Sri Lanka: Help and advice abroad

Public employment services

Jobsnet Sri Lanka  is an online and service centre employment service in Sri Lanka. It aims to help jobseekers in Sri Lanka or overseas, as well as assisting Sri Lankan migrant workers/expatriates to find employment back at home.

Higher education careers support

Career guidance centres exist in some universities and they should be approached individually to see if they will accommodate overseas students.

Help in an emergency

The British High Commission in Sri Lanka  provides a range of services for British citizens including issuing British passports, birth and death certificates and offering assistance when things go wrong. See their website for details on what they can and cannot help with. The phone number of the British High Commission in Sri Lanka is 94 11 539 0639.

Other emergency contact numbers in Sri Lanka are:

• 118 / 119 - police (emergency services)
• 110 - ambulance 
• 111 - fire
• 94 11 269 1111 - accident service (general hospital)
• 94 11 243 7744 - St. John ambulance services
• 94 267 2727 - Sri Lanka Red Cross