Southern Asia
Southern AsiaSri Lanka visa requirements
Travellers from 189 of 198 countries can visit Sri Lanka easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit Sri Lanka
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed4 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Visa on arrival160 of 198 passportsGet it at the airport or border.
- eTA needed25 of 198 passportsA short online form, not a full visa.
- eVisa2 of 198 passportsApply on the official website.
- Visa needed6 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
- Entry is restricted1 of 198 passportsSpecial approval or set entry points.
Types of Sri Lanka visa
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198 of 198 passports
- Czech RepublicVisa not requiredCentral Europe30 days
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe30 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- AfghanistanVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- AndorraVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- ArgentinaVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- ArmeniaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- AustraliaVisa on arrivalAustralia and New Zealand30 days
- AustriaVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- AzerbaijanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- BahamasVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- BangladeshVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- BelarusVisa on arrivalEastern Europe30 days
- BelgiumVisa on arrivalWestern Europe60 days
- BelizeVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- BeninVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- BhutanVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia
- BoliviaVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe60 days
- BrazilVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- BruneiVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- BulgariaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- Burkina FasoVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- CanadaVisa on arrivalNorth America30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- ChileVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- ChinaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- ColombiaVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CongoVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa
- Costa RicaVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- CroatiaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- CubaVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- CyprusVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- DenmarkVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe60 days
- DjiboutiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- DominicaVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- DR CongoVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa30 days
- EgyptVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- El SalvadorVisa on arrivalCentral America60 days
- Equatorial GuineaVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa30 days
- EritreaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- EstoniaVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- EswatiniVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa
- FijiVisa on arrivalMelanesia30 days
- FinlandVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe60 days
- GabonVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa60 days
- GambiaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- GeorgiaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia60 days
- GreeceVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- GrenadaVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- GuatemalaVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- GuineaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- GuyanaVisa on arrivalSouth America60 days
- HaitiVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- HondurasVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- Hong KongVisa on arrivalEastern Asia
- HungaryVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- IcelandVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe60 days
- IndiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- IndonesiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- IraqVisa on arrivalWestern Asia60 days
- IrelandVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe60 days
- IsraelVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- ItalyVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe60 days
- JamaicaVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- JapanVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia60 days
- KazakhstanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia30 days
- KenyaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- KiribatiVisa on arrivalMicronesia
- KosovoVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- KuwaitVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- KyrgyzstanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia30 days
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- LatviaVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- LebanonVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- LesothoVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- LiberiaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- LiechtensteinVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- LithuaniaVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe30 days
- LuxembourgVisa on arrivalWestern Europe60 days
- MacauVisa on arrivalEastern Asia60 days
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- MalawiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- MalaysiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MaldivesVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- MaliVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- MaltaVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- MauritaniaVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- MauritiusVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- MexicoVisa on arrivalNorth America30 days
- MicronesiaVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- MonacoVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- MongoliaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- MontenegroVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe60 days
- MoroccoVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa30 days
- MozambiqueVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- MyanmarVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- NamibiaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa60 days
- NauruVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- NepalVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- NetherlandsVisa on arrivalWestern Europe60 days
- NicaraguaVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- NigerVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- North MacedoniaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe60 days
- NorwayVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe60 days
- OmanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- PakistanVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- PanamaVisa on arrivalCentral America30 days
- Papua New GuineaVisa on arrivalMelanesia30 days
- ParaguayVisa on arrivalSouth America60 days
- PeruVisa on arrivalSouth America30 days
- PhilippinesVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- PolandVisa on arrivalCentral Europe180 days
- PortugalVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe60 days
- QatarVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- RussiaVisa on arrivalEastern Europe30 days
- RwandaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa on arrivalCaribbean30 days
- SamoaVisa on arrivalPolynesia
- Saudi ArabiaVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- SenegalVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- SerbiaVisa on arrivalSoutheast Europe30 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- SlovakiaVisa on arrivalCentral Europe30 days
- Solomon IslandsVisa on arrivalMelanesia30 days
- SomaliaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- South AfricaVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- South KoreaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- South SudanVisa on arrivalMiddle Africa60 days
- SpainVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe60 days
- SudanVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa
- SurinameVisa on arrivalSouth America60 days
- SwedenVisa on arrivalNorthern Europe60 days
- SwitzerlandVisa on arrivalWestern Europe30 days
- TajikistanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia30 days
- ThailandVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia60 days
- TongaVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- TunisiaVisa on arrivalNorthern Africa630 days
- TürkiyeVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- TurkmenistanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- United StatesVisa on arrivalNorth America30 days
- UruguayVisa on arrivalSouth America60 days
- UzbekistanVisa on arrivalCentral Asia30 days
- VanuatuVisa on arrivalMelanesia30 days
- Vatican CityVisa on arrivalSouthern Europe30 days
- VenezuelaVisa on arrivalSouth America60 days
- VietnamVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- YemenVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- ZambiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- ZimbabweVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- AlbaniaeTA requiredSoutheast Europe30 days
- AlgeriaeTA requiredNorthern Africa60 days
- AngolaeTA requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- BarbadoseTA requiredCaribbean30 days
- BotswanaeTA requiredSouthern Africa30 days
- Central African RepubliceTA requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- ChadeTA requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- GermanyeTA requiredWestern Europe30 days
- IraneTA requiredSouthern Asia30 days
- LibyaeTA requiredNorthern Africa30 days
- MoldovaeTA requiredEastern Europe30 days
- New ZealandeTA requiredAustralia and New Zealand30 days
- PalestineeTA requiredWestern Asia30 days
- RomaniaeTA requiredSoutheast Europe30 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseTA requiredCaribbean30 days
- Saint LuciaeTA requiredCaribbean30 days
- San MarinoeTA requiredSouthern Europe30 days
- São Tomé and PríncipeeTA requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- SloveniaeTA requiredCentral Europe30 days
- TanzaniaeTA requiredEastern Africa30 days
- TogoeTA requiredWestern Africa30 days
- Trinidad and TobagoeTA requiredCaribbean30 days
- UgandaeTA requiredEastern Africa
- UkraineeTA requiredEastern Europe30 days
- United KingdomeTA requiredNorthern Europe30 days
- BurundieVisaEastern Africa30 days
- EcuadoreVisaSouth America30 days
- CameroonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Ivory CoastVisa requiredWestern Africa
- NigeriaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North KoreaAdmission restrictedEastern Asia
Who can visit easily, by part of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Europe46 of 46 countries
- Oceania14 of 14 countries
- Americas34 of 35 countries
- Asia46 of 49 countries
- Africa49 of 54 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter Sri Lanka without a visa?
189 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for Sri Lanka?
Visa on arrival: it applies to 160 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for Sri Lanka?
6 passports, including Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cameroon Syria, and 1 more.
Do India passport holders need a visa for Sri Lanka?
Visa on arrival, for up to 30 days.
Do China passport holders need a visa for Sri Lanka?
Visa on arrival, for up to 30 days.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for Sri Lanka?
Visa on arrival, for up to 30 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for Sri Lanka?
Visa needed.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for Sri Lanka?
Visa on arrival, for up to 30 days.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for Sri Lanka?
Visa on arrival, for up to 30 days.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to Sri Lanka?
Europe: 46 of 46 passports enter without applying first.
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