Sri Lanka visa requirements: who needs a visa in 2026
Pick your passport to see whether you can enter Sri Lanka visa free, need an ETA or e visa, or must apply for a visa before you travel. Checked on November 4, 2026 against the official sources below.
Sroky is a private company and is not part of any government. The destination decides on every entry. Rules change: the official source always applies.
Ways into Sri Lanka
- Official fee
- Free
- Stay
- 30 days, double entry within the 30-day period (Maldives 90 days)
- Processing
- online; apply before arrival
- Interview
- No
- Official fee
- $50
- Stay
- 30 days double entry; extendable
- Processing
- online, usually within a few days
- Interview
- No
ETA on arrival
On arrival- Official fee
- $60
- Stay
- 30 days
- Processing
- at the airport
- Interview
- No
Check before you travel
- Free ETA scheme (from 25 May 2026) shows no end date on eta.gov.lk or the Immigration notice; it may be time-limited by later decision.
- Whether visa on arrival is still issued in practice: fee table lists on-arrival rates but the notice requires ETA before arrival for all.
- No official list found of nationalities needing prior clearance or excluded from ETA; all others assumed eligible.
Sri Lanka visa by passport
No visaNo visa needed1 passports
- Sri Lanka
ETAETA (online travel permit)243 passports
Afghanistan30 days
Åland Islands30 days
Albania30 days
Algeria30 days
American Samoa30 days
Andorra30 days
Angola30 days
Anguilla30 days
Antigua & Barbuda30 days
Argentina30 days
Armenia30 days
Aruba30 days
Australia30 days
Austria30 days
Bahamas30 days
Bahrain30 days
Bangladesh30 days
Barbados30 days
Belarus30 days
Belgium30 days
Belize30 days
Benin30 days
Bermuda30 days
Bhutan30 days
Bolivia30 days
Bosnia & Herzegovina30 days
Botswana30 days
Brazil30 days
British Indian Ocean Territory30 days
British Virgin Islands30 days
Brunei30 days
Bulgaria30 days
Burkina Faso30 days
Burundi30 days
Cambodia30 days
Cameroon30 days
Canada30 days
Cape Verde30 days
Caribbean Netherlands30 days
Cayman Islands30 days
Central African Republic30 days
Chad30 days
Chile30 days
China30 days
Christmas Island30 days
Cocos (Keeling) Islands30 days
Colombia30 days
Comoros30 days
Congo - Brazzaville30 days
Congo - Kinshasa30 days
Cook Islands30 days
Costa Rica30 days
Côte d’Ivoire30 days
Croatia30 days
Cuba30 days
Curaçao30 days
Cyprus30 days
Czechia30 days
Denmark30 days
Djibouti30 days
Dominica30 days
Dominican Republic30 days
Ecuador30 days
Egypt30 days
El Salvador30 days
Equatorial Guinea30 days
Eritrea30 days
Estonia30 days
Eswatini30 days
Ethiopia30 days
Falkland Islands30 days
Faroe Islands30 days
Fiji30 days
Finland30 days
France30 days
French Guiana30 days
French Polynesia30 days
Gabon30 days
Gambia30 days
Georgia30 days
Germany30 days
Ghana30 days
Gibraltar30 days
Greece30 days
Greenland30 days
Grenada30 days
Guadeloupe30 days
Guam30 days
Guatemala30 days
Guernsey30 days
Guinea30 days
Guinea-Bissau30 days
Guyana30 days
Haiti30 days
Honduras30 days
Hong Kong SAR China30 days
Hungary30 days
Iceland30 days
India30 days
Indonesia30 days
Iran30 days
Iraq30 days
Ireland30 days
Isle of Man30 days
Israel30 days
Italy30 days
Jamaica30 days
Japan30 days
Jersey30 days
Jordan30 days
Kazakhstan30 days
Kenya30 days
Kiribati30 days
Kosovo30 days
Kuwait30 days
Kyrgyzstan30 days
Laos30 days
Latvia30 days
Lebanon30 days
Lesotho30 days
Liberia30 days
Libya30 days
Liechtenstein30 days
Lithuania30 days
Luxembourg30 days
Macao SAR China30 days
Madagascar30 days
Malawi30 days
Malaysia30 days
Maldives90 days
Mali30 days
Malta30 days
Marshall Islands30 days
Martinique30 days
Mauritania30 days
Mauritius30 days
Mayotte30 days
Mexico30 days
Micronesia30 days
Moldova30 days
Monaco30 days
Mongolia30 days
Montenegro30 days
Montserrat30 days
Morocco30 days
Mozambique30 days
Myanmar (Burma)30 days
Namibia30 days
Nauru30 days
Nepal30 days
Netherlands30 days
New Caledonia30 days
New Zealand30 days
Nicaragua30 days
Niger30 days
Nigeria30 days
Niue30 days
Norfolk Island30 days
North Korea30 days
North Macedonia30 days
Northern Mariana Islands30 days
Norway30 days
Oman30 days
Pakistan30 days
Palau30 days
Palestinian Territories30 days
Panama30 days
Papua New Guinea30 days
Paraguay30 days
Peru30 days
Philippines30 days
Pitcairn Islands30 days
Poland30 days
Portugal30 days
Puerto Rico30 days
Qatar30 days
Réunion30 days
Romania30 days
Russia30 days
Rwanda30 days
Samoa30 days
San Marino30 days
São Tomé & Príncipe30 days
Saudi Arabia30 days
Senegal30 days
Serbia30 days
Seychelles30 days
Sierra Leone30 days
Singapore30 days
Sint Maarten30 days
Slovakia30 days
Slovenia30 days
Solomon Islands30 days
Somalia30 days
South Africa30 days
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands30 days
South Korea30 days
South Sudan30 days
Spain30 days
St. Barthélemy30 days
St. Helena30 days
St. Kitts & Nevis30 days
St. Lucia30 days
St. Martin30 days
St. Pierre & Miquelon30 days
St. Vincent & Grenadines30 days
Sudan30 days
Suriname30 days
Svalbard & Jan Mayen30 days
Sweden30 days
Switzerland30 days
Syria30 days
Taiwan30 days
Tajikistan30 days
Tanzania30 days
Thailand30 days
Timor-Leste30 days
Togo30 days
Tokelau30 days
Tonga30 days
Trinidad & Tobago30 days
Tunisia30 days
Türkiye30 days
Turkmenistan30 days
Turks & Caicos Islands30 days
Tuvalu30 days
U.S. Virgin Islands30 days
Uganda30 days
Ukraine30 days
United Arab Emirates30 days
United Kingdom30 days
United States30 days
Uruguay30 days
Uzbekistan30 days
Vanuatu30 days
Vatican City30 days
Venezuela30 days
Vietnam30 days
Wallis & Futuna30 days
Western Sahara30 days
Yemen30 days
Zambia30 days
Zimbabwe30 days
Questions
Who can visit Sri Lanka without a visa?
1 passports can enter Sri Lanka without a visa, and 243 more only need an ETA before they fly. Pick your passport above for your answer.
How long can I stay in Sri Lanka?
It depends on the passport and the way in. Tourist visa (ETA), free of charge: 30 days, double entry within the 30-day period (Maldives 90 days). Tourist / business ETA (paid): 30 days double entry; extendable. ETA on arrival: 30 days.
Visas
Official sources
Checked on November 4, 2026
- Sri Lanka ETA: Fees
- Sri Lanka ETA: What is an ETA
- Department of Immigration and Emigration: Special Notice, free tourist visas for 40 countries
Sroky is a private company and is not part of any government. The destination decides on every entry. Rules change: the official source always applies.