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Registrar General’s Department

Obtain certified birth, marriage or death certificate

For Local applicants or Sri Lankans abroad

Draft. Written from the official page, read on 9 November 2026. Not tried in person yet, so check the source before you go.

Steps

  1. Select birth, marriage or death certified copy and apply through official eBMD

    rgd.gov.lk (opens in a new tab)

  2. If eBMD has the record, choose an applicable online or islandwide DS route

  3. If not in eBMD, choose the original registration DS or direct online application to that office

  4. Local: wait for payment link by email/SMS, pay securely, then select post or DS pickup

  5. Overseas: request record availability and then follow embassy/mission instructions; payment is at the Mission; certificates are physical

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