Sri Lankan Tamils not eligible for long-term visas
Posted on September 7th, 2025

Vijaita Singh Courtesy The Hindu

Although last week’s Home Ministry order removes the tag of an ‘illegal migrant’ from registered Sri Lankan Tamil nationals who entered India before January 9, 2015, it will not immediately help in grant of Indian citizenship

Undocumented Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who were exempted from penal provisions by a Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) order last week are not eligible to apply for long-term visas (LTV), a senior government official told The Hindu.

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