Sri Lankan immigration authorities have detained eight Indian nationals, together with a girl, for abusing their vacationer visas by working an IT enterprise within the island nation, officers stated right here on Tuesday.
The people had been detained throughout a current home raid by Immigration and Emigration Division officers within the unique residential space of Cinnamon Gardens, the place they had been discovered working an IT enterprise.
All the individuals detained had been in possession of vacationer visas and one individual had overstayed their visa. Employment is strictly prohibited with vacationer visas. The eight detained people, together with a girl, can be deported as soon as the required paperwork is accomplished, officers stated.
The incident follows the same case in mid-March, when authorities detained 21 Indians in Negombo, a west coast resort metropolis, for abusing go to visas.
India is Sri Lanka’s largest inbound tourism market. Presently, Sri Lanka presents a free visa regime for vacationers from India, China, Indonesia, Russia, Thailand, Malaysia and Japan.
