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Sri Lanka visa for citizens of Afghanistan

Citizens of Afghanistan get a Sri Lanka visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Afghanistan: the passport opens 4 countries visa-free; Kabul — Colombo: ≈ 3,260 km, about 4.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Can I travel to Sri Lanka without a visa on a Afghanistan passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Afghanistan get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Sri Lanka visa rules at a glance

With a Afghanistan passport you can visit 4 countries visa-free, 16 with a visa on arrival and 58 with an e-visa; 119 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Afghanistan passport ranks 199th of 199.
Afghanistan passport: visa-free access to 4 countries; Sri Lanka passport: 18.
Citizens of Afghanistan and Sri Lanka can travel together visa-free to 4 countries, for example: Seychelles, Micronesia, Dominica, and Haiti.
Citizens of Sri Lanka, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Afghanistan. Afghanistan visa for citizens of Sri Lanka

Travelling to Sri Lanka: good to know

Kabul — Colombo: about 3,260 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Kabul 12:00 — Colombo 13:00.
Local currency: Sri Lankan Rupee.
Languages: Sinhala and Tamil.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ LKR 330.
Sri Lanka is the 30th closest of 196 destinations open to citizens of Afghanistan.