sri Lankan expats.
immigration.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=299&Itemid=59&lang=en
This thread aims to capture each applicants experience in obtaining dual citizenship. As of now, the expected time for this process is unclear, hopefully through your submissions we can get a rough idea.
My journey:
1) Application submitted to the Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Melbourne – 02/04/2015
2) Received confirmation of receipt of my application, by mail, from the Melbourne Consulate – 10/04/2015
3) Awaiting further response...
Dual Citizenship for Sri Lankan expats in Australia
bow8888
10 April 2015 08:33:51
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Christine
10 April 2015 13:03:06
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Hi bow8888,
Welcome to Expat.com! 
Thank you for this sharing.
I moved it on the Australia forum
bow8888
16 April 2015 16:16:11
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Special interview with Controller General of Immigration and Emigration - Sri Lanka, Mr. M. N. Ranasinghe regarding the new Sri Lankan dual citizenship procedure. 31/03/2015
sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/sinhalese/en/content/how-apply-dual-citizenship-sri-lanka
Apparently 2 months max waiting time, will give an update, if this is true.
dilshanwelikala
08 July 2015 08:53:32
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I applied in April 2015
Received a call from Melbourne saying that there is a new circular regarding all foreign documents & they need to be authenticated by DFAT.
Done that & posted pending docs 6/7/15
waiting to hear from Melbourne
JohnF777
09 November 2015 03:05:06
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Hi. Anyone heard anything from the Consulate after submitting the application and documents? I applied and submitted all documentation to the Consulate in Melbourne in August 2015 but have heard nothing since then.
dilshanwelikala
09 November 2015 05:07:07
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I"m still Waiting from my previous post.
My Docs are in Sri Lanka for processing
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