Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs Ananda Wijepala stated that all remaining passports to be issued will be issued within a month.
The Minister stated this at the first meeting of the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs in Parliament held recently.
He confirmed that a 24-hour passport issuance service has been started, that a passport issuance office will be established in Jaffna after obtaining the necessary printing equipment, and that the number of passports issued at local government offices will be doubled.