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Sri Lanka visa for citizens of Austria

Citizens of Austria 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 Austria: the passport opens 119 countries visa-free; Vienna — Colombo: ≈ 7,490 km, about 10 hours of flying.

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

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Sri Lanka visa rules at a glance

With a Austria passport you can visit 119 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 36 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Austria passport ranks 21st of 199.
Austria passport: visa-free access to 119 countries; Sri Lanka passport: 18.
Citizens of Austria and Sri Lanka can travel together visa-free to 16 countries, for example: Tajikistan, Gambia, Seychelles, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Bahamas, Haiti, Thailand, Venezuela, Lesotho, Singapore, Micronesia, and Kiribati.
Citizens of Sri Lanka, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Austria. Austria visa for citizens of Sri Lanka

Travelling to Sri Lanka: good to know

Vienna — Colombo: about 7,490 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 10 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +3.5 hours.
Local time: Vienna 12:00 — Colombo 15:30.
Local currency: Sri Lankan Rupee.
Languages: Sinhala and Tamil.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ LKR 330.
Sri Lanka is the 126th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Austria.