Visa guide · LK
Sri Lanka visa requirements by passport
Visa rules for Sri Lanka for 192 passports: 2 can visit visa-free, 185 can get an eTA, eVisa or visa on arrival and 5 must apply in person or give biometrics.
Last checked . Policies change. Confirm with the embassy or official visa portal before you travel.
2
Visa-free
150
eTA
32
Visa on arrival
3
eVisa
5
Embassy / VFS
Visa-free
No visa needed — just goeTA
Electronic travel authorization (online)- Afghanistan30 days
- Albania30 days
- Algeria30 days
- Andorra
- Angola30 days
- Antigua and Barbuda30 days
- Argentina30 days
- Armenia30 days
- Australia30 days
- Austria30 days
- Azerbaijan30 days
- Bahrain30 days
- Bangladesh30 days
- Barbados30 days
- Belarus30 days
- Belgium30 days
- Bhutan60 days
- Bolivia30 days
- Botswana30 days
- Brazil30 days
- Brunei30 days
- Bulgaria30 days
- Burkina Faso60 days
- Cambodia30 days
- Canada30 days
- Cape Verde60 days
- Central African Republic30 days
- Chad30 days
- Chile30 days
- China30 days
- Colombia30 days
- Comoros30 days
- Costa Rica60 days
- Croatia30 days
- Cuba30 days
- Cyprus30 days
- Denmark30 days
- Djibouti60 days
- Dominica60 days
- Dominican Republic30 days
- DR Congo30 days
- Egypt30 days
- Equatorial Guinea60 days
- Eritrea30 days
- Eswatini60 days
- Ethiopia60 days
- Fiji30 days
- Finland30 days
- Germany30 days
- Greece30 days
- Grenada30 days
- Guinea30 days
- Guinea-Bissau60 days
- Guyana30 days
- Haiti30 days
- Hungary30 days
- India30 days
- Indonesia30 days
- Iran30 days
- Israel30 days
- Italy30 days
- Japan30 days
- Jordan30 days
- Kazakhstan30 days
- Kenya60 days
- Kiribati60 days
- Kosovo30 days
- Kuwait30 days
- Kyrgyzstan60 days
- Latvia30 days
- Lebanon30 days
- Lesotho60 days
- Liberia30 days
- Libya30 days
- Liechtenstein30 days
- Lithuania30 days
- Madagascar30 days
- Malaysia30 days
- Maldives60 days
- Mali60 days
- Malta
- Marshall Islands60 days
- Mauritania60 days
- Mexico30 days
- Micronesia30 days
- Mongolia30 days
- Morocco30 days
- Mozambique30 days
- Namibia30 days
- Nauru60 days
- Nepal30 days
- Netherlands30 days
- New Zealand30 days
- Niger30 days
- Norway30 days
- Oman30 days
- Pakistan30 days
- Palau30 days
- Palestine30 days
- Papua New Guinea30 days
- Peru30 days
- Philippines30 days
- Poland30 days
- Qatar30 days
- Republic of the Congo60 days
- Romania30 days
- Russia30 days
- Rwanda60 days
- Saint Lucia30 days
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines30 days
- Samoa60 days
- San Marino30 days
- São Tomé and Príncipe30 days
- Saudi Arabia30 days
- Serbia30 days
- Seychelles30 days
- Sierra Leone60 days
- Singapore30 days
- Slovakia30 days
- Slovenia30 days
- Solomon Islands60 days
- Somalia30 days
- South Africa30 days
- South Korea30 days
- Spain30 days
- Sudan
- Sweden30 days
- Switzerland30 days
- Tajikistan60 days
- Tanzania60 days
- Thailand30 days
- Timor-Leste30 days
- Togo60 days
- Tonga30 days
- Tunisia30 days
- Türkiye30 days
- Turkmenistan30 days
- Tuvalu60 days
- Uganda30 days
- Ukraine30 days
- United Arab Emirates30 days
- United Kingdom30 days
- United States30 days
- Uzbekistan30 days
- Vanuatu60 days
- Vatican City30 days
- Vietnam30 days
- Yemen30 days
- Zambia60 days
- Zimbabwe30 days
Visa on arrival
Get your visa at the border- Bahamas30 days
- Belize30 days
- Bosnia and Herzegovina30 days
- El Salvador30 days
- Estonia30 days
- Gabon30 days
- Gambia30 days
- Georgia30 days
- Guatemala30 days
- Honduras30 days
- Iceland30 days
- Iraq30 days
- Ireland30 days
- Jamaica30 days
- Laos30 days
- Luxembourg30 days
- Macau30 days
- Mauritius30 days
- Moldova30 days
- Monaco30 days
- Montenegro30 days
- Myanmar30 days
- Nicaragua30 days
- North Macedonia30 days
- Panama30 days
- Paraguay30 days
- Portugal30 days
- Senegal30 days
- South Sudan30 days
- Taiwan30 days
- Uruguay30 days
- Venezuela30 days
eVisa
Fully online — no office visitEmbassy / VFS
In-person at an embassy or visa centerWhat the categories mean
- Visa-freeNo visa needed — just go
- eTAElectronic travel authorization (online)
- Visa on arrivalGet your visa at the border
- eVisaFully online — no office visit
- Embassy / VFSIn-person at an embassy or visa center
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