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When visiting Sri Lanka, travellers can normally apply for a visa online, allowing them to avoid long queues at the airport upon arrival. That option is currently no longer available, however, after the country’s e-visa website was suspended on August 2 following an order from Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court. Here’s why the e-visa website was shut down and what that means for travellers. Why has Sri Lanka suspended e-visas? Sri Lanka, a South Asian island nation just off the coast of India, only introduced its e-visa scheme last April. The procedure has been marred by allegations of procedural viola…

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