Police certificatesLast checked October 20, 2026
Police certificate for Sri Lanka
Police Clearance CertificateOnlineEmbassy or consulateBy postOfficial page(opens in a new tab)
- Issued by
- Sri Lanka Police Headquarters, Colombo
- How to apply
- Apply online through the Sri Lanka Police e-services clearance certificate portal and pay by card.
- From abroad
- Apply online from abroad, or submit a manual application at a Sri Lankan embassy, which forwards it to Police Headquarters in Colombo; certificates can be collected at the embassy or mailed.
- Notes
- Manual applications need copies of the National Identity Card and passport, plus an affidavit if names differ. Queries: [email protected].
Not confirmed
We couldn’t confirm these on an official page. Check the official page.
- Fee conflicts: Bangkok embassy page states LKR 1,500 online (likely outdated); search summaries of police.lk and a 2026 Abu Dhabi embassy notice cite LKR 5,000-5,100 but those pages could not be read
- Processing time not confirmed (embassy says it cannot assure a time; 14 days seen only in search summaries)
- Portal page returned no readable content
Official sources
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