Embassy of Sri Lanka in Italy

17/08/2026

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Rome is pleased to announce the launch of its new official website.
www.emb-rome.gov.lk
The website provides the latest official updates, Embassy news and events, and information on consular services, including passports and driving licence conversions.
We encourage all visitors to use the new website as a source of official information from the Embassy.

විශේෂ දැනුම්දීමයි

රෝමයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා තානාපති කාර්යාලයේ නව නිල වෙබ් අඩවියට දැන් පහත දිගුව හරහා පිවිසිය හැකි බව සතුටින් දැනුම් දෙමු.
www.emb-rome.gov.lk
මෙම වෙබ් අඩවිය මගින් තානාපති කාර්යාලයේ නිල යාවත්කාලීන තොරතුරු, පුවත් සහ විදේශ ගමන් බලපත්‍රය සහ රියදුරු බලපත්‍ර පරිවර්තනයන් ඇතුළු කොන්සියුලර් සේවා පිළිබඳ තොරතුරු සපයයි.
තානාපති කාර්යාලයේ නිල තොරතුරු මූලාශ්‍රයක් ලෙස නව වෙබ් අඩවිය භාවිතා කරන ලෙස ඔබ සැමට ආරාධනා කරමු.

முக்கிய அறிவித்தல்

ரோமிலுள்ள இலங்கைத் தூதரகத்தின் புதிய உத்தியோகபூர்வ இணையத்தளம் தற்போது அறிமுகப்படுத்தப்பட்டுள்ளதை மகிழ்ச்சியுடன் அறிவிக்கின்றோம்.

உத்தியோகபூர்வ இணையத்தளம்: www.emb-rome.gov.lk

இந்த இணையத்தளத்தின் ஊடாக தூதரகத்தின் உத்தியோகபூர்வ அறிவிப்புகள், செய்திகள் மற்றும் நிகழ்வுகள், அத்துடன் கடவுச்சீட்டு சேவைகள் மற்றும் சாரதி அனுமதிப்பத்திர மாற்றம் உள்ளிட்ட தூதரகத்தின் கொன்சியூலர் சேவைகள் தொடர்பான தகவல்களைப் பெற்றுக்கொள்ள முடியும்.

தூதரகத்தினால் வெளியிடப்படும் உத்தியோகபூர்வ தகவல்கள் மற்றும் புதுப்பித்தல்களுக்காக, அனைவரும் புதிய இணையத்தளத்தைப் பயன்படுத்துமாறு அன்புடன் கேட்டுக்கொள்கின்றோம்.

AVVISO IMPORTANTE

L’Ambasciata dello Sri Lanka a Roma è lieta di annunciare il lancio del suo nuovo sito web ufficiale.
www.emb-rome.gov.lk

Il sito fornisce gli ultimi aggiornamenti ufficiali, notizie ed eventi dell’Ambasciata, inclusi i passaporti e le pratiche di conversione delle patenti.

Si invita tutti gli utenti a consultare il nuovo sito web quale fonte ufficiale di informazioni dell’Ambasciata.

17/08/2026

List of Passports received up to 07.08.2026

10/08/2026

Continuing efforts to further strengthen the longstanding bilateral relations between 🇱🇰 and 🇮🇹 , H.E. the Ambassador Satya Rodrigo recently held two meetings with the Diplomatic Advisors to the Italian Ministers of Agriculture and Health.

During his 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑴𝒓. 𝑪𝒆𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊, 𝑫𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑨𝒅𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 Ambassador Rodrigo discussed opportunities to further enhance cooperation between Sri Lanka and Italy in the agricultural sector.

The discussions focused on agricultural research, sustainable farming practices, agri-food trade, technology transfer and knowledge exchange. Both sides agreed to work towards the early finalisation and signing of the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Agricultural Cooperation between Sri Lanka and Italy.

In his 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑴𝒓. 𝑮𝒂𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒆 𝑨𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒂, 𝑫𝒊𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑨𝒅𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉, Ambassador Rodrigo explored avenues for strengthening bilateral cooperation in the health sector.

Discussions covered the exchange of expertise and best practices, capacity building, and strengthening institutional partnerships. The possibility of initiating an MoU on cooperation in the field of health between Sri Lanka and Italy was also discussed.

The meetings reaffirmed the shared commitment to further deepening cooperation across agricultural and health sectors and strengthening the close and friendly relations between Sri Lanka and Italy.

06/08/2026

31/07/2026

H.E the Ambassador Satya Rodrigo recently held several bilateral meetings with the diplomatic advisors to Italian Ministers responsible for Transport, Labour and Tourism to discuss matters of mutual interest and further strengthen bilateral cooperation between 🇱🇰 and 🇮🇹.

During his meeting with 𝐌𝐫. 𝐆𝐢𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢 𝐕𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨, 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭, the Ambassador expressed appreciation for the support extended by the Italian authorities in finalising the Driver Licence Conversion Agreement between the two countries. He also requested Italy's support to initiate discussions on expanding the existing agreement to include the Heavy Vehicle Driver Licence category.

Recognising the valuable contribution of the Sri Lankan migrant community in Italy, the Ambassador and 𝐌𝐫. 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐜𝐜𝐡𝐢, 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫, agreed on the importance of the early finalisation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Migration and Mobility Partnership between Sri Lanka and Italy.

During the meeting with 𝐌𝐫. 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐢, 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦, the Ambassador noted that Italy has remained one of Sri Lanka's important tourism source markets, with approx. 50,000 Italian tourists visiting Sri Lanka in 2025. The discussion focused on the potential for initiating an MoU on Cooperation in the Field of Tourism to further strengthen tourism ties between the two countries.

31/07/2026

List of passports received up to 30.07.2026

30/07/2026

Webinar on “𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔: 𝑼𝒏𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑶𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒓𝒊 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒂” organised by the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB).

The webinar will provide valuable insights into Sri Lanka’s commercial freeport operations, and emerging opportunities for Sri Lanka’s free ports in the evolving international trade landscape.

🗓 18 August 2026 (Tuesday)
🕝 2.30 p.m. (SLST)
📍 Online via Zoom
💼 Participation is free

🔗 Registration: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3YIw5z_sTKuGHVrJvbSZww

Businesses, chambers of commerce, logistics professionals, supply chain stakeholders, and all other interested parties are invited to participate.

28/07/2026

List of Passports received up to 27.07.2026