Who Can Visit Sri Lanka Visa-Free?
Find out which passport holders can enter Sri Lanka without a visa, with e-Visa, or visa on arrival.
5
Visa-Free Access
178
E-Visa Access
6
Visa Required
190
Total Passports
Quick Facts
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Capital
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
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Currency
LKR - Sri Lankan rupee
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Languages
සිංහල, தமிழ்
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Calling Code
+94
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Timezone
UTC+05:30
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Driving Side
Left
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Population
21.8M
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Area
65,610 km²
Entry Requirements by Passport
| # | Passport | Entry Status | Stay Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Afghanistan | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 2 |  Albania | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 3 |  Algeria | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 4 |  Andorra | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 5 |  Angola | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 6 |  Argentina | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 7 |  Armenia | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 8 |  Australia | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 9 |  Austria | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 10 |  Azerbaijan | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 11 |  Bahamas | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 12 |  Bahrain | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 13 |  Bangladesh | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 14 |  Barbados | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 15 |  Belarus | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 16 |  Belgium | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 17 |  Belize | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 18 |  Benin | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 19 |  Bhutan | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 20 |  Bolivia | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 21 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 22 |  Botswana | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 23 |  Brazil | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 24 |  Brunei | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 25 |  Bulgaria | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 26 |  Burkina Faso | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 27 |  Burundi | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 28 |  Cabo Verde | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 29 |  Cambodia | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 30 |  Cameroon | Visa Required | - |
| 31 |  Canada | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 32 |  Central African Republic | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 33 |  Chad | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 34 |  Chile | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 35 |  China | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 36 |  Colombia | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 37 |  Comoros | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 38 |  DR Congo | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 39 |  Republic of the Congo | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 40 |  Costa Rica | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 41 |  Cote d'Ivoire | Visa Required | - |
| 42 |  Croatia | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 43 |  Cuba | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 44 |  Cyprus | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 45 |  Czechia | Visa Free | 30 days |
| 46 |  Denmark | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 47 |  Djibouti | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 48 |  Dominican Republic | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 49 |  East Timor | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 50 |  Ecuador | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 51 |  Egypt | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 52 |  El Salvador | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 53 |  Equatorial Guinea | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 54 |  Eritrea | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 55 |  Estonia | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 56 |  Ethiopia | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 57 |  Fiji | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 58 |  Finland | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 59 |  France | Visa Free | 30 days |
| 60 |  Gabon | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 61 |  Gambia | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 62 |  Georgia | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 63 |  Germany | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 64 |  Ghana | Visa Required | - |
| 65 |  Greece | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 66 |  Grenada | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 67 |  Guatemala | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 68 |  Guinea-Bissau | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 69 |  Guinea | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 70 |  Guyana | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 71 |  Haiti | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 72 |  Honduras | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 73 |  Hungary | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 74 |  Iceland | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 75 |  India | Visa Free | 30 days |
| 76 |  Indonesia | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 77 |  Iran | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 78 |  Iraq | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 79 |  Ireland | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 80 |  Israel | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 81 |  Italy | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 82 |  Jamaica | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 83 |  Japan | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 84 |  Jordan | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 85 |  Kazakhstan | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 86 |  Kenya | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 87 |  Kiribati | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 88 |  North Korea | Visa Required | 6 months |
| 89 |  South Korea | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 90 |  Kuwait | Visa on Arrival | 30 days |
| 91 |  Kyrgyzstan | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 92 |  Laos | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 93 |  Latvia | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 94 |  Lebanon | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 95 |  Lesotho | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 96 |  Liberia | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 97 |  Libya | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 98 |  Liechtenstein | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 99 |  Lithuania | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 100 |  Luxembourg | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 101 |  Madagascar | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 102 |  Malawi | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 103 |  Malaysia | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 104 |  Maldives | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 105 |  Mali | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 106 |  Malta | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 107 |  Marshall Islands | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 108 |  Mauritania | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 109 |  Mauritius | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 110 |  Mexico | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 111 |  Micronesia | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 112 |  Moldova | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 113 |  Monaco | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 114 |  Mongolia | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 115 |  Montenegro | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 116 |  Morocco | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 117 |  Mozambique | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 118 |  Myanmar | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 119 |  Namibia | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 120 |  Nauru | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 121 |  Nepal | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 122 |  Netherlands | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 123 |  New Zealand | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 124 |  Nicaragua | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 125 |  Niger | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 126 |  Nigeria | Visa Required | - |
| 127 |  North Macedonia | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 128 |  Norway | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 129 |  Oman | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 130 |  Pakistan | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 131 |  Palau | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 132 |  Palestine | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 133 |  Panama | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 134 |  Papua New Guinea | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 135 |  Paraguay | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 136 |  Peru | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 137 |  Philippines | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 138 |  Poland | E-Visa | 180 days |
| 139 |  Portugal | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 140 |  Qatar | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 141 |  Romania | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 142 |  Russia | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 143 |  Rwanda | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 144 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 145 |  Saint Lucia | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 146 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 147 |  Samoa | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 148 |  San Marino | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 149 |  Saudi Arabia | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 150 |  Senegal | E-Visa | - |
| 151 |  Serbia | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 152 |  Seychelles | Visa Free | 90 days |
| 153 |  Sierra Leone | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 154 |  Singapore | Visa Free | 30 days |
| 155 |  Slovakia | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 156 |  Slovenia | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 157 |  Solomon Islands | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 158 |  Somalia | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 159 |  South Africa | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 160 |  South Sudan | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 161 |  Spain | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 162 |  Sudan | E-Visa | - |
| 163 |  Suriname | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 164 |  Sweden | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 165 |  Switzerland | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 166 |  Syria | Visa Required | 6 months |
| 167 |  Tajikistan | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 168 |  Tanzania | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 169 |  Thailand | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 170 |  Togo | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 171 |  Tonga | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 172 |  Trinidad and Tobago | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 173 |  Tunisia | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 174 |  Turkey | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 175 |  Turkmenistan | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 176 |  Tuvalu | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 177 |  Uganda | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 178 |  Ukraine | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 179 |  United Arab Emirates | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 180 |  United Kingdom | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 181 |  United States | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 182 |  Uruguay | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 183 |  Uzbekistan | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 184 |  Vanuatu | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 185 |  Vatican City | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 186 |  Venezuela | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 187 |  Vietnam | E-Visa | 60 days |
| 188 |  Yemen | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 189 |  Zambia | E-Visa | 30 days |
| 190 |  Zimbabwe | E-Visa | 30 days |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many countries can enter Sri Lanka visa-free?
Citizens from 5 countries can enter Sri Lanka without obtaining a visa in advance.
Does Sri Lanka offer e-Visa?
Sri Lanka offers e-Visa to citizens of 178 countries. Check the table above to see if your passport qualifies.
What are the general entry requirements for Sri Lanka?
General entry requirements for Sri Lanka include a valid passport (usually with at least 6 months validity), proof of accommodation, return/onward ticket, and sufficient funds for your stay. Specific requirements vary by nationality.