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United Kingdom visa rules for Sri Lanka passport holders

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The answer

No. Sri Lanka passport holders need a visa to visit the United Kingdom.

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ONE TIME LIVIN’VISA NEEDED

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Official source

gov.ukHome Office (Immigration Rules Appendix Visitor: Visa national list)Checked 26 Oct 2026

VN 1.1. A person who meets one or more of the criteria below needs entry clearance (a visa) in advance of travel to the UK for any purpose, unless they meet one of the exceptions set out in VN2.1 and VN2.2. (subject to VN 2.3.). (a) Nationals or citizens of the following countries or territorial entities (a "*" indicates there are exceptions in VN 2.2 to VN 6.5): Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belarus Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia Herzegovina Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad People's Republic of China* Colombia Comoros Congo Côte d'Ivoire (formerly Ivory Coast) Cuba Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Iran Iraq Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea (North) Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (formerly Burma) Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia (formerly Macedonia) Pakistan Palestine Philippines Russia Rwanda São Tomé and Principe Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka St Lucia Sudan Suriname Syria Taiwan* Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

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Before you go

Passport validity

The source states no minimum passport validity.

Tourist entry only

These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.

The other way round

What United Kingdom passport holders need to visit Sri Lanka.

United Kingdom passport Sri Lanka

e-Visa · 30 days

Maximum stay
Up to 30 days

1 AUSTRALIA 11 FRANCE 21 MALAYSIA 31 SAUDI ARABIA 2 AUSTRIA 12 GERMANY 22 NEPAL 32 SOUTH KOREA 3 BAHRAIN 13 INDIA 23 NETHERLAND 33 SPAIN 4 BELARUS 14 INDONESIA 24 NEW ZEALAND 34 SWEDEN 5 BELGIUM 15 IRAN 25 NORWAY 35 SWITZERLAND 6 CANADA 16 ISRAEL 26 OMAN 36 THAILAND 7 CHINA 17 ITALY 27 PAKISTAN 37 TURKEY 8 CZECH REPUBLIC 18 JAPAN 28 POLAND 38 UAE 9 DENMARK 19 KAZAKHSTAN 29 QATAR 39 UNITED KINGDOM 10 FINLAND 20 KUWAIT 30 RUSSIA 40 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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United Kingdom passport to Sri Lanka, full page

Visa-free nearby

Other places Sri Lanka passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of London, nearest first.

No visa-free place we have reviewed is within 2,500 km yet.

We list only countries whose rules we have reviewed. More appear as we review them.

Weather in London

Average high and low temperature and rainfall in London, month by month.

  1. JanHigh 8.2°CLow 3.2°CRain 59 mm
  2. FebHigh 8.9°CLow 3.0°CRain 45 mm
  3. MarHigh 11.7°CLow 4.3°CRain 39 mm
  4. AprHigh 14.9°CLow 6.0°CRain 42 mm
  5. MayHigh 18.3°CLow 9.1°CRain 46 mm
  6. JunHigh 21.5°CLow 12.0°CRain 46 mm
  7. JulHigh 23.8°CLow 14.2°CRain 46 mm
  8. AugHigh 23.4°CLow 14.0°CRain 54 mm
  9. SepHigh 20.2°CLow 11.6°CRain 50 mm
  10. OctHigh 15.7°CLow 9.0°CRain 64 mm
  11. NovHigh 11.3°CLow 5.6°CRain 67 mm
  12. DecHigh 8.5°CLow 3.6°CRain 57 mm

Bar and large number: average high, °CSmaller number: average low, °Cmm: average rainfall

Averages of 29 to 30 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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