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Sunday, May 18, 2014
IELTS Test Centers In Sri Lnka
British Council Colombo
49 Alfred House Gardens
Box 753
Colombo 03
Tel: + 94 11 4521549
Fax: + 94 11 2508087
Email: info.lk@britishcouncil.org
Web: http://www.britishcouncil.org/srilanka-exams-ielts.htm
More Information
Australian College of Business & Technology - Test Center
IELTS Administrator
ACBT
442 Galle Road
Colombo
Tel: 94 114 714 393
Fax: 94 114 714 394
Email: lk012.administrator@acbt.lk
Web: http://www.acbt.net/ielts
More Information
Australian College of Business & Technology - Kandy
3A Mahamaya Mawatha
Kandy
Tel: 081 2205800, 081-2205858
Fax: 0812205171
Email: kandy@acbt.lk
Web: http://www.acbt.net/ielts
More Information
British Council Kandy
IELTS Administrator
88/3 Kotugodalle Vidiya
Kandy
Tel: +94 81 7222410
Fax: +94 81 2234284
Email: info.lk@britishcouncil.org
Web: http://www.britishcouncil.org/srilanka-exams-ielts.htm
More Information
Saturday, May 17, 2014
NewZealandNow is on Facebook
Helpful info for people interested in living and working in New Zealand.
Mission
To provide helpful information about living and working in New Zealand.
Company Overview
New
Zealand Now was created by Immigration New Zealand to provide helpful
information about studying, working and living in New Zealand.
Description- disclaimer:
This is an official government Facebook page designed to provide
general information and resources. The Ministry does not accept any
responsibility or liability to you for any direct or indirect losses or
damage of any kind arising from use of this page. This includes any
action taken as a result of reading, or a reliance placed on the
Department as a result of having read, any part or all of, the information on this page.
Without limiting the above, you are advised that Information provided
is not professional or legal advice. Specific advice should be sought
from qualified professionals prior to relying on any information
received at this page.
POSTING POLICY:
The New Zealand Now
Facebook page is maintained and monitored by Immigration New Zealand,
part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. New Zealand
Now welcomes lively discussion on its Facebook page, but monitors posts
to maintain community standards. Content that contains obscenity or
profanity, personal attacks, political, commercial or sales/promotional
material or anything otherwise deemed to be inappropriate will be
removed by administrators.
Friday, April 11, 2014
Lakshman Hulugalle appointed as Dy. High Commissioner To Sri Lanka Mission in Australia
Former Director General of now defunct Media Center for National
Security Lakshman Hulugalle has been appointed as the Deputy
Commissioner of Sri Lanka High Commission in Australia and is expected
to assume duties on 1st July say reports.
The proposal to appoint Mr. Hulugalla
for the post was presented to cabinet meeting by Minister G.L. Peiris
amidst protests by several ministers. Meanwhile, media has reported that
the President had said any step should be taken to send Mr. Hulugalle
away from the country as his stay in the country would be a headache for
him.
Mr. Hulugalle is the person who
played a main role in the ‘Salaka’ gambling den incident. He was
hospitalized twice due to consuming overdoses of sleeping tablets.
An Old Boy of St. Anne's College,
Kurunegala Hulugalle was DG of the Media Center for National Security
ever since the government came into power in 2009
Source - http://www.timeslanka.com/2014/04/10/lakshman-hulugalle-appointed-as-dy-high-commissioner-to-sri-lanka-mission-in-australia/
Sunday, April 06, 2014
Registered Migration Agents for Astralia
Migration Agents Registration Authority
The Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority is an office attached to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP). We are based in Sydney and operate nationwide.
Our main objectives are to ensure that:
https://www.mara.gov.au/search-the-register-of-migration-agents/
The Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority is an office attached to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP). We are based in Sydney and operate nationwide.
Our main objectives are to ensure that:
- clients needing migration services understand their rights
- registered migration agents understand their obligations
- only suitable people are registered as agents and that unsuitable people are refused registration or re-registration
- agents maintain the knowledge and skills needed to provide accurate and timely advice to their clients
- agents are monitored for integrity of conduct and quality of immigration assistance
- clients of registered or formerly registered agents have an effective way to complain
- we handle complaints efficiently.
https://www.mara.gov.au/search-the-register-of-migration-agents/
Australian visa applications lodged from Sri Lanka.
There will be changes to the receiving offices for those applications
from clients in Sri Lanka. Currently these applications are processed
in the Immigration New Zealand (INZ) Bangkok Area Office.
- Effective 17 January 2014, the INZ Mumbai Area Office will process all student visa applications lodged from Sri Lanka.
- Effective 17 February 2014, the INZ Mumbai Area Office will process all Temporary Entry Category Visa, Skilled Migrant Residence and Permanent Resident Visa applications lodged from Sri Lanka. All other residence applications will be processed in the INZ New Delhi Area Office.
Applications from Sri Lanka lodged before these dates will continue to be processed at the INZ Bangkok Area Office.
Applicants in Sri Lanka should continue to submit their applications to the Visa Application Centre (VAC) in Colombo. The VAC will check all applications prior to sending to the relevant INZ branch for processing, according to the schedule outlined.
Saturday, April 05, 2014
Essential Skills in Demand
Changes to the list of Essential Skills in Demand
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has completed its
annual review of two of the Essential Skills in Demand Lists – the Long
Term Skill Shortage List and the Immediate Skill Shortage List. Changes
will be in effect from 24th March 2014.
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Australia Skilled Migration Booklets
Skilled Migration Booklets
These booklets are designed to help you understand who qualifies to migrate to Australia, and how to make an application.
These booklets are designed to help you understand who qualifies to migrate to Australia, and how to make an application.
Booklet 6 – General Skilled Migration
Booklet 9 – Temporary Business (Long Stay) (Subclass 457)
Visa Charts
These charts provide a handy reference to some of the visa options available to overseas workers and employer sponsored options.
These charts provide a handy reference to some of the visa options available to overseas workers and employer sponsored options.
Australian High Commission Sri Lanka
Australian Embassy in Colombo - Sri Lanka
21 R G Senanayake Mawatha
Colombo
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Australian Visa Application Services - Sri Lanka
Australian Visa Application Services
Australian High Commission in Sri Lanka is using a company to handle its visa application
processing service for Sri Lankans and other nationals. This service
provider will have charge service fee which should have been paid by the
visa applicant except the required visa fees. This kind of visa service
cut the visa processing time as the company advice the visa applicant
on how to proceed with the applications.
Now after this service introduction there is no need to visit the consular section for most of the visa applications.
Australian Visa Application Centre will assist you in lodging the visa application fee. The will charge you LKR.3750/- plus VAT. This is additional to the visa fees which you are paying there.
Address of the Australian Visa Application Center is below.
Level 5, Access Towers,
278 Union Place
Colombo 2, Sri Lanka.
Level 5, Access Towers,
278 Union Place
Colombo 2, Sri Lanka.
Email:info.aulk@vfshelpline.com
Website: http://www.vfsglobal.com/australia/srilanka
Helpline No: +94114376868
Website: http://www.vfsglobal.com/australia/srilanka
Helpline No: +94114376868
Application lodgement timings & Additional Documents Submission:
Monday to Thursday: 08:00 - 14:30
Friday: 08:00 - 11:30
Monday to Thursday: 08:00 - 14:30
Friday: 08:00 - 11:30
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Essential skills in demand 2014 - New Zealand
Coming Soon...
The Immediate and Long Term Lists are reviewed annually by the Ministry. The 2014 review is expected to commence in April 2014.
Current Skill Shortage Lists
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment maintains three lists consisting of:
- the
- the Canterbury Skill Shortage List.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Australian Goverment Migration Blog
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection
This blog aims to provide you with information and updates on issues
relating to the work of our division. We hope that this information
will provide you with more context for the ‘what’, ‘how’ and ‘why’ of
our policies.
Monday, March 10, 2014
China becomes top source of fresh immigrants moving to New Zealand
China becomes top source of fresh immigrants moving to New Zealand
China has become the largest source of immigrants moving to New Zealand, overtaking the United Kingdom for the first time.
Between July 2012 and June 2013, the New Zealand government granted 5,794 Chinese citizens permanent residence - 7.1 per cent more than during the same period a year earlier.
Overall, 38,961 foreign citizens gained residency, 3.7 per cent down on the previous year, according to figures released by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
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Sunday, February 23, 2014
Scholarships
http://www.aid.govt.nz/funding-and-contracts/scholarships/types-scholarship/commonwealth-scholarships
http://www.studyinnewzealand.com/how-to-apply/scholarships
New Zealand Scholarships
Scholarships are available to citizens from selected developing countries to undertake vocational training or tertiary level study in New Zealand, or in the Pacific region.
New Zealand Scholarships empower scholars with the knowledge, skills and qualifications to contribute to the economic, social and political development of your country.
New Zealand offers a range of qualifications including new one year Master options. For more information, see http://www.studyinnewzealand.com/
Sunday, February 02, 2014
Monday, January 27, 2014
Translate Certificate of Birth
Translate Certificate of Birth
http://www.rgdept.lk/
- Offices of the Department where service of sworn translators can be received are given below.
- Translations which can be obtained,
- Sinhala - English
- Tamil - English
- English - Sinhala
- English – Tamil
- Time of receiving applications
- From 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
- Applications may be obtained from the offices where sworn translators are available.
- Documents to be submitted
- Duly completed application.
- Original or certified copy of birth certificate obtained from a Divisional Secretariat of the document to be translated.
- Stamped envelope if translations are to be received by post.
- Fees for translations
Rs. 500.00 for one copy payable to the Registrar General's Department
Place
|
Office | Telephone No. |
| Anuradhapura | Land Registry | 0252222201 |
| Awissawella | Land Registry | 0362222204 |
| Battaramulla | Head Office | 0112889488 0112889489 |
| Colombo | Land Registry | 0112692652 |
| Delkada | Land Registry | 0112815316 |
| Elapatha | Divisional Secretariat | 0452230038 |
| Galle | Land & District Registry | 0912234097 |
| Gampaha | Land Registry | |
| Gampola | Land Registry | 0812352273 |
| Horana | Land Registry | 0342260086 |
| Kaduwela | Divisional Secretariat | 0112561021 |
| Kekirawa | Divisional Secretariat | 0252264587 |
| Kandy | Land Registry | 0812222058 |
| Kurunegala | Zonal Office (North Central) | 0372228830 |
| Matale | Land Registry | 0662222727 |
| Matara | Land Registry | 0412222279 |
| Matugama | Land Registry | 0342247208 |
| Nochchiyagama | Divisional Secretariat | 0252257838 |
| Panadura | Land Registry | 0382232569 |
| Passara | Divisional Secretariat | 0552288138 |
| Polonnaruwa | Land Registry | 0272222320 |
| Rajanganaya | Divisional Secretariat | 0252257480 |
| Tangalle | Land Registry | 0472240200 |
| Thambalagamuwa | Divisional Secretariat | 0252276236 |
| Trincomalee | Land & District Registry | 0262222410 |
| Udunuwara | Divisional Secretariat | 0812315436 |
| Place | Office | Telephone No. |
| Batticaloa | Land Registry | 0652222395 |
| Jaffna | Land Registry | 0212225681 |
| Kalmunai | Divisional Secretariat | 0672229599 |
| Mannar | Land Registry | 0232222009 |
| Point Pedro | Land Registry | 0212263272 |
Organization Information
Department of Registrar General'sNo: 234 /A3,
Denzil Kobbakaduwa Mw,
Battaramulla,
Sri Lanka.
Mr. S.M.W.B. Sandiligama
Telephones:+94-11-2889488 / +94-11-2889489
Fax Nos:+94-11-2889491
Email:info@rgd.gov.lk, rgd@sltnet.lk
Website: www.rgd.gov.lk
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Foreign Ministry - Sri Lanka
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