Media Release – Consular Assistance proviced by the Foreign Ministry during Covid-19 Pandemic
The Consular Affairs and Overseas Sri Lankans Division of the Foreign Ministry authenticates various documents through the Electronic Documentation Attestation System (e-DAS), which was implemented in 2017, facilitating Sri Lankans to trave abroad mainly for job employment and higher studies. Under Pre-Covid-19 environment, more than 1000 service seekers from different areas of the country obtained assistance daily through this system. The Electronic Document Attestation (e-DAS) is carried out through an innovate digital platform aimed at improving and streamlining the service with speedy process, which is linked in real time with Sri Lankan missions abroad, foreign missions based in Colombo, regional consular offices as well as other government institutions.