Sri Lanka would issue a temporary resident visa to foreigners who would be investing over US $300,000 in the country, the finance minister, Ravi Karunanayake was quoted by the Daily Mirror as saying.
The decision comes following a proposal in the 2016 Budget which said that visas would be granted to foreign investers who were bringing a significant amount of foreign exchange.
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