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Visa Requirements for Sri Lanka Passport Holders (2026)

A Sri Lanka passport gives visa-free access to 43 of 198 destinations (visa-free, visa on arrival, or eTA). Full breakdown by entry type below.

Visa-free19
Visa on arrival21
eTA3
e-Visa47
Visa required108

Visa-free destinations (19)

Bahamas (90d), Barbados (180d), Dominica (180d), Gambia (90d), Grenada (90d), Haiti (90d), Kiribati (90d), Lesotho, Malawi (90d), Micronesia (30d), Rwanda (30d), Saint Kitts and Nevis (90d), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (90d), Seychelles (90d), Singapore (30d), Tajikistan (30d), Thailand (60d), Vanuatu (120d), Venezuela (90d)

Visa on arrival (21)

Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Laos, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritania, Mauritius, Nepal, Palau, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tuvalu

eTA required (3)

Ivory Coast, Kenya, Pakistan

e-Visa required (47)

Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Colombia, DR Congo, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Guinea, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malaysia, Moldova, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, South Korea, South Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Togo, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Visa required in advance (108)

Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, North Korea, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican, Yemen

Passports with similar entry access

DR Congo · Iran · Nigeria · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Myanmar

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Data source: Passport Index dataset (CC-BY). Retrieved & last verified June 26, 2026. Visa rules change frequently — always confirm with the destination’s embassy or official immigration website before you book. See our methodology.