The name of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa is not in the list of those renounced US citizenship as at June 30 this year, a document issued by the US Internal Revenue Service showed.
According to the document titled ‘Quarterly Publication of Individuals, who have Chosen to Expatriate’, the list contains the name of each individual who lost US citizenship with respect to whom the Secretary received information during the quarter ending June 30, 2019.
The Office of the Federal Register of the US said the document would be officially published on August 15.
Earlier, it was reported that Mr.Rajapaksa received the final document from the US State Department over renunciation of his US Citizenship in May this year.
The Immigration and Emigration Controller General confirmed that Mr. Rajapaksa obtained a new passport on May 7 this year.
The Government of Sri Lanka has decided to waive visa fees for 40 additional countries…
Indian film star Hrithik Roshan is set to visit Sri Lanka next month to attend…
Sri Lanka is making progress in establishing nuclear infrastructure and has already identified potential new-build…
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will undertake a state visit to the Maldives from July 28…
Former Minister P. Dayaratne, a veteran politician and long-serving Member of Parliament from the Ampara…
Experts have raised concerns over a growing number of accidents involving people falling from rambutan…