Waiting for passports...

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People were seen waiting outside the Immigration and Emigration Department even in the rain to obtain their passports. Recently, the Immigration Department had limited the issuing of passports due to a shortage of blank passports and also as step to introduce new electronic passports. Pix by Nisal Baduge

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Waiting for passports...

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