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The British High Commission in Sri Lanka maintains and develops relations between the UK and Sri Lanka.

• Updated: 26 February 2025

List of English speaking medical facilities for British nationals in Sri Lanka.

• Updated: 27 January 2022

• Sri Lanka: doctors and medical facilities

  Disclaimer The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provides…

The UK has today sanctioned figures responsible for serious human rights violations and abuses during the civil war in Sri Lanka.

• Updated: 24 March 2025

List of English-speaking lawyers and notaries for British nationals in Sri Lanka.

• Updated: 27 January 2022

Sri Lankan garment sector set to benefit following reforms to simplify imports from developing countries like Sri Lanka.

• Updated: 11 July 2025

Information to help the family and friends of British nationals who have died in Sri Lanka.

• Updated: 27 January 2022

Information for British people who go or are taken into hospital in Sri Lanka, including how the British High Commission can help.

• Updated: 16 March 2023

Mr Andrew Patrick has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in succession to Mrs Sarah Hulton OBE.

• Updated: 28 June 2023

First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Minister for the Indo-Pacific Catherine West visits Sri Lanka with a focus on boosting exports and economic growth.

• Updated: 28 January 2025

As part of a global rollout, a new visa application form, Access UK, has launched in Sri Lanka for customers applying for a UK visit visa.

• Updated: 27 July 2016

First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government