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Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission in Chennai, India 196, T. T. K. Road Alwarpet Chennai 600018 India
(+91) 44 2498 7896
(+91) 44 2498 7894
Mr Vadival Krishnamoorthy, Deputy High Commissioner
09.00-17.15
The Embassy of
Sri Lanka
in
Chennai
(India) is one of
109
foreign representations in
Chennai
and is one of
704
foreign representations in
India.
There are
260
representations (embassies or consulates) of
Sri Lanka
in the world.
An embassy is the diplomatic representation of one State to another, it is the place of diplomatic representation of a State in another State. It is of the order of diplomacy, i.e. its mission is to manage negotiations between governments. It represents its government to the authorities of the state in which it is located. It is an intermediary between two states: it facilitates communication between two governments.
In addition to this mission of representation and diplomacy, an embassy ensures a consular mission which allows expatriates to make administrative procedures: such as the elaboration of acts for events of civil state such as a birth, a marriage, a death, a recognition, and to obtain identity papers such as passport or identity card.
In case of insecurity in the host country, an embassy can ensure the protection of these expatriates inside the embassy.
An expatriate in difficulty can also ask his embassy for help, for example if he loses his money, his identity documents, and he can also ask to be repatriated.