Guidance

Sri Lanka: country policy and information notes

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 9 December 2016
• Last updated: 4 December 2024 — See all updates

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Country policy and information note: Tamil separatism, Sri Lanka, April 2023 (accessible version)

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Country policy and information note: Tamil separatism, Sri Lanka, April 2023

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Country policy and information note: minority religious groups, Sri Lanka, August 2021

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Country policy and information note: sexual orientation and gender identity, Sri Lanka, September 2024 (accessible version)

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Country policy and information note: sexual orientation and gender identity, Sri Lanka, September 2024

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Country policy and information note: Sri Lanka medical treatment and healthcare, July 2020

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Report of a Home Office fact-finding mission to Sri Lanka, January 2020

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Country policy and information notes (previously known as country information and guidance reports) are used by UK Visas and Immigration officials to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

The notes also give information on asylum seekers’ countries of origin.

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Published 9 December 2016
Last updated 4 December 2024 + show all updates

1. 4 December 2024

   Removed 'Report of a Home Office fact finding mission: treatment of Tamils and people who have a real or perceived association with the former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), July 2016' as it is out of date.

2. 9 October 2024

   Updated the country policy and information note: sexual orientation and gender identity, Sri Lanka with the latest version from September 2024.

3. 14 April 2023

   Information on Tamil separatism updated. The guidance has been updated in section 5.4 to reflect the fact that there is no longer a requirement for decisions to be reviewed by a second pair of eyes.

4. 22 September 2022

   Updated the country policy and information note on Tamil separatism.

5. 7 December 2021

   Add updated country policy and information note on 'Sexual orientation and gender identity, Sri Lanka, November 2021' and an accessible HTML version.

6. 31 August 2021

   Updated country policy and information note: minority religious groups.

7. 17 June 2021

   Added updated country policy and information note on Tamil separatism.

8. 28 May 2021

   Removed 'Country policy and information note: Tamil separatism, Sri Lanka, May 2020' as it is out of date.

9. 1 October 2020

   Added updated country, policy and information note (sexual orientation and gender identity)

10. 24 July 2020

    Country policy and information note: Sri Lanka medical treatment and healthcare, July 2020 added.

11. 12 May 2020

    Updated country policy and information note: Tamil separatism, Sri Lanka, May 2020.

12. 20 January 2020

    Report of a Home Office fact-finding mission to Sri Lanka added.

13. 4 October 2019

    Guidance on journalists, media professionals and human rights activists removed as out-of-date.

14. 3 October 2018

    Replaced 'Sri Lanka- Sexual Orientation and gender identity and expression' with revised version.

15. 28 March 2018

    Information on religious minority groups published.

16. 13 July 2017

    Added new country policy on sexual orientation and gender identity.

17. 12 July 2017

    Added new country policy on media professionals.

18. 15 June 2017

    Updated guidance on 'Tamil separatism'.

19. 31 March 2017

    Updated guidance on 'Tamil separatism' and new guidance added on 'Report of a Home Office Fact finding mission, July 2016'.

20. 9 December 2016

    First published.