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๐ฑ๐ฐ Who needs a visa for Sri Lanka?
U.S. State Department travel advisory for Sri Lanka: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution (updated 9 October 2025). It is written for U.S. citizens; read the advisory before you book.
Travel essentials for Sri Lanka
| Capital | Colombo |
| Currency | Sri Lankan rupee (LKR, Rs เถปเท) |
| Official languages | Sinhala, Tamil |
| Calling code | +94 |
| Plugs and voltage | type D, G, M ยท 230 V |
| Internet domain | .lk |
Neighbouring countries: ๐ฎ๐ณ India
Visa requirements by passport
Entry requirements for Sri Lanka by passport, grouped from visa-free to visa required. Data updated September 2026; confirm with an embassy of Sri Lanka before you travel.
Visa-free (3)
- ๐ซ๐ท France ยท 30 days
- ๐ธ๐จ Seychelles ยท 90 days
- ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore ยท 30 days
ETA required (7)
- ๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria ยท 60 days
- ๐ฉ๐ช Germany ยท 30 days
- ๐ฎ๐ท Iran ยท 30 days
- ๐น๐ฟ Tanzania ยท 30 days
- ๐บ๐ฌ Uganda
- ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine ยท 30 days
- ๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom ยท 30 days
Visa on arrival (181)
- ๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan
- ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania
- ๐ฆ๐ฉ Andorra
- ๐ฆ๐ด Angola
- ๐ฆ๐ฌ Antigua and Barbuda
- ๐ฆ๐ท Argentina
- ๐ฆ๐ฒ Armenia
- ๐ฆ๐บ Australia
- ๐ฆ๐น Austria
- ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan
- ๐ง๐ธ Bahamas
- ๐ง๐ญ Bahrain
- ๐ง๐ฉ Bangladesh
- ๐ง๐ง Barbados
- ๐ง๐พ Belarus
- ๐ง๐ช Belgium
- ๐ง๐ฟ Belize
- ๐ง๐ฏ Benin
- ๐ง๐น Bhutan
- ๐ง๐ด Bolivia
- ๐ง๐ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina
- ๐ง๐ผ Botswana
- ๐ง๐ท Brazil
- ๐ง๐ณ Brunei
- ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria
- ๐ง๐ซ Burkina Faso
- ๐ง๐ฎ Burundi
- ๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodia
- ๐จ๐ฆ Canada
- ๐จ๐ป Cape Verde
- ๐จ๐ซ Central African Republic
- ๐น๐ฉ Chad
- ๐จ๐ฑ Chile
- ๐จ๐ณ China
- ๐จ๐ด Colombia
- ๐ฐ๐ฒ Comoros
- ๐จ๐ท Costa Rica
- ๐ญ๐ท Croatia
- ๐จ๐บ Cuba
- ๐จ๐พ Cyprus
- ๐จ๐ฟ Czech Republic
- ๐จ๐ฉ DR Congo
- ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark
- ๐ฉ๐ฏ Djibouti
- ๐ฉ๐ฒ Dominica
- ๐ฉ๐ด Dominican Republic
- ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt
- ๐ธ๐ป El Salvador
- ๐ฌ๐ถ Equatorial Guinea
- ๐ช๐ท Eritrea
- ๐ช๐ช Estonia
- ๐ธ๐ฟ Eswatini
- ๐ช๐น Ethiopia
- ๐ซ๐ฏ Fiji
- ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland
- ๐ฌ๐ฆ Gabon
- ๐ฌ๐ฒ Gambia
- ๐ฌ๐ช Georgia
- ๐ฌ๐ท Greece
- ๐ฌ๐ฉ Grenada
- ๐ฌ๐น Guatemala
- ๐ฌ๐ณ Guinea
- ๐ฌ๐ผ Guinea-Bissau
- ๐ฌ๐พ Guyana
- ๐ญ๐น Haiti
- ๐ญ๐ณ Honduras
- ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong
- ๐ญ๐บ Hungary
- ๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland
- ๐ฎ๐ณ India
- ๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia
- ๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq
- ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland
- ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel
- ๐ฎ๐น Italy
- ๐ฏ๐ฒ Jamaica
- ๐ฏ๐ต Japan
- ๐ฏ๐ด Jordan
- ๐ฐ๐ฟ Kazakhstan
- ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya
- ๐ฐ๐ฎ Kiribati
- ๐ฝ๐ฐ Kosovo
- ๐ฐ๐ผ Kuwait
- ๐ฐ๐ฌ Kyrgyzstan
- ๐ฑ๐ฆ Laos
- ๐ฑ๐ป Latvia
- ๐ฑ๐ง Lebanon
- ๐ฑ๐ธ Lesotho
- ๐ฑ๐ท Liberia
- ๐ฑ๐พ Libya
- ๐ฑ๐ฎ Liechtenstein
- ๐ฑ๐น Lithuania
- ๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg
- ๐ฒ๐ด Macau
- ๐ฒ๐ฌ Madagascar
- ๐ฒ๐ผ Malawi
- ๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia
- ๐ฒ๐ป Maldives
- ๐ฒ๐ฑ Mali
- ๐ฒ๐น Malta
- ๐ฒ๐ญ Marshall Islands
- ๐ฒ๐ท Mauritania
- ๐ฒ๐บ Mauritius
- ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico
- ๐ซ๐ฒ Micronesia
- ๐ฒ๐ฉ Moldova
- ๐ฒ๐จ Monaco
- ๐ฒ๐ณ Mongolia
- ๐ฒ๐ช Montenegro
- ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco
- ๐ฒ๐ฟ Mozambique
- ๐ฒ๐ฒ Myanmar
- ๐ณ๐ฆ Namibia
- ๐ณ๐ท Nauru
- ๐ณ๐ต Nepal
- ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands
- ๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand
- ๐ณ๐ฎ Nicaragua
- ๐ณ๐ช Niger
- ๐ฒ๐ฐ North Macedonia
- ๐ณ๐ด Norway
- ๐ด๐ฒ Oman
- ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan
- ๐ต๐ผ Palau
- ๐ต๐ธ Palestine
- ๐ต๐ฆ Panama
- ๐ต๐ฌ Papua New Guinea
- ๐ต๐พ Paraguay
- ๐ต๐ช Peru
- ๐ต๐ญ Philippines
- ๐ต๐ฑ Poland
- ๐ต๐น Portugal
- ๐ถ๐ฆ Qatar
- ๐จ๐ฌ Republic of the Congo
- ๐ท๐ด Romania
- ๐ท๐บ Russia
- ๐ท๐ผ Rwanda
- ๐ฐ๐ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis
- ๐ฑ๐จ Saint Lucia
- ๐ป๐จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- ๐ผ๐ธ Samoa
- ๐ธ๐ฒ San Marino
- ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia
- ๐ธ๐ณ Senegal
- ๐ท๐ธ Serbia
- ๐ธ๐ฑ Sierra Leone
- ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia
- ๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia
- ๐ธ๐ง Solomon Islands
- ๐ธ๐ด Somalia
- ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa
- ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea
- ๐ธ๐ธ South Sudan
- ๐ช๐ธ Spain
- ๐ธ๐ฉ Sudan
- ๐ธ๐ท Suriname
- ๐ธ๐ช Sweden
- ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland
- ๐ธ๐น Sรฃo Tomรฉ and Prรญncipe
- ๐น๐ผ Taiwan
- ๐น๐ฏ Tajikistan
- ๐น๐ญ Thailand
- ๐น๐ฑ Timor-Leste
- ๐น๐ฌ Togo
- ๐น๐ด Tonga
- ๐น๐น Trinidad and Tobago
- ๐น๐ณ Tunisia
- ๐น๐ท Turkey
- ๐น๐ฒ Turkmenistan
- ๐น๐ป Tuvalu
- ๐ฆ๐ช United Arab Emirates
- ๐บ๐ธ United States
- ๐บ๐พ Uruguay
- ๐บ๐ฟ Uzbekistan
- ๐ป๐บ Vanuatu
- ๐ป๐ฆ Vatican City
- ๐ป๐ช Venezuela
- ๐ป๐ณ Vietnam
- ๐พ๐ช Yemen
- ๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambia
- ๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe
e-Visa (1)
- ๐ช๐จ Ecuador ยท 30 days