Documents required

The Department of Pensions has issued the attached Life Certificate to be used by the Sri Lankan expatriate pensioners residing overseas for year 2025. The form can be downloaded from the link below.

• Life / Residence Certificate (Download)
• Original Passport with a photocopy (A4 size)
• Sri Lanka National Identity Card (NIC) with a photocopy (A4 size)
• Pension Card with a photocopy (A4 size)

(ii). Updated LCs by the pensioners should be certified by the competent authority of the Foreign Missions.
(iii). Original of the updated LCs will be sent to the Department of Pensions by the Embassy by Diplomatic bag and a copy will be sent by email.

The procedure to get LC attested by Mission and to submit to the Department of Pensions.

Applicant must visit in person to this Embassy with the above mentioned documents to attest the Life/ Residence Certificate.

Service Fee

This document is issued free of charge.

Please use the following email address when sending Life/ Residence Certificates to the Department of Pension through email after doing necessary attestation by the competent authority of the Sri Lanka Embassy in your current country of residence.
Email : foreignpension@pensions.gov.lk

If the applicant intends to submit the attested certificate by himself/ herself, Department of Pensions requests the applicants to refrain sending the Life/ Residence Certificates by Parcel Post as it costs extra for the clearances from Colombo.

It is a mandatory to schedule an appointment in-advance to obtain the consular services. Please click the link below to schedule an appointment.
- https://appointments.embassyonline.lk/auth/register