Form D.R.P./V/8 (form in pink colour paper/form printed in letters in pink colour).

Amendments to identity cards issued by the Department are made on requests made by applicants.

Amended identity cards are issued for the following reasons.

The change of appearance in the photograph of the identity card when compared with that of a present photograph of the person.

The need to change the name.

The change of address due to change of residence.

To enter the new designation owing to the change of the occupation or the present post.

The entries in the original identity card are illegible.

Identity Cards being worn-out and torn due to various reasons.

Issue of new identity cards to replace old identity cards issued from 1972 to 1974.

Documents to be submitted for amendments in identity cards.

The old identity card

Certificate of employment (if employed) obtained within three months

Copies of colour photographs (1 3/8" x 7/8").

Stamps to the value of Rs.15.00.

If the name, date of birth and relevant particulars in the old identity cards have changed or are illegible, the original of the birth certificate or originals of the alternative documents mentioned above should be produced.

If married women request to include the name of her husband in her name, the original of the marriage certificate should be forwarded.

If the applicant has become a priest, Samanera certificate or a letter stating the date of robing, Samanera name and lay name from the robing Acharya/Upadhyaya (tutor) should be produced.

If disrobed, a letter stating the date of disrobing, certificate of disrobing or letter with the name given at robing along with the lay name, should be furnished.

Applications should be obtained from the Grama Niladhari of the division where the applicant resides and in the case of estate residents and school students, applications should be obtained from the relevant Estate Superintendents and the Principals of Schools respectively, and duly completed applications should be completed and returned to them.