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My Dream Home visa — extension for existing holder

Sri LankaLiving from your own income

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Is this aimed at retirees, pensioners, financially independent people, passive-income holders or another profile?

This is aimed at senior foreign nationals who wish to continue a prolonged stay in Sri Lanka on a residence basis. The source only covers renewal for people who already hold a Dream Home visa; it does not describe the first-issuance eligibility profile.

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  • The official page is framed as extension-only for existing Dream Home visa holders and does not state the first-issuance eligibility profile or process.

Which types of income/assets are accepted according to the official source?

For an extension of an existing Dream Home visa, accepted money comes from a fixed-deposit balance plus a monthly remittance whose source is the applicant's pension or superannuation income.

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What income, savings or financial-resources threshold applies and how does family affect it where officially specified?

For an extension of an existing Dream Home visa, the applicant must maintain US$15,000 (or the equivalent in an approved foreign currency) in a fixed-deposit account, plus a monthly remittance of US$1,500 for the principal applicant and US$750 for each accompanying spouse or dependent child under 18.

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Can the holder work locally, run a business or perform other economic activity? What is the family position?

For an extension of an existing Dream Home visa, holders are barred from any employment in Sri Lanka, paid or unpaid, while on this visa; family position is limited to the spouse and dependent children already covered by the monthly remittance rule.

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How long is the status granted, what is required for renewal, what physical-presence obligations matter, and what longer-term residence direction exists?

The maximum validity is 02 years, renewable; extension applications are made to the Controller (Visa) of the Department of Immigration and Emigration, and the intended stay should end at least two months before the travel document expires. The official source does not state physical-presence obligations or a longer-term residence direction.

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  • The source states no physical-presence obligation and no longer-term residence or citizenship direction.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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