The Sri Lanka Embassy in Tehran, in collaboration with the Department of Immigration and Emigration in Sri Lanka, organized a promotional event on “Golden Paradise Visa Scheme and Other Visa Facilities of Sri Lanka” at the Chancery premises on 27 June 2022.Over 50 invites including representatives from Chambers of Commerce, key investors, prominent business personnel, leading travel agents and tour operators, airline representatives, media personnel and other invitees attended. The objective of the event was to brief invitees on the “Golden Paradise Visa Scheme and Other Visa Facilities in Sri Lanka”.
In his opening remarks, the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Islamic Republic of Iran, Vipulatheja Wish wanath Aponsustated that Sri Lanka welcomes foreign investors and business people to invest in Sri Lanka and provides them with the required infrastructure. He highlighted the investments and diverse tourism opportunities offered by Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan Envoy said that the Government of Sri Lanka was focused on promoting the investment and tourism sectors through infrastructure development and liberalization of visa regimes. Contributions by foreign investors and businessmen will help rebuild the economy of Sri Lanka.
During the comprehensive presentation on visa facilities in Sri Lanka, the Ambassador stated that Sri Lanka has recently launched the “Golden Paradise Visa Scheme” for interested foreign investors and business personnel to invest, live and study in Sri Lanka. He highlighted that the “Golden Paradise Visa Program” is a long term residence visa scheme dedicated to investors and their family members to enjoy the benefits of Sri Lanka and under the Visa Scheme.
At the interactive session, the Ambassador expressed that Iranian business partners in humanitarian trade could bring their business engagements beyond Iran and West Asia to South Asia, particularly Sri Lanka, by utilizing the “Golden Paradise Visa Scheme” and other visa facilities. He also thanked all stakeholders of the Iran tourism sector for their support to retain tourist arrivals from Iran to Sri Lanka.
While thanking the Sri Lanka Ambassador for his invitation to participate in the visa promotional event at the Embassy, prominent Iranian investor and businessman Alireza Bardaei expressed that the event was an opportunity for interested investors and tourists to sort out their issues and obstacles. On behalf of all participants, he assured to disseminate the Sri Lanka’s visa liberalization regimes among the relevant sectors in Iran encouraging them to utilize the Golden Paradise Visa.
The participants were treated to a high tea while a documentary titled the “Best Destination in Asia” was also screened.
Sri Lanka Embassy
Tehran
06 July, 2022
