According to the Commissioner General the application forms and the photographs of the applicants should be sent to the department’s head office at Battaramulla before 31st March 2018 as per the Circular issued to the Principals of the schools.
The CG further added that this step was taken to avoid the inconveniences faced by the department since some school principals send the applications passing the due date. He further said that the department hopes to issue about 35, 000 new NICs this year.