First-ever consular mobile service in Venice was successfully conducted by the Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Milan on 26 November 2023.
This consular mobile service was initiated on the request of Ven Weligama Sumedha Thero of Treviso Buddhist Viharaya and the Sri Lankan community in Venice, Treviso and the suburbs. Rev Father Thusitha Solangaarachchi, Chaplain for Sri Lankan Community in Venice and Venerable Weligama Sumedha Thero together with Buddhist and Catholic communities in Venice paved the way to conduct the mobile service successfully by shouldering the responsibility of all the logistical arrangements involved.
The community members who attended the mobile service commended the efficient service provided by the Consulate General and the initiative to visit Venice on a weekend to provide services at their doorstep. Both the Venerable Thero and the Reverend Father admired the commitment of the staff of the Consulate General.
Approximately, two hundred Sri Lankans from Venice as well as from other cities in the region; Treviso, Vicenza and Padua attended to avail of consular services and to obtain advice regarding consular matters including registering births of children, submitting applications for passports and other consular services.
Consulate General of Sri Lanka
Milan
29 November 2023
