Visa policy of Sri Lanka

Entry and exit stamps.

Visitors to Sri Lanka visiting for tourism purposes must obtain an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) prior to arrival or on arrival to Sri Lanka. Holders of ETA from all countries except the 3 exempt countries obtain a visa on arrival that is valid for 30 days. The Business purpose ETA can be obtained only from Sri Lankan diplomatic missions and head office of the Department of Immigration and Emigration.^[1]^[2] All visitors must hold a passport valid for 6 months. Nationals of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia and Syria must hold return or onward tickets.^[3] Visitors are strongly urged to use the online system to avoid lengthy delays at the port of entry.^[4]

Visa policy map

Visa policy map of Sri Lanka

ETA exemption

On the basis of reciprocity, citizens of the following 3 countries are exempt from the requirement to obtain the Electronic Travel Authorization and can obtain a visa on arrival free of charge:^[5]

Maldives (30 days, extendable to 150 days)
Seychelles (60 days, up to 90 days in a single year)
Singapore (30 days, extendable to 150 days)

Citizens of India and Russia also do not require a visa if holding a diplomatic or official (service) passport.

Visa in advance

Visitors from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Egypt, Nigeria, Pakistan and Syria are required to obtain a pre-arranged visa before arrival.

Statistics

Most visitors arriving to Sri Lanka on short term basis in 2014 were from the following countries of nationality:^[6]

Rank	Country	Number	Share in %
1	India	242,734	15.9
2	United Kingdom	144,168	9.4
3	China	128,166	8.4
4	Germany	102,977	6.7
5	Maldives	86,359	5.7
6	France	78,883	5.2
7	Russia	69,718	4.6
8	Australia	57,940	3.8
9	United States	39,371	2.6
10	Japan	39,136	2.6
Total of top 10		989,452	64.8
Other countries		537,701	35.2
Grand total		1,527,153	100

References

↑ "Visa Information". Timatic. IATA. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
↑ ETA
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↑ The following nationals & categories are exempt from ETA
↑ "Sri Lanka Tourism Statistical Report 2014" (PDF). Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority. Retrieved 8 April 2016.

External links

Visa policy by country

Africa

Central	Angola Cameroon Central African Republic Chad DR Congo R Congo Equatorial Guinea Gabon Sao Tome and Principe

Eastern	Burundi Comoros Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Rwanda Seychelles Somalia South Sudan Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Northern	Algeria Egypt⁸ Libya Morocco Sudan Tunisia

Southern	Botswana Lesotho Namibia Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha¹ South Africa Swaziland

Western	Benin Burkina Faso Cape Verde Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Togo

Americas

Caribbean	Dutch Caribbean Aruba Caribbean Netherlands Curaçao Sint Maarten Anguilla¹ Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados British Virgin Islands¹ Cayman Islands¹ Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Haiti Jamaica Montserrat¹ Puerto Rico¹¹ St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands¹

Central	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama

North	Bermuda¹ Canada Mexico United States

South	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Falkland Islands¹ Guyana Paraguay Peru South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands¹ Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

Asia

Central & North	Afghanistan Kazakhstan⁶ Kyrgyzstan Russia³ Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

East	China Hong Kong Macau Japan North Korea South Korea Mongolia Taiwan (Republic of China)¹⁰

South	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka

Southeast	Brunei Cambodia East Timor Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam

Western	Abkhazia⁵¹⁰ Akrotiri and Dhekelia¹ ⁷ Armenia⁷ Azerbaijan⁵ Bahrain Cyprus⁷ Egypt⁸ Georgia⁵ Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Nagorno-Karabakh⁷ ¹⁰ Northern Cyprus⁷ ¹⁰ Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia South Ossetia⁵ Syria Turkey⁴ United Arab Emirates Yemen

Europe

European Union/EFTA	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Cyprus⁷ Denmark Estonia Finland France Overseas Germany Gibraltar¹ Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Overseas

Other Europe	Abkhazia⁵ ¹⁰ Akrotiri and Dhekelia¹ ⁷ Albania Andorra Armenia⁷ Azerbaijan⁵ Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Georgia⁵ Kazakhstan⁶ Kosovo¹⁰ Macedonia Moldova Monaco ² Montenegro Nagorno-Karabakh⁷ ¹⁰ Northern Cyprus⁷ ¹⁰ Russia³ San Marino ² Serbia South Ossetia⁵ ¹⁰ Transnistria¹⁰ Turkey⁴ Ukraine Vatican City ²

Oceania

¹ British Overseas Territories. ² Open border with Schengen Area. ³ Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia, therefore Russia as a whole is included as a European country here. ⁴ Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Has part of its territory (3%) in Southeast Europe called Turkish Thrace. ⁵ Azerbaijan (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Georgia (Abkhazia; South Ossetia) are transcontinental countries. Both have part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus. ⁶ Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country. Has part of its territories located west of the Urals in Eastern Europe. ⁷ Armenia and Cyprus (Northern Cyprus; Akrotiri and Dhekelia) are entirely in Southwest Asia but having socio-political connections with Europe. ⁸ Egypt is a transcontinental country in North Africa and the Middle East. Has part of its territory in the Middle East called Sinai peninsula. ⁹ Part of the Realm of New Zealand. ¹⁰ Partially recognized. ¹¹ Unincorporated territory of the United States.

Visa requirements

Africa

Central	Angolan Cameroonian Central African Republic Chadian DR Congo R Congo Equatorial Guinean Gabonese Santomean

Eastern	Burundian Comorian Djibouti Eritrean Ethiopian Kenyan Malagasy Malawian Mauritian Mozambican Rwandan Seychellois Somali South Sudanese Tanzanian Ugandan Zambian Zimbabwean

Northern	Algerian Egyptian⁸ Libyan Moroccan Sudanese Tunisian

Southern	Botswana Lesotho Namibian Saint Helena¹ South African Swazi

Western	Beninese Burkinabe Cape Verdean Gambian Ghanaian Guinean Guinea-Bissauan Ivorian Liberian Malian Mauritanian Nigerian Nigerien Senegalese Sierra Leonean Togolese

Americas

Caribbean	Anguillan¹ Antigua and Barbuda Bahamian Barbadian British Virgin Islands¹ Caymanian¹ Cuban Dominica Dominican Republic Grenadian Haitian Jamaican Montserratian¹ Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucian Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands¹

Central	Belizean Costa Rican El Salvador Guatemalan Honduran Nicaraguan Panamanian

North	Bermudian¹ Canadian Mexican United States

South	Argentine Bolivian Brazilian Chilean Colombian Ecuadorian Guyanese Paraguayan Peruvian Surinamese Uruguayan Venezuelan

Asia

Central & North	Afghan Kazakhstani⁶ Kyrgyzstani Russian³ Tajik Turkmen Uzbekistani

East	Chinese Hong Konger Macanese Japanese North Korean South Korean Mongolian Taiwanese⁹

South	Bangladeshi Bhutanese Indian Maldivian Nepalese Pakistani Sri Lankan

Southeast	Bruneian Cambodian East Timorese Filipino Indonesian Laotian Malaysian Myanmar Singaporean Thai Vietnamese

Western	Abkhaz⁵ ⁹ Armenian⁷ Azerbaijani⁵ Bahraini Cypriot⁷ Egyptian⁸ Georgian⁵ Emirati Iranian Iraqi Israeli Jordanian Kuwaiti Lebanese Nagorno-Karabakh⁷ ⁹ Northern Cypriot⁷ ⁹ Omani Palestinian⁵ Qatari Saudi South Ossetian⁵ ⁹ Syrian Turkish⁴ Yemeni

Europe

European Union	Austrian Belgian British (BOTC · BN(O) · BOC) Bulgarian Croatian Cypriot⁷ Czech Danish Dutch Estonian (Non-citizens) Finnish French German Greek Hungarian Irish Italian Latvian (Non-citizens) Lithuanian Luxembourg Maltese Polish Portuguese Romanian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish

Other Europe	Abkhaz⁵ ⁹ Albanian Andorran² Armenian⁷ Azerbaijani⁵ Belarusian Bosnian and Herzegovinian Georgian⁵ Gibraltar¹ Icelandic² Kazakhstani⁶ Kosovan⁹ Liechtenstein² Macedonia Moldovan Monégasque² Montenegrin Nagorno-Karabakh⁷ ⁹ Northern Cypriot⁷ ⁹ Norwegian² Russian³ San Marino² Serbian South Ossetian⁵ ⁹ Sovereign Military Order of Malta Swiss Transnistrian⁹ Turkish⁴ Ukrainian Vatican City²

Oceania

¹ British Overseas Territories. ² Open border with Schengen Area. ³ Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia. ⁴ Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Has a small part of its territory (3%) in Southeast Europe called Turkish Thrace. ⁵ Azerbaijan and Georgia (Abkhazia; South Ossetia) are transcontinental countries. Both have a small part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus. ⁶ Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country. Has a small part of its territories located west of the Urals in Eastern Europe. ⁷ Armenia (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Cyprus (Northern Cyprus) are entirely in Southwest Asia but having socio-political connections with Europe. ⁸ Egypt is a transcontinental country in North Africa and the Middle East. Has a small part of its territory in the Middle East called Sinai peninsula. ⁹ Partially recognized.

Immigration law

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Visa policy of Sri Lanka

Visa policy map

ETA exemption

Visa in advance

Statistics

See also

References

External links