The Department of Immigration and Emigration will move to ‘Suhurupaya’, Battaramulla on August 29, the Government Information Department announced.

The Information Department website announced that services would not be available at the Department of Immigration and Emigration in Colombo, Kandy, Matara and Vavuniya on August 26.

It announced that the ‘one-day-service’ for issuing passports would not be available on August 29, while the issuance of visas, passport alterations and matters relating to citizenship will only be available on a limited basis.

Passenger clearance at airports and ports will be available as per usual on August 26 and 29, it said.